hey thanks Mark. The link you provided is for an EMPLOYER ident number. I assumed when I saw EIN on the letter the administrator sent to my brother, that it stood for ESTATE ident number.
Anyway, thanks for your input. I appreciate it.
Thanks pg1067. I'll pass on this page to my brother. Obviously, I would like for him to avoid probate. I suspect that going through probate will expose the pension money to the creditors that my sister dealt with in her hospital and nursing home stay before she passed.

