Are You Dead and Don't Know It? - CNN Money Points Out Genealogical Mistakes in Social Security Death Index

CNN Money recently ran an article that should give all genealogists pause. According to the article, the Society Security declares 14,000 people each year wrongfully dead. Imagine the ramifications that such errors can cause for the living who find themselves suddenly dead. Read the full story here.

Besides checking for our ancestors in the SSDI, maybe we should be checking for ourselves as well.