I just wanted to take a minute and share this information that came to me from another mailing list today. ==================== For those of you who are utilizing the Social Security Death Index in your research, the following list may be helpful to you. It shows which state a person resided in when their Social Security Number was issued to them. This list refers to the first 3 numbers of their Social Security Number. 001-003 New Hampshire 004-007 Maine 008-009 Vermont 010-034 Mass. 135-158 New Jersey 035-039 Rhode Island 040-049 Conn. 050-134 New York 135-158 New Jersey 159- 211 Penn. 212-220 Maryland 221-222 Delaware 223-231 Virginia 232-236 West Virginia 237-246 North Carolina 247-251 South Carolina 252-260 Georgia 261-267 Florida 268-302 Ohio 303-317 Indiana 318-361 Illinois 362-386 Michigan 387-399 Wisconsin 400-407 Kentucky 408-415 Tennessee 416-424 Alabama 425-428 Mississippi 429-432 Arkansas 433-439 Louisiana 440-448 Oklahoma 449-467 Texas 468-477 Minnesota 478-485 Iowa 486-500 Missouri 501-502 North Dakota 503-504 South Dakota 505-508 Nebraska 509-515 Kansas 516-517 Montana 518-519 Idaho 520 Wyoming 521-524 Colorado 525 / 585 New Mexico 526-527 Arizona 528-529 Utah 530 Nevada 531-539 Washington 540-544 Oregon 545-573 California 574 Alaska 575-576 Hawaii 577-579 District of Columbia 580 Virgin Islands 581-585 P.R., Guam, Am. Samoa, Philippine Islands 700-729 Railroad Thanks Floa Swisher