From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tue Aug 22 17:05:35 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 k7MN5Zjb011524; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:05:35 -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 k7MN5YAL008748 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:05:34 -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 k7MKPTFI013630 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:25:29 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7MKPTnV013629 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:25:29 -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 k7MIQlFI013360 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:26:47 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7ML6ftk014467 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:06:41 -0600 X-Envelope-From: jimwinfrey@gmail.com Tue Aug 22 15:06:41 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 k7ML6fjb014458 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:06:41 -0600 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.185]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7ML6dvE017330 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:06:40 -0600 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id m18so172150nfc for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:06:36 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=sqyjsfvAbFn63br/xlCzOQaOwLv8EvZKGpDdgDzACirz9HMwFpEFPL8ToqCypYdH+hVc5LE91W34MB9JVid3Hfcg8ru4o4moJVLP4ahz++fP5w8vBEVfdqE98x+a/LzJ/i2u/dtHdTHTQY3SPIZ1VjnU9b1uvROzNYhnParuDdE= Received: by 10.49.20.5 with SMTP id x5mr1027273nfi; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:06:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.48.203.13 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:06:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:06:36 -0400 From: "Jim Winfrey" To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Social Security death benefits question In-Reply-To: <082220061751.5398.44EB440D00023A350000151622058861720A0401019B01D20D@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <082220061751.5398.44EB440D00023A350000151622058861720A0401019B01D20D@comcast.net> 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 Hi Bev, My wife and I just retired and went throught the process of setting up survivor benefits with Social Security. We had to present both our birth certificates and our marriage certificate. Absent a marriage certificate, there were other documents that would work. But, SS only used the certificate to establish we were indeed married. They looked at, marked something on the application, but did not copy the certificate. The agent just handed it back to us when she had verified we were married. So, I doubt you could get any information from them. Jim On 8/22/06, b.otoole@comcast.net wrote: > Here is my problem. My mother and father were married sometime in 1936 we think in Vancouver, Washington. When Mother passed away, we could not find her wedding certificate anywhere. > > Since Mom collected Dad's Social Security Befefits, would the SSA have any records of what she used as proof she married my dad? > > -- > Bev > I reject your reality and substitute my own. > >