The Social Security Administration is ending the letter forwarding service it has offered since 1945.

Citing advances in technology, such as the Internet, and costs, the Social Security Administration announced it will stop forwarding letters on May 19, 2014.

Now, companies looking for lost retirement plan participants will have to do the research on their own. In the past, people used the forwarding service to track down individuals in times of crisis or to let them know about retirement funds they left behind at a former employer.

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