Jean, don't think that having the incorrect information is going to save you and/or your mother from trouble. I had a co-worker that was obtaining SS#'s on employees and was able to get credit cards just with their name, address, and social security number. She was guessing on the birthdays. My husband and I are very careful about letting our SS# float around, so we were one of the few that she did not have credit cards on. We had an employee that went to the police trying to press charges. She was told that there was nothing she could do because the credit card company was the one that had been frauded, not her. My recommendation is to be very careful about giving your ss# to anyone or letting it be on anything. Our state started using your SS# as your driver's license number several years ago unless you object. I opted out of that right away. My husband is a truck driver which requires you by law to use your SS# on your CDL license, but we were able to find a loophole in the law so he could opt out of that also. Your SS# is private, and I believe legally is not to be used by companies as identification purposes. At 08:46 AM 10/14/00, you wrote: >I told her fine, but she had my mother name incorrect and her birthdate was >so n so, the gal change it really fast, stating she wanted all her >information totally correct...... I was happy with the new incorrect >information she had relpaced. > >Now I will step down from my soap box and get on with genealogy.......