I got the records for my great-grandfather and got a wealth of information! A 22 page packet arrived at my house and I got everything from bank statements, neighbors witness accounts to make sure he wasn't a communist supporter, and why his last name got changed. It was well worth the money!
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Kathy Cardoza <kmacard...@me.com> wrote: > Eric and others ..... > > I recently sent for an Alien Registration record from the USCIS and had a > very good experience with them. I requested an index search online on > April 21. I received the results of the search on April 26, via snail mail. > Then, 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 search and $20 for the form. > I'm glad I requested it. This is the site of the web form: > https://genealogy.uscis.dhs.gov > > Kathy > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~azrwgw/index.html > > Climb my Family Tree: > http://www.kathys-place.com/index.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > On Aug 15, 2013, at 5:07 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry Eric, I don't know why you would think that requesting information > on an ancestor's naturalization would be a waste of time. I got the > information that I posted from Marion Smith, who works in the historical or > genealogy division of the USCIS. Mel Lassalle and I have been in contact > with her for years. She is also lectures on the naturalization (and Alien > registration) process. She is east coast based, so most people see her > there. > > I know Kathy Cardoza had a recent experience with the USCIS. I would > guess about 6 months ago. The turn around time was quite fast, if I > remember correctly. > > Too bad yours was negative. But I would not tell anyone who is > researching an immigrant ancestor to not bother with the naturalization > packet. For many, it is the only place that the immigrant ancestor gave > information - and from their own mouth! Which port, which ship, date, > birth place, relatives, marriage info, children, parents...however the > information on the forms changed over time. People researching an > immigrant ancestor needs to pursue every avenue possible to find the > freguesia (village) over there! > > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > > > -- > 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. > -- Cheryl Lawrence 508-951-2657 -- 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.
