Genealogists frequently use the Social Security Death Index in their research. It is compiled by the Social Security Administration and used by different businesses for a variety of purposes. I decided to see how up-to-date the versions used by genealogists are on various websites.
My great-aunt, Mildred Trautvetter, passed away on 1 November 2011. I decided to see what versions of the Social Security Death Index contained her entry as of 4:00 pm (more or less) central time today. Here are the results:
SSDI at GenealogyBank--yes.
RootsWeb SSDI--no.
Ancestry.com--no.
FamilySearch--no.
Fold3--no
Searching the SSDI is free at all these sites. I have memberships at GenealogyBank, Ancestry.com, and Fold3, but just wanted to see which was updated earliest.