Comments on: Social Security Administration (SSA) changed the Death Master File (SSDI); #Genealogy, #Sources http://mikeeliasz.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/social-security-administration-ssa-changed-the-death-master-file-ssdi-genealogy-sources/ A Muse-ing Sun, 12 May 2013 22:56:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mikeeliasz http://mikeeliasz.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/social-security-administration-ssa-changed-the-death-master-file-ssdi-genealogy-sources/#comment-358 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:58:27 +0000 http://mikeeliasz.wordpress.com/?p=1638#comment-358 According to Family Tree Magazine, an Ancestry.com spokesman said they would NOT delete the 4.2 Million records in their database. Hmmmmmm! I wonder what other SSDI database owners will do. Surely, the US Government cannot make genealogists get rid of their documentation of the FACT of death. But what about people/organizations who took SSDI feeds??

This may mean we have to do this survey of 2002-2011 SSDI records annually to see if/when an ancestor’s supporting evidence is removed.

If we end up with two classes of SSDI databases, then I am sure corporations will use the Ancestry.com database (or others who do likewise) to detect dead people (to avoid fraud) rather than the US government DMF which 4.2Million records less complete. This could possibly turn into another income source for Ancestry.com besides their genealogist customers.

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