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

This record collection is a republication of a National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) database. While the FamilySearch record collection is easier to search, the NARA database typically contains additional information, such as the social security number.

A person might have multiple records in the NARA database. FamilySearch merged multiple records into one. The name note identifies all the records that were combined. It specifies record type (application [SS-5], death file, claim file), name as it appears in that record, and record 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: For technical information about NUMIDENT, consult the SSA Program Data User’s Manual by Constantijn Panis, et. al.