From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Apr 13 13:07:12 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3DJ7Cjb001350; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:07:12 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3DJ7BtF018470 for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:07:11 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k3DGYrFI027920 for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:34:53 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k3DGYrJ5027919 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:34:53 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k3DF9FFI027683 for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:09:15 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k3DHfLDN005315 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:41:21 -0600 X-Envelope-From: ChristieTrapp@aol.com Thu Apr 13 11:41:20 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3DHfKjb005304 for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:41:20 -0600 Received: from imo-m25.mx.aol.com (imo-m25.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.6]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3DHfHQS008238 for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:41:20 -0600 Received: from ChristieTrapp@aol.com by imo-m25.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.3.) id e.1f3.1e1ea528 (63024) for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:41:06 -0400 (EDT) From: ChristieTrapp@aol.com Message-ID: <1f3.1e1ea528.316fe732@aol.com> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:41:06 EDT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5300 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Social Security Numbers Mary Putman" Subject: Social Security Numbers I was curious one day and was looking up my deceased husband's Social Security information. I was astonished to find that in the internet records, he was listed as having received his SS card in California. He had always lived in Washington, so searched some more and found that evidently at one time, California was running short of numbers. Some Washington state numbers were transferred to California, therefore he is listed as having received his SS card in California. Puzzle solved. The correspondance I received stated that the state in which the card was issued cannot be changed without valid proof. The only proof I would have would be that he was a lifelong resident of Walla Walla County. If one state borrowed numbers from another state/states, you may run into this problem also. Best wishes with your searches! Mary Mary: I've haven't heard of that explanation before about California running short of numbers. I don't see how that was even a possibility. I would understand that explanation in today's scenario, but not in the past. Could it be that even though he was a Walla Walla county resident that he might have, at one point gone to California to work (perhaps after 1933 when SS came into law) and in order to get the job he needed to get his SS card? Then when the job was completed, or he quit that he returned back to Washington? You didn't indicate how old your husband was at the time he died which would provide a clue as to the time period when he might have been issued his card. You didn't indicate whether you have known your husband his entire life - meaning from childhood to adulthood when the two of you got married. You didn't indicate what the first 3 numbers were on his card, which would give you the state of issuance. To be a California number, the first three digits for California cards are 545-573 To be a Washington number, the first three digits for Washington cards are 531-533 Isn't Walla Walla county basically an agricultural community? Could he have come to California to work in the agricultural community or, if he didn't want to be a farmer, come to California to pursue work in another industry? Then returned when he discovered his true passion - you - and then stayed in Washington? Christie Trapp