Dean wrote: "I recall sometime back that I learned that Social Security numbers are re-used." According to the Social Security Administration, SS#s are not reused (as well they shouldn't be). See the FAQ question at the SSA: http://tinyurl.com/h6z3x The first three numbers do indeed indicate the state/zip code, but those numbers do not remain the same throughout time, and are added to as necessary to have enough numbers for everyone. There are more than one for each state, the bigger states have more, so that they will not run out. See this document: http://www.ssa.gov/employer/stateweb.htm You can also see from this document, that there are many numbers left in almost all of the different groups for people to have numbers for a long time, especially since we've only used up to 772. http://www.ssa.gov/employer/highgroup.txt Best, James A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>