tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post246098541500473667..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Ancestry.com vs. Rootsweb.com databasesRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-5796606534155736162007-02-06T16:08:00.000-08:002007-02-06T16:08:00.000-08:00Randy, you and your readers may be interested in k...Randy, you and your readers may be interested in knowing that even if your ancestor had a SS# they might not show up in the database. I don't know why. I have a copy of my great-grandfather's SS-5 application that clearly shows the number, and it is duplicated on his death certificate. But, he is not in the Rootsweb db. I thought it was because he died in 1944, which is relatively soon after SS started. But there are plenty of other deaths that early that are listed. Bottom line - just because you can find someone in the database does not mean they didn't apply for a Social Security card!Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07793821469331830974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-90180144748705890052007-02-06T11:08:00.000-08:002007-02-06T11:08:00.000-08:00Randy, I searched for Joseph Carr at http://www.vi...Randy, I searched for Joseph Carr at http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com to see if his death was listed there. Using the 1940-2000 California Death Index Summary, I found Joseph with the SSN 457-22-6707 and other data that matches the data you found in the California Death Index on Rootsweb, so the Ancestry.com version of the database seems to be the lone man out.Steve Dankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03008328069400789377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-5744585735790223302007-02-05T21:15:00.000-08:002007-02-05T21:15:00.000-08:00Randy, now that is definitely an interesting disco...Randy, now that is definitely an interesting discovery! The California Death Records database on RootsWeb claims to have 9,366,786 records. The Ancestry database doesn't state how many records it has, but a search for females (with no other data) shows 3,812,744 records, and for males, 4,382,040, for a total of 8,194,784 records. This means that the RootsWeb version has more than 1 million more records than the Ancestry version.<br /><br />OK, I'm going to ask someone at Ancestry what's going on.<br /><br />DrewDrew Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12537180168534039546noreply@blogger.com