I was surprised to learn that the first recipient of regular Social Security benefits was Ida May FULLER of Ludlow, VT. The SSA has a nice write-up about her, with photos, at http://www.ssa.gov/search97cgi/s97_cgi?action=View&VdkVgwKey=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Essa%2Egov%2Fhistory%2Fimf%2Ehtml&DocOffset=1&DocsFound=57&QueryZip=fuller&Collection=SSA&SearchUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Essa%2Egov%2Fsearch97cgi%2Fs97%5Fcgi%3Faction%3Dsearch%26QueryZip%3Dfuller%26Filter%3Dfilter%252Ehts%26ResultTemplate%3Ddemo%255Fssa%252Ehts%26QueryText%3Dfuller%26Collection%3DSSA%26ResultStart%3D1%26ResultCount%3D20& Or, if you'd rather surf your way there (which might be easier for some browsers!), go to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) search page, http://www.ssa.gov/foia/foiasearch.html , and search for FULLER. fyi ... - Chuck Fuller [email protected]