This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jc.2ADI/557.1 Message Board Post: Some dates would be helpful in sorting out the McGuires. Approximately when were your gradnfather and his brother born? I did find one record for a Charles T. Mcguire in Georgia. With this information you can request a copy of the death certificate and it should have the names of his parents. Name: Charles T Mcguire Death Date: 17 Oct 1981 County of Death: Gwinnett Gender: M Race: W Age: 82 years County of Residence: Gwinnett Certificate: 035917 Date Filed: 03 Nov 1981 This appears to be the same person, despite the discrepancy in birth dates: Name: Charles McGuire SSN: 256-03-2175 Last Residence: 30518 Buford, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States of America Born: 15 Oct 1903 Died: Oct 1981 State (Year) SSN issued: Georgia (Before 1951 ) The Social Security administration keeps copies of the SS-5 form that applicants fill out to get a social security number, That form will definitely have parents' names, including the mother's maiden name. Here's the type letter you need to send to get the form: Social Security Administration Office of Earnings Operations FOIA Workgroup 300 N. Greene Street P.O. Box 33022 Baltimore, Maryland 21290 Re: Freedom of Information Act Request Dear Freedom of Information Officer, I am writing this request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. Section 552. I hereby request a copy of the SS-5, Application for Social Security Card for the following individual: McGuire, Charles 256-03-2175 Birth: 15 Oct 1903 Death: Oct 1981 This individual is deceased, having been listed in the Social Security Administration's Death Master File. I understand the fee for this service is $27 for copy of the original SS-5 application when the Social Security Number is provided. Included is a check for $27.00 made out to the Social Security Administration to cover any administrative costs required by this request. Please respond to my request upon receipt of this initial correspondence. Thank you for your attention and assistance. Sincerely, Address: Daytime Phone Number: Based on age, this might be your Joseph Mcguire: Name: Joseph Mcguire Death Date: 11 Feb 1951 County of Death: Fulton Gender: M Race: W Age: 52 years County of Residence: Fulton Certificate: 3346