Comments on: Are We Going to Lose the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)? https://megansmolenyak.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat/ genealogical adventurer & storyteller Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:49:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Alvie Davidson https://megansmolenyak.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat/#comment-127 Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:49:07 +0000 http://megansmolenyak.posthaven.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat#comment-127 Most of this would not be happening if the SSA had not begun to assign SS# at birth. I did not get my SS# until I was 15 yrs old and began to work for local grocer. The government screws things up and then punishes the researcher for their screwup. No one has addressed the hacker who can hack out a complete SSDI at anythime they wish. I have spoken with a hacker here in FL who tells me no one can deny him access to SSDI. The mass education process about the need for SSDI should be moving to the forefront.

]]> By: Mary https://megansmolenyak.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat/#comment-126 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:27:11 +0000 http://megansmolenyak.posthaven.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat#comment-126 Most Genealogists are checking family from long ago. It wasnt until
recently children even were required to have a SS#. Plus what anc.com
etc. are doing is removing names from the SS files that were formerly
listed. Also I noted in the 2010 census, almost no information was
required(back in 1900, 1910, 1930 you could find the person,s occupation,
address, etc. With the tiny information I provided in 2010, Genealogists
down the road are going to have it very tough to find any of their
family after 1930. In the end as anc.com is removing names of deceased
persons formally listed, let them explain to us what they are doing
rather than we have to read nonsense comments as to why your
loved one isnt listed.

]]> By: Mary Alequin https://megansmolenyak.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat/#comment-125 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:20:44 +0000 http://megansmolenyak.posthaven.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat#comment-125 I just send back the one I order. Because he was born in 1918. His father 1875 and mother 1885 or 1890. And there still felt tip the names of the parents out. that was what I needed the names. SS is the last thing that I do because of the money.
Thank you Megan for all the hard work you do.

]]> By: Skip Murray https://megansmolenyak.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat/#comment-124 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:43:11 +0000 http://megansmolenyak.posthaven.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat#comment-124 A facebook group https://www.facebook.com/occupygenealogy and a website http://www.occupygenealogy.com/index.html have been started for those who would like to work together to preserve access to the SSDI. All are welcome to join.

]]> By: Denise https://megansmolenyak.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat/#comment-123 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:43:05 +0000 http://megansmolenyak.posthaven.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat#comment-123 Why arent there flags within the different goverenment agencies to make them aware that the social security number being used is for a dead person? Now, anyone can use any social security number, and it will take longer, and a whole lot of money, man power, and maybe loss of revenue, to figure out of the number used was correct or not.

Many medical facilities (doctors offices, etc) used this site to see if patients they havent seen in a while is dead or not. It saves the family additional heartache of receiving a letter or a phone call reminding them to come in for an appointment, that they wont be able to keep.

I agree with other writers here, my children’s social security number was used e every tax time, I gave birth to them, and didnt file right away. I never got child support, no assistance, nothing, but my ex-husband and his family filed their numbers, all the time, and I never received any help, and I complained all the time. I am glad they are grown now. And they are all alive!

]]> By: Skip Murray https://megansmolenyak.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat/#comment-122 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:23:56 +0000 http://megansmolenyak.posthaven.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat#comment-122 @Claire V Brisson-Banks
You can still order the SS5 without a SS#, but if I remember right, they charge you extra to search for the person. And with the new changes, how valuable is the SS5 going to be, as it sounds like now they are removing the parents names from your copy if the person was born in the last 100 years. That’s why I order them, to confirm the parents when I can’t find another way to confirm the info. So frustrating!

]]> By: HBl https://megansmolenyak.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat/#comment-121 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:06:05 +0000 http://megansmolenyak.posthaven.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat#comment-121 Identity theft occurs whether the person is alive or not. This link on rootsweb had been there for 10 years. All of a sudden as of this week it has disappeared. I have never seen any children on there as a child doesn’t collect social security. Actually I agree in that the site would help to find out that there is theft going on. If an adult is in the system and looked up and found in the system then it would be more concrete proof that identity theft would have been committed. The information is public as I was just told by a employee of Social Security when I called to inquire about something else I asked about this.

]]> By: Claire V Brisson-Banks https://megansmolenyak.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat/#comment-120 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:15:08 +0000 http://megansmolenyak.posthaven.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat#comment-120 The problem with this is if one wishes to order a copy without the # – how is the Social Security Admin going to handle this?

]]> By: Vivian https://megansmolenyak.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat/#comment-119 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:58:30 +0000 http://megansmolenyak.posthaven.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat#comment-119 Here in Georgia we are fighting battles on several fronts. The Georgia Archives budget has been cut so severely that the facility is open to the public only two days a week, the fewest hours of any archives in the nation. In order to get a death certificate now, you have to prove you are a direct descendant of the deceased. There simply are not enough people and resources to deal with all the threats to records’ access.

]]> By: Dianne https://megansmolenyak.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat/#comment-118 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:42:44 +0000 http://megansmolenyak.posthaven.com/are-we-going-to-lose-the-social-security-deat#comment-118 I don’t believe I have EVER seen a child’s name listed in the SSDI…. but I haven’t really searched for one, either.

So what is wrong with leaving all the information in the SSDI ….EXCEPT, DON’T show a SS# ?

I know that I had mentioned this website years ago at a neighborhood watch meeting, and the response from police authorities at the meeting stated it was a good database to use to prove the use of “stealing” social securities of deceased.

Will be sending letters to my US reps and senators as well… and DC,,, is just down the road. Their spending time on this instead, of facing more important issues of our Nation, is aggrevating….but that is what polititians do best…aggrevate.

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