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/kFB.2ACE/4354.2 Message Board Post: Have you checked in the Social Security Death Index? You can access them probably here at RootsWeb or at ancestry.com. If George Gould appears in the index, they will give you his Social Security Number and you can write a letter to the Social Security Administration asking for a copy of his application. These application usually will give you the name of his parents.