This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SBC.2ACI/189.205 Message Board Post: More information about Carl Wiseman's can be found by sending for his Social Security application and/or death certificate. The Social Security number can be found through Ancestry.com, Familysearch.org, Rootsweb.com, and many others. Most also have sample letters to help. Here's what I got from one of the sites: Carl Wiseman, birth 29 Mar 1914, death Nov 1985, last residence 22042 (Falls Church, Fairfax, VA), last benefit 22042 (Falls Church, Fairfax, VA), SSN 227-10-8739, Issued Virginia The Death Certificate, if he died in Virginia, can be gotten through Bureau of Vital Statistics, Richmond, Virginia. I don't have the exact address or fees, but I'm sure they can be found through the internet.