Wow Kathy, that’s so great! It just goes to prove that you need to check every document you can find on your ancestors. I will be in Merced today talking about Portuguese Research and I will be sure to tell everyone about your great find!
Rosemarie From: Kathy Cardoza Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 7:32 AM To: Azores Google Group Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Alien Registration Forms -- Speedy return! If you aren't aware of the importance of Alien Registration Forms to your research, you should know what a wonderful resource they can be! Briefly, ARs began to be required in 1940 as a way to identify all non-citizens living in the United States. They registered at their local Post Office. For more information on this great resource, go to the Azores GenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/alienreg.html Recently I sent for the AR of my husband's great grandfather, Ignacio Augusto Reis. First, I requested an index search online (links are on the Azores GenWeb) on April 21. I received the results of the search on April 26, via snail mail. With those results, I requested the actual forms on April 26, online. Yesterday, May 17, I received the AR form in the mail, less than a month from the start of the whole process! It cost me $20 for the index search and $20 for the form. I'm glad I requested it! I've searched for this man, Ignacio Augusto Reis, aka Enos Reis, for a long time but never found his immigration info. This form gave me the ship, port, and exact date. Even with that I had a hard time finding him on passenger lists. Finally, I located him on the EllisIsland.org site but he was listed under the butchered name Jgnacia Augusto Reys Lima........ Lima was his father's surname which he never used any other time and I never would have thought to check that. A good lesson for all researchers. I was amazed at how fast I got results back on this! The time frame is much improved over the old method used, except that now, it's no longer free. Oh, and the results will be sent to you from the Department of Homeland Security! That gave my son quite a start when he went up to get our mail, LOL. Kathy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~azrwgw/index.html Climb my Family Tree: http://www.kathys-place.com/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en. -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en.
