Certainly, there's no reason to worry about the SS#'s of dead people. Anyone can look them up online:  http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ . But we restrict or shred records with the numbers of people who are likely to be living.
 
Luckily, students have finally stopped putting their SS#s on the title pages of their masters theses.
 
Thomas J. Wood
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From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter Kalinski
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 4:34 PM
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Subject: Redacting Social Security Numbers?

List,

What, if any, is your policy regarding social security numbers found in business documents? Specifically, pre-World War II payroll and personnel documents. Do you have a blanket restriction on anything with SocSec numbers? Time restrictions?

Please respond off-list and I will summarize and post.

 

Thanks,

 

Peter Kalinski

Processing Archivist

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