claim: Reccared I destroyed the Visigoths.
evidence: The Social Security Death Index -LRB- SSDI -RRB- is a database of death records created from the United States Social Security Administration 's Death Master File Extract .. United States Social Security Administration. Social Security Administration. Death Master File. Death Master File. Most persons who have died since 1936 who had a Social Security Number -LRB- SSN -RRB- and whose death has been reported to the Social Security Administration are listed in the SSDI .. Social Security Number. Social Security number ( United States ). For most years since 1973 , the SSDI includes 93 percent to 96 percent of deaths of individuals aged 65 or older .. It is frequently updated ; the version of June 22 , 2011 contained 89,835,920 records .. Unlike the Death Master File , the SSDI is available free from several genealogy websites .. Death Master File. Death Master File. genealogy. genealogy. The SSDI is a popular tool for genealogists and biographers because it contains valuable genealogical data .. It is also useful for medical research such as clinical trials and epidemiology , because where survival data is missing from medical records -LRB- for reasons such as loss to follow-up -RRB- , the SSDI can be used to backfill it .. medical research. medical research. epidemiology. epidemiology. survival. survival analysis. loss to follow-up. lost to follow-up