This is a great site for finding genealogy libraries in each state - especially if you are researching from another state. Broken down into counties, along with addresses, some phone numbers and fax numbers. Ruth in NC e-mail: [email protected] Rootsweb Donor NGS Member http://bally.fortunecity.com/carlow/211/help.html

The below sites have info. on Social Security Applications for deceased. Ruth in NC e-mail: [email protected] http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/199701/msg00646.html http://www.ssa.gov/SSA_Home.html

Below is a letter that can be used to request copy of SSDI application for card. If deceased is not listed on SSDI, you can change the wording to fit the info. you do have. Ruth in NC e-mail: [email protected] Rootsweb Donor NGS Member Social Security Administration Office of Central Records Operations FOIA Workgroup P.O. Box 17772 300 N. Greene Street 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: SURNAME, FIRST NAME Social Security Number Birthdate Deathdate This individual is deceased, having been listed in the Social Security Administration's Death Master File. I understand the fee for this service is $7.00 when the Social Security Number is provided. Included is a check for $______ 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:

Good Day. I invite anyone who reads this message to browse to the GenePool Genealogical WebStation at http://www.netrover.com/~pilgrim The GenePool is expanding, offering services such as a WebRing (collection of connected Web pages and sites dealing with Genealogical information), a small Java Chat room, and soon to come will be a repository for both information and GEDCOM files. Please feel free to check it out, and make any suggestions you wish. Thankyou for reading. ~~~~~ Chris Pilgrim GenePool Genealogical WebStation http://www.netrover.com/~pilgrim

http://members.aol.com/reginamari/ancestry/ssnfaq.html Elaine Researching S-L-E-P-I-C-K-A and H-R-U-S-K-A -----Original Message----- From: G. Garafalo <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, July 24, 1999 10:57 PM Subject: SS INFO >My grandfather Charles Kunz was issued a social security number in the 1930's. I have the original card. He died May 18, 1951. For whatever reason he is not listed in the SSDI. Where can I get a copy of his original application for the card? > > >==== GenTips Mailing List ==== >Support online research! Donate to the RootsWeb Genealogical Project! See more information at: >http://www.rootsweb.com > > > > > >

How would I get the address' for each state to send for a birth or death record? I'm specially looking for the address for Litchfield, Illinois (Mongomery county). thanks for any help, Barb

Hi Jan, At http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson3.htm is a wonderful lesson called "Using Technology to Dig Up Roots" from RootsWeb's series of lessons I've been downloading from RootsLink's weekly guide--I think that's the new name for the series, anyway. There's a list on page 3 (of 8--I also make hard copies of each one) of the best and most popular genealogy software programs. Myself, I've only used Personal Ancestral File since the 2.31 version several years ago. Since then PAF was upgraded to 3.0 and I really loved that one. The new one that's FREE on the Internet at http://www.familysearch.org/Browse/browse.asp is a little harder for me to get used to because I was very used to DOS and the keyboard approach, and to having a hard copy manual in front of me. But I love the new print-outs of the reports! They're so much more to publication standards! It combines the best features of a program called "Legacy," which some people like and others don't (of those I've talked to who have a lot of genealogy experience) such as publication applications, room for photos, videos, etc., and is much easier to use. All I know about Family Tree Maker is that is contains a lot of great information, but I have one of their CD's and have a bit of a time trying to figure it out. My brother-in-law has the whole program but hasn't started it yet because he hasn't read the manual yet--I guess it's pretty extensive and he'd need to read it all to follow the program. I've heard Family Origins is wonderful, and is much like Personal Ancestral File. That's it from me: one endorsement for Personal Ancestral File, mostly. And free isn't a bad price! --Carol

Right now I'm using the free PAF software from the LDS site: http://familysearch.org/OtherResources/paf4/ And my web page was created using GenDesigner to import the .ged file that PAF creates, and turned it into htmp, and is found at: http://www.gendesigner.com/ My web page URL if you'd like to see the sample is: http://karikitten.webjump.com/famtree Also open to any input anybody might have on my tree :) --- Jan Hood <[email protected]> wrote: > > Could someone also post the different programs > and their web pages so we > could check them out. If you put http//: in > front of the addresses > we'll be able to click and go right to the > pages. There seems to be a > lot of them coming on the market all the time, > and I could sure use the > education! _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Check out Legacy at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com. It's priced right and all of the updates are FREE! Right now they are on version 2.0. (I've had it for over a year and have downloaded numerous updates.) A new 3.0 version is in the works and there could be a charge for a major update, but nothing about that has been on the user forum yet. They offer a working demo that you can download and try out before you buy. Check it out; I think you'll like what you see! Mary Ann

Lisa, What a terrific idea. Hope you don't mind; I think I will do that too. My parents will be coming up on their 40th anniversary soon. I have a list of questions that I got from another site. I will start to send them to you as soon as I dig them out. Thanks for your idea. Great Genealogy project. I hope you decide to keep a copy for yourself of everything to hand down to your children so they can also read thoughts about their Aunts & Uncles. this will give them and everyone else down the road a better understanding of their personality. A thought also, maybe to ask them their views on certain topics. Barb

My grandfather Charles Kunz was issued a social security number in the 1930's. I have the original card. He died May 18, 1951. For whatever reason he is not listed in the SSDI. Where can I get a copy of his original application for the card?

Hello to Marjorie and the list. The Family History Library publishes a German Genealogical Word List which will answer many questions for you (with illustrations.) Costs 50 cents (US) at a Family History Center. There are also Genealogical Word Lists for Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. Also, there's a French Letter-Writing Guide and a German Letter-Writing Guide. All are written by experts, in simple terms intended to guide researchers who don't know the language. Each costs 50 cents. Family History Centers also have Research Outlines, for the British Isles, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Scandinavia, Asia/South Pacific, and the United States. Most of these are US$1; Outlines for individual Canadian provinces or US states are 50 cents. Size of the latter varies: Montana is 6 pages, New York state is 32 pages. Since there are 3200+ Family History Centers all over the world, I'd better say that some smaller FHCs may not stock all the Research Outlines etc., but they should be able to order them. Many of these Research Outlines are available on an inexpensive CD; are some of them online at <familysearch.org>? But I am making this post for the benefit of someone who would simply like to have a 50-cent or $1 printed outline to study at home and carry to the FHC. Cheers, Dolly in Maryland On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Marjorie Corcoran wrote: > (snip) births, deaths, and marriages from Germany. Unfortunately > it is printed in German. I can understand but a few of the > words at the heading,

<snip> "WHAT THE INDEX WILL NOT DO Search for a name using a social security number. <snip> www.ancestry.com has a free database search engine that WILL search by social security number. If the name is in the SSDI, it will be found by entering the ssn w/o the name. Charlene Calvert Pinkowski [email protected]

>Judy wrote: <...My main program has been FTM but I am going to switch >it tp FO .....> > >What is FO? FO stands for Family Origins. It is a wonderful program; every easy to use with all the features of most programs at a fraction of the most of other programs. A new updated version FO 8 has just been released. To find out more about the program, go to the web site: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/formalsoft/index.htm Other web sites that answer questions about the program: http://www.parsonstech.com/support/faq/fomain.html http://members.aol.com/famorigins/faq.htm http://www.familyorigins.com/familyorigins/index.html http://www.graabek.com/fow/fofaq.html The web sites have not yet been updated with the Version 8 information which was just released this week. There is also a FO list group that is extremely helpful. How to subscribe, just send the command subscribe to [email protected] Hope this answers all your questions; good luck. Mary

Looking for names connected to James Halstead b-1740 and Nathaniel Taylor born in 1680. E-mail to [email protected] Ted Halstead

For William Alexander Taylor Famil and Friends: Taylor Family Reunion noon to 8 PM Sunday, August 29, 1999 Columbia Gas' GasLite Park Rt. 35, St. Albans, WV For more information email to [email protected] Ted Halstead

Hi Ingrid, Looking at a brochure I have, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," given to me by the Salt Lake Library, I find the following: "...an index of several million deceased people who had social security numbers and whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration... Mainly covers deaths since 1962... Some records are as early as 1937. You do not need your ancestor's social security number to use this index. ... "WHAT THE INDEX WILL NOT DO Search for a name using a social security number. Contain information about the person's spouse, parents, or children. Contain birthplace information. Contain the person's entire social security file. Contain information on living persons. Locate a name for a married woman when you know her maiden name only. Contain information on those who died whose deaths were not reported..." Good luck! --Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: by way of Tracey Converse <[email protected]> <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 10:33 AM Subject: Finding parents name ZITTLAU On the death certificate it says "no" for > Social Security which I don't know if it means "not known" or "none". Does > anyone have any ideas of how to locate his mother's name? He is not listed on > the SS Death Index but does anyone know if you can request the SS for an > application if you do not know a SS#?

Judy wrote: <...My main program has been FTM but I am going to switch it tp FO .....> What is FO? Could someone also post the different programs and their web pages so we could check them out. If you put http//: in front of the addresses we'll be able to click and go right to the pages. There seems to be a lot of them coming on the market all the time, and I could sure use the education! Thanks a lot. Jan

Recently I received a tape from the LDS history center on births, deaths, and marriages from Germany. Unfortunately it is printed in German. I can understand but a few of the words at the heading, like the obvious age at the time of marriage and even the month and years, etc, but not enough to make any sense of the information. If anyone has ordered this particular taped information for Germany, who can read the headings, I would appreciate the decyphering, as I know they are my ancestors, I just cannot get the information I need to further validate my lineage. I would type out the words, but I am having trouble with many of the letters within the words. The dates are from early 1800s to early 1900s and some of the letters, especially the capital letters are all Greek to me. (No pun intended) Thanks in advance, Midge Corcoran in Oregon

Hello Everyone, Does anyone know who I would be able to contact to get a birth certificate from Quebec for 1884? Thanks, Laurie [email protected]