An Excellent First Resource
The Social Security Death Index, while not comprehensive, is one of the best indexes to use when you're starting your research. You'll likely be able to find some information for any ancestor who worked in the U.S. after 1937 and who died after 1962, and Pamela Boyer Porter shows you how.

For many people born in the nineteenth century before formal birth registration was required, Social Security records can provide valuable vital facts about birthplace and date, death date, or parents' names. They can also give you clues to where a person lived or even worked at a given time, where they resided when they first applied for their Social Security card, where they last resided, and the residential area of the person who received benefits upon their death.

History of Social Security

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