I think i would go with what she said besides she was the one who supplied the information to social security administration. They could easily have misread or misunderstood in some way. Maybe you need to get her birth certificate but unless a birth document supplies a different maiden name I would put more faith in what my mother said. Social security is full of mistakes. Just my way of thinking. Jean On 11/25/06, NLynn66932@aol.com <NLynn66932@aol.com> wrote: > Social Security Applications often turn up surprises. My mother always told > me her given name was Ida Fern. When I got her Social Security Application, > I was surprised to learn that her given name was really Ida Frieda. > > Nancy Lynn > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MD-BALTIMORECITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >