Well, I just got back from vacationing in Southern California and in my snail mail mailbox I had a letter from the Social Security Administration! I thought it was one of those letters from them telling me what my monthly payout would be if I were to retire. No so! I received their response to my inquiry (the long form) for information on my grandmother! Now I know at least how her name was spelled at least for this document! AND I now know that her father’s name was John (though I think it is actually Ivan because of her middle name, which SSA didn’t have) AND I have the name of her mother! AND Where she was born! Now I just have to find out from the spelling of her place of birth if it still exists and if it is actually the correct spelling… My grandmother just signed it with an “x” and my father filled out the form for her. He signed it and wrote son in parentheses there is also someone else’s signature on it, I have not a clue who that might be, unless it is someone who might have witnessed it… This is the info that SSA gave me: Anna Migora Father: John Migora Mother: Barta Karory or Karony (can’t quite tell because there is some slight smudging) <-- do you think this woman is Belarusian, Ukrainian, or Polish? Born: Veelah, Poland-Russia Now my question is… how do I go about finding out where Veelah is? I did a Google search and nothing comes up that might be remotely close… All best wishes SallyEllen R. Schilling Secretary, AEDCONE Wachusett American Eskimos Central Massachusetts AEDCONE will be celebrating 25 years of exisitance in 2004, please join us at our shows in Massachusetts. AEDCONE (UKC) June 2004 show info is online now, mark your calendars for June 19 and 20, 2004. http://home.earthlink.net/~aedcone/June2004ShowInfo.htm Motel Listings can be found at: http://home.earthlink.net/~aedcone/motels.htm http://home.earthlink.net/~wachusett_eskies http://home.earthlink.net/~aedcone/ American Eskimo Dog Club of New England (UKC) http://naedac.topcities.com National American Eskimo Dog Association of Canada (CKC affiliated)