The SS-5 letter can be used to order the Social Security application. The application includes place of birth, names of parents, including mother's maiden name. WILLIAM SZEREMETA 28 Nov 1892 Jan 1973 80 60650 (Cicero, Cook, IL) Death certificate for William can be ordered through Cook County Clerk's office. 1973-01-06 Chicago Tribune (IL) William Szeremeta, beloved husband of Mary, nee Liss; loving father of Helen Bourne, Edwin [Mae], Erwin [Elaine], William R. [Joan], the late Casimir and the late Eugene; 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral Saturday, Jan. 6 at 10:30 a.m., from Kulasik Funeral Home, 4860 W. 31st., Cicero, to St. Mary Church. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery OL 2-2005. Eugene Raymond Szermeta's birth certificate can be downloaded from the LDS pilot site for your daughter. http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#searchType=exact&placeId=250&alivePlaceLoc1=Cook%2C%20Illinois%2C%20United%20States&surname=Szermeta&p=recordResults 1962-09-09 Chicago Tribune (IL) Eugene R. Sermeta, 39, of 137 S. Scoville av., Oak Park, died in Palm Springs, Cal., yesterday. He was temporarily working at the naval ordnance laboratory in Corona, Cal., as an electronics expert. He was employed by Apogee Electronics corporation, Oak Park. He is survived by his widow, Frances; two sons, Robert Ryde and John; three daughters, Frances, Nancy, and Christine; three brothers; a sister, and a grandchild. 1962-09-11 Chicago Tribune (IL) Services for Eugene Szermeta, 40, of 137 S. Scoville av., Oak Park, will be held at 2 p.m. today in the chapel at 6901 Roosevelt rd., Berwyn. Mr. Szermeta, an electronics worker at the Apogee corporation of Oak Park, died Friday in Palm Springs, Cal. Surviving are his widow, Francis; three daughters, Frances, Nancy, and Christine; a son, John; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Szermeta; three brothers, and a sister. According to the 1930 census, William was from Russian occupied Poland, immigrated in 1910; 1920 census indicates b. Poland, immigrated 1912. In 1920, he indicated he had applied for citizenship papers and by 1930, he indicated he was a naturalized citizen, so that avenue is open for you. There are several Szermeta and Szeremeta names in Ancestry's Canadian border crossing list. Szeremeta families are found in the Canadian census. Google search productive for Szeremeta Genealogy as well as Szermeta Genealogy. It could be that the name he was 'given' was William, since this is not a Polish first name; William was frequently used by Poles with given name Boleslaw. The Szermeta and Szermeta surnames are found in the Polish 1992 and 2002 employment census. 1992 http://www.herby.com.pl/ Click on "Słownika Nazwisk Współcześnie w Polsce Używanych", then type Szerem* and Szerm* 2002 http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/ Search Szermeta and Szeremeta Google translate for those websites: http://translate.google.com/ Surnames website: http://www.surnamenavigator.org/ Regards, Mary [email protected] wrote: > I have recently located my daughter's great uncle and found some > astonishing news. I have been trying to research her Szermeta line > with zero luck. He now tells me that his father came into the country > via Canada and without papers. He was 'given' the name Szermeta and > doesn't know their real Polish name. Does anyone have any suggestions > as to how I might approach this ? Anything at all would be helpful and > appreciated. > Shirley