[email protected] wrote: > > Hello Jason, do you have a social security number for him? Have you make > application to the S S in Baltimore to get an original copy of his > application for SocSec. You will have to pay for it but they have some good > info on them. > Artilla William Group 30 you can also search some of the on-line social security death indexes by name. that may give you a nudge in the right direction for finding SS#s for Sammie Penningtons. i searched on samuel pennington and it only gave me 21 hits. you should be able to eliminate some of those by counting out where he _didn't_ live. try this link at rootsweb: http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi or this one from cyndi's list for ssdi resources of all types: http://www.cyndislist.com/socsec.htm hope that helps you out. julia