This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AJ.2ADIB/1977.1 Message Board Post: Check the Social Security Death Index. I found: ROBERT ADKINS born 30 Apr 1942 died Sep 1971 231-52-1836 issued in Virginia This must be the man you're looking for. You can write for a copy of his original application for Social Security. It should have his parents' names and his place of birth