From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Jul 6 14:19:22 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 k66KJMjb031740; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 14:19:22 -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 k66KJKao010219 for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 14:19:20 -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 k66Hg2FI026778 for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 13:42:02 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k66Hg2mw026777 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 13:42:02 -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 k66GA7FI026531 for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 12:10:07 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k66IlEiY022391 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 12:47:14 -0600 X-Envelope-From: paperangels@gmail.com Thu Jul 6 12:47:14 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 k66IlEjb022382 for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 12:47:14 -0600 Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.203]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k66Il7pD014017 for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 12:47:08 -0600 Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id x7so1000021nzc for ; Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:47:03 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=TkobRgkJvRtasoSh/gfVO2ejjDzUDgQ/Jqu7zePfrAl5mUxtBIXBu/gjNQW2R1dg349TPYiOPeZ4PQfEhZGYuuOYTXrHYVy2+CQH8WC9cnEVMmXBSNlhF+or9pMAWW7kFsdqUKE10mnxsSLCzFwEzDUQOj4KHCpSUSAh6zx3Bcs= Received: by 10.64.204.3 with SMTP id b3mr989025qbg; Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:47:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.35.12 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 11:47:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 12:47:02 -0600 From: Joe To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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] Re: Social Security Application, Need Answers Hello Melissa, The only place you can order a copy of a deceased person's SS-5 form is from the Social Security Administration. I don't think there's another way to get them. You could order a copy of the numident (computer print-out) for a little less money, but numidents don't have the same information on them. SS-5 Form = Application for a Social Security Card/Account Number (SSN). For an example (of a blank one) see... http://www.researchguides.net/ss-5.htm Numident = Computer extract of Social Security Number Application. To see some differences between a numident and SS-5 see... http://www.kidsgenealogy.com/askr021402.html (scroll down to "Numident vs. SS-5") Also see... http://www.ssa.gov/foia/html/foia_guide.htm#newfees The last time I ordered an SS-5 from the SSA it took about 6 weeks. It might take longer depending on the number of current requests. Good luck with your search. Regards, Joe -- Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records http://www.deathindexes.com/ "Melissa Barker" wrote: > Hello List, > > I apologize up front this subject has been discussed before, but I am in need of some answers. > > I am going to send for my great-grandmother's original social security application. > I printed out the form that was on ancestry.com and I also know that the fee is $27.00. > > I have 2 questions: > > 1. Is this the only way to get this information? Or is there another avenue that might > be cheaper? > > 2. How long does it usually take to get the document after I send in my request? > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > In Christ, > Melissa Barker