You can get online with Social Security Administration & look thru the prompts they have. They format has changed abit since I was last on it. But they offer several user friendly sites. There are also sites on genealogy.com, rootsweb & I think familytree still has one. You'll need basic info for them. The site I used a few years ago listed all the names of deceased with birthdates & last known residence. So from there you narrowed it down to who your relative may have been. I'd go with that & got lucky each time. The system allows you to print out a form with they name you've chosen already on it & you fill it out & mail it in with your check. Like I said I haven't done it in about 2 years. But got quite a few copies of the originals filled out by my family members. Hope this helps, remember you need some basic info to do your search...teri b ----- Original Message ----- . From: <NISHNAWBE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <NISHNAWBE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 5:00 PM Subject: NISHNAWBE-D Digest V04 #157