Waiting on the Government

Actually this isn't so bad consider what I'm asking them to do. Most things take 6 - 8 weeks when dealing with the government. This request has only been four, and I know they have other things on their mind: WAR, TERRORIST, INFRASTRUCTURE, CHAOS, DEATH, OIL, and the poor. So may request is very, very, very small hill of beans, but I paid them $27 and I know they cashed the check.

I'm into genealogy in a big way. I just found my Grandfather's death benefit posted by the Social Security Office. This is great news, because I'm looking for anything I can on my Great-Grandfather and my Great-Grandmother. The fact that Grandfather Tech got a death benefit means at some point in time he filled out an applications for Social Security. The Social Security offices keep that information forever, and If you fill out the right form and spend some cash you can get a copy of the original application. So what you say? Here is the best part. The original form should hold the names of the parents! Mega Cool! Since I don't know the name of my Great-Grandmother's name! This would open a whole branch of my family and lead to some really Giga cool stuff.