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What is a death Master File (DMF)?
What is the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)?
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When was the Social Security Death Index created?
We compile files of death information from our Master Files of Social Security Number (SSN) Holders and SSN Applications (Enumeration System) system of records, which contains our records of SSNs assigned to individuals since 1936.
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The National Technical Information Service distributes the Death Master File online. It contains more than 85 million records of deaths reported to Social Security from 1936 to the present.
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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 Death Master File (DMF) is a computer database file made available by the United States Social Security Administration since 1980. It is known commercially as the Social Security Death Index (SSDI).
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.
Jun 17, 2019 · The Death Master File (DMF), a file extracted from the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) database of Social Security number holders, contains the death reports that SSA collects to administer its programs; the DMF has been a lightning rod for criticism for nearly a decade. 1 SSA uses the death data it receives to determine eligibility ...
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.
