http://genealogy.about.com/library/blsocialsecurity.htm
* The first set of three digits is called the Area Number
* The second set of two digits is called the Group Number
* The final set of four digits is the Serial Number
Since 1972, when SSA began assigning SSNs and issuing cards centrally from Baltimore, the area number assigned has been based on the ZIP code in the mailing address provided on the application. The applicant’s mailing address does not have to be the same place as their residence. Thus, the Area Number does not necessarily represent the State of residence of the applicant, either prior to 1972 or since.”
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So, the question now is, “Who in Connecticut applied for Obama’s SSN?”
* The second set of two digits is called the Group Number
* The final set of four digits is the Serial Number.
Since 1972, when SSA began assigning SSNs and issuing cards centrally from Baltimore, the area number assigned has been based on the ZIP code in the mailing address provided on the application.
The applicant’s mailing address does not have to be the same place as their residence.
Thus, the Area Number does not necessarily represent the State of residence of the applicant, either prior to 1972 or since.”
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So, the question now is, “Who in Connecticut applied for Obama’s SSN?”
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Are you saying that Baltimore first sent Obama's Social Security card to an address in Connecticut, and that address, in turn, sent the card to Obama in Hawaii? If true, what a very strange trail Obama's social security took after it left Baltimore, in my opinion.
Charlie Sheen actor: I bet we wouldn't have as much trouble tracking down Charlie Sheen's Social Security number and where he first applied to get it.