On 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 387 - 399 WI 400 - 407 KY 408 - 415 TN 416 - 424 AL 425 - 428 MS 429 - 432 AR 433 - 439 LA 440 - 448 OK 449 - 467 TX 468 - 477 MN 478 - 485 IA 486 - 500 MO 501 - 502 ND 503 - 504 SD 505 - 508 NE 509 - 515 KS 516 - 517 MT 518 - 519 ID *Guam, American Samoa 520 WY Northern Mariana Islands, 521 - 524 CO Philippine Islands 525 NM 526 - 527 AZ 528 - 529 UT 530 NV 531 - 539 WA 540 - 544 OR 545 - 573 CA 574 AK 575 - 576 HI 577 - 579 DC 580 VI Virgin Islands 581 - 584 PR Puerto Rico 585 NM 586 PI Pacific Islands* 587 - 588 MS 589 - 595 FL 596 - 599 PR Puerto Rico 600 - 601 AZ 602 - 626 CA 627 - 699 Unassigned, for future use 700 - 728 Railroad workers through 1963; then discontinued 729 - 899 Unassigned, for future use. 900 - 999 Not valid SSNs, but were used for program purposes when state aid to the aged, blind and disabled was converted to a federal program administered by SSA. Hope that helps! Beverly ==== SIMPSON Mailing List ==== Please support Rootsweb. Visit their website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ search the archives at http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl