In a message dated 99-07-31 20:22:36 EDT, you write: << Donochar@aol.com Reply-to: ROLL-CALL-L@rootsweb.com To: ROLL-CALL-L@rootsweb.com I inadvertantly deleted the explanation of Social Security numbers meaning. Perhaps someone still has it and could forward it to: Donochar@aol.com ==== ROLL-CALL Mailing List ==== ROLL-CALL- LIST is made possible by ROOTSWEB.COM. >> n Fri, 30 Jul 1999 23:23:46 -0400, "Beverly Burford" <yarddog1@bright.net> wrote: For those who are researching by Social Security numbers, on the numbering system, this was found at www.ssa.gov: "The nine-digit Social Security number is divided into three parts. The first three digits indicate the state shown in the mailing address on the original application. The lowest Social Security numbers were assigned to the New England states, and the numbers grew progressively higher in the South and West. However, in recent years, this geographical relationship has been disrupted somewhat by the need to allocate numbers out of sequence as state populations change. The middle two digits of a Social Security number have no special significance, but merely serve to break the numbers into blocks of convenient size. The last four digits represent a straight numerical progression of assigned numbers." Here are the codes: 000 - Unused 001 - 003 NH 004 - 007 ME 008 - 009 VT 010 - 034 MA 035 - 039 RI 040 - 049 CT 050 - 134 NY 135 - 158 NJ 159 - 211 PA 212 - 220 MD 221 - 222 DE 223 - 231 VA 232 - 236 WV 237 - 246 NC 247 - 251 SC 252 - 260 GA 261 - 267 FL 268 - 302 OH 303 - 317 IN 318 - 361 IL 362 - 386 MI