http://www.metafilter.com/tags/ssdi Posts tagged with 'ssdi' at MetaFilter. Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:18:42 -0800 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:18:42 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/114580/Want%2Dto%2Dfind%2Dout%2Dmore%2Dabout%2Dthat%2Drelative%2Don%2Dthe%2D1940%2Dcensus%2DGood%2Dluck <a href="http://megansmolenyak.posterous.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat">It's getting harder to do genealogical research using the SSDI</a>, and <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.3475:">this bill might make it impossible.</a> Last December, after four members of Congress petitioned genealogy sites to stop displaying sensitive information that could lead to identity theft and tax fraud, Ancestry.com removed the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) database from its free <a href="http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ssdi.html">RootsWeb</a> site: most information is now behind the paywall. Several other genealogy sites have also restricted access to the database, which is based on the SSA's Death Master File. <a href="http://www.fgs.org/rpac/">Professional </a><a href="http://genealogy.about.com/b/2011/12/16/genealogy-sites-pressured-into-removing-ssdi.htm">genealogists</a> are fighting H.R. 3475, which proposes to end all public access to the Death Master File. <a href="http://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/2012/03/20/ssdi-heats-up-again/">The Senate version of the bill is milder, limiting public access in the year after a person's death.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.114580 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:18:42 -0800 genealogy legislation research socialsecurity ssdi pernoctalian