There are three type of entries in numident.
Social security birth index free access.
Provided by the unites states social security administration the ssdi can help you find social security death records which contain information on anyone whose death has been reported to the u s.
U s social security applications and claims index 1936 2007.
Application ss 5 claim and death.
This database picks up where the ssdi leaves off with details such as birth date and parents names extracted from information filed with the social security administration through the application or claims process.
The index is created from records of deceased persons possessing u s.
This website was created to provide genealogists with access to the social security death index from a single place.
Social security numident files 1936 2007 at the national archives free to search this series contains records for every social security number ssn assigned to individuals with a verified death or who would have been over 110 years old by december 31 2007.
Current as of february 28 2014.
These records are created by local authorities and with possible exceptions for events overseas in the military or in the district of columbia.
A quick history of the social security death index.
The full file of death information includes state death records.
Enter a first and or last name to search the social security death index.
Since 1962 the social security administration has used an electronic system or a computer for maintaining records of millions of deaths reported to them.
Return to death records home page.
In fact it contains more than 94 million names and details about birth death and last residence.
Pursuant to section 205 r of the social security act we only share the full file with certain federal and state agencies.
The public social security death index from the united states social security administration ssa currently contains over 89 million death records and is updated weekly.
Around 60 million deaths are listed in this database placed in tape format and not searchable by the general public.
Vital records most commonly refer to records such as birth and death certificates marriage licenses and divorce decrees wills and the like.
Name index to deaths recorded by the social security administration beginning in 1962.
Social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the social security administration.
Additional information on about the social security death index is available below.