Unfortunately, this does not explain the record I am dealing with. First, the "A" is appended to the SSN as reported on a death certificate. I am not dealing with a Social Security Administration document. Second, this person died before enactment of Medicaid. A couple of kind souls on the TGF and APGMember lists have provided the following link explaining letters appended to SSNs: http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1366/~/meaning-of-the-le "A" referred to the claimant. A "B" would refer to a spouse of a claimant.. The SSA says that these expanded SSNs would be used for Medicare numbers (but, again, the person I am dealing with died before Medicare). I think the likely explanation is this case is that, when information was gathered for the death certificate, the informant (daughter of deceased) reported the SSN with the appended "A" from some kind of SSN claim document., which I have not seen. Thank you to all who responded. - Jay Fonkert -----Original Message----- From: Eileen Souza <eileen.souza@gmail.com> To: 'Karen Rhodes' <bitbucket001@comcast.net>; transitional-genealogists-forum <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Nov 30, 2012 7:00 am Subject: Re: [TGF] social security numbers I believe Karen is correct. I have Medicare Part A and my Medicare number is my SSN with an A after it. Eileen _______________________________ Eileen A Souza Eldersburg, MD Old Bones Genealogy LLC info@oldbonesgenealogy.com www.oldbonesgenealogy.com > -----Original Message----- > From: transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > Karen Rhodes > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 10:02 PM > To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TGF] social security numbers > > On 11/29/2012 4:42 PM, JFonkert@aol.com wrote: > > A couple of questions about social security numbers and SS-5 forms: > > > > > > - I have a California death certificate that reports a social > > security number with an "A" appended to the end of the number For example: > > "000-00-0000A." I think the "A" might mean "amended." Can anyone confirm > this? > > > > It's a Medicare number. Depends on whether you have Medicare A or Medicare B. > I have A, and my Medicare number is my SSN with an A after it. > > > > > > > > - The SS-5 associated with this number is for a different male name than > > appears on the death certificate. For example, the death certificate says > > "John Q. Public" and the SS-5 says "Norman Z. Private." Yes, the names are > > that different, but I know this man used both names in his life. > > > > > > - However, searching for this social security number returns the name on > > the death certificate ("John Q. Public") rather than the name that appears > > on the SS-5 ("Norman Z. Private"). > > > > > > I am guessing that a) either this man filed two different SS-5 > > applications, or at some time during his life or at death, the SSA records were > > corrected. Yet, when I requested the SS-5 from the SSA, I received only the > one > > record with the conflicting name. > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > > > I really don't have an opinion about that, having never encountered it > before. > > Karen Packard Rhodes > currently residing in Pinellas Park, Pinellas County, Florida > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL- > GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message