<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6002.18332" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Donna-</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In all probability the marriage record would be on file because it would be the proof needed to establish that the children are children of the deceased wage earner. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Once a person dies (in this case both parties to the marriage record are deceased) FOIA goes into effect and you should be able to order the record provided they haven't trashed it by now.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/9/2011 4:21:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, donna316@tx.rr.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>Hello:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>I have posed this question to the Social Security Administration with no response as of yet, so I thought I'd ask my question here.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>In 1968, a man, previously widowed, died leaving three small children.    Would the application for Social Security death benefits for the children include the marriage date for the parents of the children?  Is this application obtainable through the Freedom of Information Act?   At least two of the children (now adults) are still living.  Would one of them need to order the record instead of me?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>I appreciate the benefit of you experience!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>Warmest Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>Donna</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>