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In Lesson 1, "Discovering What's Been Done," you used online resources to look for published family histories, search online family trees, and discover other researchers in message boards.
You are now ready to start searching for online records. One of the easiest places to begin your search is by looking for your relatives in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI).
The SSDI is a database originating from the Social Security Administration (SSA). It contains the records of deceased persons who were assigned Social Security numbers and whose deaths were reported to the SSA. The database currently contains more than 76 million names.
The SSDI works best for finding information about individuals who died in the mid-1960s or later and often serves as a stepping-stone to further research or as a verification of other sources.
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Tutorial Navigation
Lesson 1: Discovering What's Been Done
Lesson 2: Starting Your Online Search--The SSDI
Lesson 3: Searching the 1930 Census
Lesson 4: Finding Clues in the 1930 Census
Wrapping Up
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