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=== How to use the SSDI  ===
=== How to use the SSDI  ===


See <u>Tip 1</u>
Suggestions about using the SSDI in family history research can&nbsp;&nbsp;be found at several websites.&nbsp; Check the following to read more about using the Social Security Death Index: (note that the URL's are long, therefore the option to click on it, instead of typing in the complete web site address.


Suggestions about using the SSDI in family history research can be found at several websites
1. Dear Myrtle: http://www.dearmyrtle.com/05/0517.htm


Check the following to read more about using the Social Security Death Index: (note that the URL's are long, therefore the option to click on it, instead of typing in the complete web site address.  
2. Dick Eastman's article "Using the Social Security Death Index" at Ancestry.com&nbsp;- [http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=4313&o_xid=0022478094&o_lid=0022478094&o_xt=22478094 http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=4313&amp;o_xid=0022478094&amp;o_lid=0022478094&amp;o_xt=22478094]


#1. Dear Myrtle: http://www.dearmyrtle.com/05/0517.htm
3. George G. Morgan's article "Using Social Security Number Application Forms for Genealogy" at Ancestry.com click here or type the URL [http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=919&o_xid=0022478094&o_lid=0022478094&o_xt=22478094 http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=919&amp;o_xid=0022478094&amp;o_lid=0022478094&amp;o_xt=22478094]
#2. Dick Eastman's article "Using the Social Security Death Index" at Ancestry.com&nbsp;- [http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=4313&o_xid=0022478094&o_lid=0022478094&o_xt=22478094 http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=4313&amp;o_xid=0022478094&amp;o_lid=0022478094&amp;o_xt=22478094]
 
#3. George G. Morgan's article "Using Social Security Number Application Forms for Genealogy" at Ancestry.com click here or type the URL [http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=919&o_xid=0022478094&o_lid=0022478094&o_xt=22478094 http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=919&amp;o_xid=0022478094&amp;o_lid=0022478094&amp;o_xt=22478094]  
4. George G. Morgan's article "Even More About Social Security Records" at Ancestry.com.
#4. George G. Morgan's article "Even More About Social Security Records" at Ancestry.com.  
 
#5. George G. Morgan's article "Using the Social Security Death Index" at Ancestry.com  
5. George G. Morgan's article "Using the Social Security Death Index" at Ancestry.com
#6. Kathi Sittner's article "U.S. Social Security Death Index" at Ancestry.com  
 
#7. Ancestry.com Quick Tip "Social Security Index A Useful Search Tool  
6. Kathi Sittner's article "U.S. Social Security Death Index" at Ancestry.com
#8. Ancestry.com Quick Tip "Cross-Checking to Save Money with the Social Security Death Index"  
 
#9. DeathRecords.net web site http://www.death-records.net/ssdi.htm  
7. Ancestry.com Quick Tip "Social Security Index A Useful Search Tool
#10. The SS-5 Form - Michael John Neill's website  
 
#11. SSDI Guide - RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees  
8. Ancestry.com Quick Tip "Cross-Checking to Save Money with the Social Security Death Index"
#12. How to use the SSDI - by Kimberly Powell  
 
#13. Additional Articles about the SSDI - ProGenealogists.com  
9. DeathRecords.net web site http://www.death-records.net/ssdi.htm
#14. CyndisList for US Social Security: http://www.cyndislist.com/socsec.htm
 
#16. The official website of the U.S. Social Security Administration http://www.ssa.gov/  
10. The SS-5 Form - Michael John Neill's website
#17. The History of Social Security http://www.ssa.gov/history  
 
#18. Social Security Administration's guide to ordering your ancestor's application [http://www.ssa.gov/foia/foia_guide.htm www.ssa.gov/foia/foia_guide.htm]
11. SSDI Guide - RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees
 
12. How to use the SSDI - by Kimberly Powell
 
13. Additional Articles about the SSDI - ProGenealogists.com
 
14. CyndisList for US Social Security: http://www.cyndislist.com/socsec.htm
 
15. The official website of the U.S. Social Security Administration http://www.ssa.gov/
 
16. The History of Social Security http://www.ssa.gov/history
 
17. Social Security Administration's guide to ordering your ancestor's application [http://www.ssa.gov/foia/foia_guide.htm www.ssa.gov/foia/foia_guide.htm]


=== Obtaining More Information&nbsp;from the SSDI  ===
=== Obtaining More Information&nbsp;from the SSDI  ===
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