Judy G. Russell has another post on the developing saga surrounding the US based Social Security Death Index or SSDI, an immensely useful tool for those with American based genealogical connections - the post is at www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/2013/02/25/now-there-are-three/.
Essentially, three bills have now been introduced to restrict access to its contents to prevent fraudulent misuse of the data - read why American politicians seem unable to grasp the plot on Judy's post!
Chris
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