I can try to find Marian Smith to clarify the process. Cheri On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Rosemarie Capodicci <rcap...@redshift.com>wrote:
> Kathy > > As I understand it, it's a two part process if you DON'T know the number of > your ancestors Alien Record. If you already have the number you skip to the > last step and pay the $35 for the record itself. Sooooo, if you don't know > any numbers it's going to cost you a total of $55. which is not good but at > least you get the record! I know about 15 years ago I wrote to SF for my > Va's and I even had the number and they sent the wrong info back. As I > understand it from Miriam Smith, that happened often! I can't understand how > they kept track of the Alien situation giving out duplicate numbers! > > Rosemarie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Kathy Cardoza <kmacard...@mac.com> > *To:* Azores@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 17, 2009 7:01 AM > *Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Alien Registration files to be relocated > in Kansas City > > So, just to clarify this issue ..........If a person wants to locate an > Alien Registration record, then, is it necessary to use the fee-for-service > Genealogy Program from the USCIS? Is that just one resource that could > potentially locate all an ancestor's immigration related records for you > which would then require you to send for the records from them and pay the > fee of $20 - $35 for each record? If you just request the record from the > FOIA using Form G639 (as we've done in the past), is that still an option? > I'm confused......not the first time! LOL > > Kathy > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: > http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/azoresindex.html > Climb my Family Tree: > http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/Kathy/index.htm > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
