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/JRB.2ACE/1583.1 Message Board Post: Hi, if he was born and married in NY.. you can try looking for birth and marriage record which would give his parents names...or you can try writting the SSA and for $29 they will do a search to see if he had a SS#.. you will need birth date, place and name... if its a commom name they will also need parents names...