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/WMB.2ACE/4811.1 Message Board Post: The Baseball Encyclopedia will tell what his home of origin was at that time( the city and sate). At least you will know his rroots. Then try the White pages for that city or town to see if there is a listing for him. If not, you can go to SSDI (the Social Security Death Index to see if he is deceased. Don't use the Interactive Search one as that doesn't ask the state in which his Social Security card was issued. Chances are he may have had it issued in his hometown or in Missouri.