[NorCalRepub]

SAJ is right.....I was a stock broker for many years...just I don't know where you live...but go into any discount type broker..Charles Schwab, TD Waterhouse etc...try and stay away from the Merrill Lynch's etc....you can open an account and not pay any fees...you can put the certs in the account and can tell you if they are worth anything pretty much right away....Preferred Stock does not appreciate in value like common stock...though it should have been paying out dividends for years....to someone....you can then sell it....keep it...the preferred stock is most likely expired but if common stock...may have some value.....those guys won't steer you into doing anything stupid with it and will tell you exactly your options

[gentlestrength]

Ah, the hope of us all, that while finally cleaning out and going through our parents' things, that we just happen to notice this piece of paper...