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Bernard Izbicki, future husband of my cousin Anastasia Rita Meleski, applied for a Social Security Account Number on 25 Nov 1936.

Application for Social Security Account Number for Bernard Joseph Izbicki
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Application for Social Security Account Number for Bernard Joseph Izbicki. The application states:

Bernard Joseph Izbicki lived at […]

Anastasia Rita Meleski applied for a Social Security Account Number in 1945.

Application for Social Security Account Number for Anastasia Rita Meleski
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Application for Social Security Account Number for Anastasia Rita Meleski. The application states:

Anastasia Rita Meleski lived at 5 Beaver Street in Worcester, Massachusetts

She was 33 years […]

Yesterday, I posted the Marriage Certificate for my grandparents, Kostanty Niedzialkowski and Helena Chmielewska.  In that document, my grandfather listed his parents as Theophil Niedzialkowski and Xaveria Zygmuntowicz.  I found one other record for my grandfather that also lists the names of his parents - Kostanty’s Application for a Social Security Account Number (SS-5).

Kostanty Niedzialkowski’s […]

I was told that my paternal grandparents, Michał and Marianna Dańko, had three children in Galicia before they emigrated from the area.  I have been able to find the birth/baptismal records for two of those children:  Sophie (Zofia in Polish) and John (Jan).  The third child remains a mystery.  I was told that his name […]

Social Security Records, including the Social Security Death Index and the SS-5 Application for a Social Security Account Number, are some of the first records I examined when I first started to compile my family tree.  I used the information in the Social Security Death Index to discover or verify dates of birth and dates […]