Hi Everyone. I don't know why I didn't think of this before...does anyone know if I could try to get a copy of my grandmother's Social Security application (if she had one) knowing her maiden name, dob and parent's names? She was divorced from my grandfather in 1953 and I have tried to locate her with her maiden name and the name she had when married to my grandfather in the SSDI...and no luck. I have a feeling she remarried (she was only 45 in 1953), but I have hit brickwall after brickwall and many of you have tried to help me find her through SSDI for which I am grateful. I thought if I could try to get a copy of her SS application, I might find her. Thanks, Liz _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5

I think the problem will be that you don't have a death certificate for her. I have two grandfathers who both died in the 1940's, so are not listed on the SSDI. Earlier this year, I requested copies of their Social Security applications, without knowing their social security numbers, providing just the name, date of birth and date of death. (I assumed that both had Social Security since their widows had applied prior to the deaths of their husbands). Social Security was able to produce the application for one of the grandfathers - said they couldn't find the other. But they required a copy of the death certificate, even through my grandfather was born in 1878! So even if they find your application, they may not provide it for you without this proof that she is no longer living. Melanie Orlando ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Martinez-Gibson" <cosette.58@hotmail.com> To: <nynewyor@rootsweb.com>; <nynassau@rootsweb.com>; <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com>; <nybronx@rootsweb.com>; <nysuffol@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 11:05 AM Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] Social Security Applications > > Hi Everyone. > > > > I don't know why I didn't think of this before...does anyone know if I > could try to get a copy of my grandmother's Social Security application > (if she had one) knowing her maiden name, dob and parent's names? She was > divorced from my grandfather in 1953 and I have tried to locate her with > her maiden name and the name she had when married to my grandfather in the > SSDI...and no luck. I have a feeling she remarried (she was only 45 in > 1953), but I have hit brickwall after brickwall and many of you have tried > to help me find her through SSDI for which I am grateful. I thought if I > could try to get a copy of her SS application, I might find her. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Liz > > _________________________________________________________________ > The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with > Hotmail. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thinking through this more, it is certainly worth trying, as hopefully they already have some record of the death. It may also possibly depend on the person doing the research. Melanie