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Family Tree question!?

November 9th, 2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

I’m stuck on my great-great grandfather on my family tree. i have his birth year, his death year, his social security number, and I know he was in world war one. Ohio (his birthplace) didn’t start keeping birth records until 1908 though. is there anyway I can find out the name of his father? He was born in Ohio, but lived & died in Wisconsin. I just want to be able to find his father’s name. I don’t really care about anything else.

His SSN application, $27, should have his father’s name and his mother’s maiden name. His death certificate might have them. His marriage record might have them. The article about his wedding in the local paper’s society pages, on microfilm in the library, may have them.

You could post his name, DOB and the places he was born in and lived in (town, COUNTY, state) here and someone might find him on the census. That isn’t as good as the SSN app, but it is free. It isn’t as good because if he lived with an uncle and called him "Dad" because his parents died when he was young, he might be on the census with relation "son" instead of "nephew".

  1. Hamburger
    November 9th, 2011 at 09:46 | #1

    You should try to connect with as many people as possible out there on genealogy sites that share his last name and/or are related to you. They might have other records that they can share with you to help you track him down.
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  2. Kym-berly B
    November 9th, 2011 at 10:36 | #2

    I have been working on my family tree as well. I did not have enough information to do the whole tree by myself so I looked for websites that let you merge your tree with other people , so you can share the work.
    The only one I found who did this was
    http://www.geni.com

    Basically you put in some of your family members and it will prompt you to merge them with similar profiles. So I would go there and search for your Great Great Grandfather and see if he is on the Site. If he is, I bet his father is listed.

    In my case I found 3 Distant cousins had already done 75% of the work for me! So it was very simple.
    They have a free membership but also offer a 2 week trial for free, month $13 membership or a $300 lifetime membership.
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  3. Shirley T
    November 9th, 2011 at 11:05 | #3

    Get a copy of his application for a social security number. It should be on there along with their places of birth.

    https://secure.ssa.gov/apps9/eFOIA-FEWeb/internet/main.jsp
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  4. Ted Pack
    November 9th, 2011 at 11:30 | #4

    His SSN application, $27, should have his father’s name and his mother’s maiden name. His death certificate might have them. His marriage record might have them. The article about his wedding in the local paper’s society pages, on microfilm in the library, may have them.

    You could post his name, DOB and the places he was born in and lived in (town, COUNTY, state) here and someone might find him on the census. That isn’t as good as the SSN app, but it is free. It isn’t as good because if he lived with an uncle and called him "Dad" because his parents died when he was young, he might be on the census with relation "son" instead of "nephew".
    References :

  5. wendy c
    November 9th, 2011 at 12:09 | #5

    Heads up..
    if you intend to continue with your family tree, realize that birth and death certificates basically did NOT EXIST in almost all states, prior to 1900. Social security didn’t start until 1930s, it will quickly be useless for research (and not in use in 1908).
    For the majority of the 1800s…the census is where you will spend the most time. Even that will not be your ONLY source. It changes drastically by 1850 and earlier as well.
    Apparently, you have not ordered his death certificate?
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