This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/yNB.2ACE/2720.1 Message Board Post: Fred HAMPTON is listed on the Social Security Death Index, with the birth date you have posted. When he applied for his Social Security card, he would have filled-out an SS-5 form, which asked for his birthplace + name of father + maiden name of mother (which you want to know). The Social Security Administration will sell a copy of that form to anyone for $27.00. It may take a few months to arrive. If you are interested, go to http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?letter=y&lastname=HAMPTON&firstname=FRED&ssn=272-01-0996&birth=12+Nov+1896&death=Feb+1981&middlename=&namesiffix= Then print out the letter displayed on your screen and mail it with the fee to the SSA. Reg Niles