Have you been sure to check for social security applications for all the women in your family? I have been surprised at the number of women I have been able to find who had SSNs. And look at the wonderful little tidbits of information provided. In the one below for “Cora Holt” , the “OK” in parenthesis meant that her mother lived in Oklahoma.
And the one below is just like my great-grandmother Beatrice: ever the detailed one. Look at all the extra data on this document.
One more for Grace Howard:
Have you found many SS5 cards for women in your trees?
I can barely find SS5 cards for the men much less the women. That being said I’ve anxiously awaiting the card from one female in the family. She’s not a direct line ancestor but she’s supposed to be my great grandmother’s baby sister. Other than her daughter stating that, I’ve no proof, so hoping that this solves the mystery.
Excellent post!
You asked – “Have you guys found many SS5 cards for women in your trees?”
Yes indeed! Actually during my beginning stages with family research, a few of the early “how-to” books that I referred to often recommended ordering Form SS-5s. I probably ordered more for male ancestors than female ones. But I learned a lot about the females in my family when I did indeed! I discovered that I had an aunt and uncle that migrated from Texas to live and work in Harlem & Brooklyn, NY during the late 1930s until their deaths. My aunt worked at the Jeannette Hat Shop that was once located on Madison Ave in New York City. I don’t believe I would have ever learned those key facts about her if it had not been for me adding Form SS-5s in my research.
I haven’t ordered an SS-5 in quite some time because they went from $7 each back in the early 1990s to $10 and more in 2002. Were the copies you have featured here affordable? Let me know your thoughts; again, great post!