This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZBC.2ACI/740.1 Message Board Post: Have you tried requesting a copy of her Soc. Sec. Application? According to the SSDI, she was born 4 April 1899 in Virginia and died Feb 1986 in Smithfield Va. Her SS application should have her maiden name, name of her parents, etc. On the Ancestry.com website, you can obtain her SS # and also print a form letter to SS requesting the copy. There is a minimal fee for the copy, but the information you can obtain is well worth the expense. Pat C. Johns in Va.