Call the post office, someone there could tell you.........Kay Baclem5656@aol.com wrote: > Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but Postal Workers were government > employees. At that time (1961) government employees did not pay into Social > Security. They paid into a separate retirement plan for government employees > and would have received this retirement instead of Social Security. I was a > civilian employee for the Air Force at that time. I can't help you as to > where to write for information as I left government employment and became > self-employed and worked at home. > > Barbara > Baclem5656@aol.com > Researching in Maryland and DC > D.O.V.E W.A.L.K.E.R L.Y.L.E.S H.A.R.D.E.S.T.Y/H.A.R.D.I.S.T.Y. > G.R.I.F.F.I.T.H (my father's family) > K.L.O.T.Z A.R.V.I.N R.O.U.S.S.I.L.L.O.N (my mother's family) > C.L.E.M.E.N.T.S C.U.R.T.I.N T.A.Y.L.O.R S.P.E.N.C.E.R (my husband's family) > and in France (hopefully) > R.O.U.S.S.I.L.L.O.N C.H.A.L.A.M.B.E.A.U