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/YVW.2ACEB/922.942 Message Board Post: I want to remind FISHER searchers that some can purchase ($27.00) a copy of the SS-5 form filled out by the person when he applied for a social security card. It would list names of parents, etc. And maybe a middle name. Further information on the SS-5 is at the Rootsweb version of the online Social Security Death Index : http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi The online SSDI is mainly for post-1962 decedents. The Social Security Administration was not informed of all deaths. And many people (such as storeowners) may never have owned a card. What I don't know is whether one can obtain a copy of the SS-5 for pre-1962 decedents who are not on the online SSDI. The middle name might appear on the federal censuses of 1910, 1920 and 1930, all of which are available. It might appear on the marriage certificate or original birth certificate. Or on a baptismal or hospital record or school yearbook. The proper archive to apply to for civil birth, marriage and death records are listed in the online publication, "Where to Write for Vital Records," by the National Center for Health Statistics. Good luck to the FISHERs from [Mr.] Reg Niles. RegNMINiles@cs.com