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Learn how to request the full file of death information from SSA, which includes SSN, name, date of birth, and date of death. The file is shared with certain Federal and State agencies and sold to other organizations by NTIS.
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Mar 19, 2014 · The Social Security Death Index (SSDI) is a database of people whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration (SSA) beginning about 1962. A small number of deaths are listed before 1962. It was created from the Social Security Administration's Death Master File. Due to restrictions enacted in March 2014, recent entries to ...
Name index to deaths recorded by the Social Security Administration beginning in 1962. Current as of February 28, 2014.
- What Is in This Collection?
- What Can These Records Tell Me?
- How Do I Search This Collection?
- What Do I Do Next?
- Citing This Collection
The "Social Security Death Index" is a database created from the Social Security Administration's Death Master File. This is an index of deceased individuals whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. It has been kept since 1962, when operations were computerized. The index includes a few deaths from 1937 to 1961, about 50 pe...
The following information may be found in these records: 1. Name of the deceased (Married women are usually listed by their married name.) 2. Birth date 3. Death date 4. State or territory where the Social Security number was issued 5. Death residence, zip code and corresponding localities The death residence is the last place of residence that the...
To search the index it is helpful to know: 1. The name of your deceased ancestor 2. The place where your ancestor died 3. The approximate date of the death
I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?
1. Add any new information to your records 2. The death date and place may help you obtain a death certificate which may lead you to additional records 3. The birth date or age along with the place of birth to find your ancestor’s birth records and parents' names 4. If your ancestor was born before 1940 you can use the birth date or age along with the place of birth to find the family in census records 5. When 2 geographical divisions are given they represent County/State as opposed to City/S...
I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?
1. Look for variant spellings of the names 2. Try searching by surname only 3. Married women are usually listed under their married names 4. If a woman was married multiple times search using the surnames of all husbands
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The Social Security Death Index ( SSDI) was a database of death records created from the United States Social Security Administration 's Death Master File until 2014. Since 2014, public access to the updated Death Master File has been via the Limited Access Death Master File certification program instituted under Title 15 Part 1110.
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About U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. The Death Master File (DMF) from the Social Security Administration (SSA) currently contains over 94 million records. The file is created from internal SSA records of deceased persons possessing social security numbers and whose deaths were reported to the SSA.
