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From: Eric Haas <>
Subject: Re: Form SS-5 -- Quality?
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 13:21:56 GMT
References: <B6CBFA6E.214F%jlc379@earthlink.net><v6Sp6.59322$sD.4485443@e420r-sjo2.usenetserver.com>, <B6CDB104.27F8%jlc379@earthlink.net>


On Fri, 09 Mar 2001 06:02:14 GMT, Jennifer Coates
<> wrote:

>Thank you to all who replied to my post. The time frame varies wildly, so I
>won't hold my breath. I understand that I will get a photocopy of the
>original SS application. I'm sure this varies quite a bit also, but what is
>the quality like? I requested the application of my great-grandmother, who
>was born in 1885. I'm afraid I'll receive something that I'll barely be
>able to read.

All of the ones I've gotten have been quite legible, including ones
filled out in 1936 when SS registration first started.

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