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Suggested information to add to the FamilySearch NUMIDENT collection wiki article:

This record collection is taken from a National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) database titled "Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), created, 1936 - 2007."

Where a person has multiple records in the NARA database. FamilySearch has merged them into one. The name note identifies the combined records. It specifies record type (application, death file, claim file), name as it appears in that record, and date. Dates for applications specify when the record was added to the NUMIDENT. Dates for death or claim records specify the death or claim date.

Take for example, this name note:


 * Name and form dates: Application: DOROTHY ADELE CLAYTON (Aug 1949), Application: DOROTHY CLAYTON RAYMOND (Nov 1955), Application: DOROTHY ADELE CLAYTON (15 Aug 1990), Death: DOROTHY A CLAYTON (29 Feb 2004)

The note indicates the record on FamilySearch is a combination of these four records from NARA:

After finding a record of interest, consult the records in the NARA database for further information. While the FamilySearch record collection is easier to search, the NARA database contains additional information. Take the Dorothy Adele Clayton record as an example. The 1949 record specifies parents' names as Anthony Jackson and Margaret Burgese, but the 1990 record specifies Anton Yukunsky and Margaret Pachesa. The latter values are not found in the FamilySearch record. The 1990 record states that Dorothy was also known as Dorothy Yukunsky. All the NARA records specify the social security number.

Once one record is found on the NARA website, use the social security number to find the other records.

The NARA database limits the length of some fields. If NARA truncated a field, FamilySearch indicates that with an asterisk (*). For example, the record for Dayson Thomas Child (1993-2003) specifies the birthplace as "Washington T*, Utah, United States." The actual value might have been Washington Terrace, but was truncated after 12 characters.

For technical information about NUMIDENT, consult the nine technical documents documenting the NARA database and the SSA Program Data User’s Manual by Constantijn Panis, et. al.