I agree with Sharon. The U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs used to file the vets by the last 4 digits. Now they are using the last 6 digits. Ann New Mexico, USA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Perdue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Mary Brenzel's filing system > You are probably safe doing this, but the last 4 digits are NOT unique to > one person. Each unique 1st 5 digits would/could have the same last 4 > digits. > > A Social Security Number (SSN) consists of nine digits, commonly written > as > three fields separated by hyphens: AAA-GG-SSSS. The first three-digit > field > is called the "area number". The central, two-digit field is called the > "group number". The final, four-digit field is called the "serial number". > The process of assigning numbers has been changed at least twice. Until > 1965, only half the group numbers were used. Before 1972, numbers were > assigned by field offices; since 1972, they have all been assigned by the > central office. The order in which numbers were assigned was changed in > the > 1972 transition. There may have been other changes. > > Serial numbers are assigned in chronological order within each area and > group number as the applications are processed. Serial number "0000" is > never used. Before 1965, when number assignment was transferred from field > offices to the central office, serial numbers may have been assigned in a > strange order. (Some sources claim that 2000 and 7000 series numbers were > assigned out of order. That no longer seems to be the case.) Currently, > the > serial numbers are assigned in strictly increasing order with each area > and > group combination. > > This is from a site found by searching "social security number structure". > > http://archive.cpsr.net/cpsr/privacy/ssn/ssn.structure.html > > > > Sharon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 3:46 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Mary Brenzel's filing system > > > > Mary's system is surely easy to use and I thank her for sharing her > > system. > > But I would make one small change...grin...with the SSDI file. It is > > my > > understanding that the last four digits of an SSN are unique to one > > person. > > Thus, I would file the document as [surname], [given name], [last four > > digits of > > the SSN] and the file designation would be Jackson-John-1234. I would > > use > > the hyphen as a separator just for readability. > > > > Jon Raymond > > St Paul Park, MN > > Web site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~raymond/ > > > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research > > trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 > > Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > > For online technical support, please visit > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research > trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 > Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
