Hi all. Many thanks from a fellow list member who sent this to our list today. I had never heard this before and wanted to pass it along. Hi. I found this, and thought you might find it interesting. I know it has came in handy for me. ~Stacy The Social Security number can provide valuable information. The first three digits represent the state where the individual first applied. Often this was where he or she was born. At least it is a place to begin a search for other records. Recent death certificates contain this number. Here is table of the codes and their respective states: 001-003 New Hampshire 440-448 Oklahoma 004-007 Maine 449-467 Texas 008-009 Vermont 468-477 Minnesota 010-034 Massachusetts 478-485 Iowa 035-039 Rhode Island 486-500 Missouri 040-049 Connecticut 501-502 North Dakota 050-134 New York 503-504 South Dakota 135-158 New Jersey 505-508 Nebraska 159-211 Pennsylvania 509-515 Kansas 212-220 Maryland 516-517 Montana 221-222 Delaware 518-519 Idaho 223-231 Virginia 520 Wyoming 232 West Virginia & North Carolina 521-524 Colorado 233-236 West Virginia 525 New Mexico 237-246 North Carolina 526-527 Arizona 247-251 South Carolina 528-529 Utah 252-260 Georgia 530 Nevada 261-267 Florida 531-539 Washington 268-302 Ohio 540-544 Oregon 303-317 Indiana 545-573 California 318-361 Illinois 574 Alaska 362-386 Michigan 575-576 Hawaii 387-399 Wisconsin 577-579 District of Columbia 400-407 Kentucky 580 Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico 408-415 Tennessee 581-584 Puerto Rico 416-424 Alabama 585 New Mexico 425-428 Mississippi 586 Guam, Philippines & America Samoa 429-432 Arkansas 587 Mississippi 433-439 Louisiana 700-728 Railroad Retirement Board (all States) (You may have to copy this into a spreadsheet, and clean it up a bit if you want to print it. I couldn't get the tabs to transfer from Microsoft Works to e-mail-sorry) (searching for the surnames: Green, McLaughlin, Wion, Jones, Truitt, and Stephen that came to Decatur county, IA, AND Stone, Elkins, Ward, Gillespie, Coots, Shain, Polley, Clevenger, Hook, and Smith that were in Harrison County, MO) ==== McLAUGHLIN Mailing List ==== List problems? Contact the McLaughlin listmanager Chris Evans [email protected]