Social Security Death Index
Social Security Death Index
The United States Social Security Administration maintains a database of total death records known as Social Security Death Index. This lists the death of the people with the Social Security Number, died since 1963. Several genealogy websites features this data absolutely free for individual usage.
The Social Security Death Index is continuously updated to enable the most comprehensive search and presents an up-do-date search tool. But a complete precision of the data cannot be guaranteed because of the human error. For biographers and genealogists Social Security Death Index is a very popular tool. To try out finding the most accurate result it is advisable to enter only the name initially, if a broad range of data comes in the search result, than one can enter more information about the deceased. More information you insert in Social Security Death Index search option, the less result will be exerted. Make sure to check for the correct spelling of the name of both names and surnames. The Social Security Card (Form SS-5) can be applied from the Social Security Administration once you get the information about the deceased person in Social Security Death Index. The form SS-5 of Social Security Death Index provides other genealogical information like father’s name, mother’s maiden name and the place of birth.
The Social Security Death Index contains the vital information of death records of about 77 million people. This index was passes in the year 1935 so one can’t expect to get the information about early deaths.
