Happy Holidays to you, too, Mulé & Sophia.

Sophia: The return address at the top of my nonexistence letter is:

US Dept of Homeland Security
150 Space Center Loop
Lee's Summit, MO 64064

But that's not an address I ever wrote to! The address I wrote to (on March 30, 2009) was:

U.S. Citizenship ...

Mulé:

I did get a Certificate of Nonexistence of Record from the USCIS dated June 8, 2009. The date of my letter to them was March 30, 2009, so that's, what?, a little over 2 months, which isn't bad at all, and much sooner than I'd expected.

I think at the time I submitted my last letter at the ...

Frank,

That's really impressive, you're correct right down the line--and know more about my great-aunt and great-uncle than I do, in knowing their given names.

I'd love to see what you have so far on these families (the name Pappalardo also sounds familiar) and would be willing to contribute ...

Okay, wait a minute... After waiting over 2 full years for a FOIA letter stating that no records were found I was told first by the people at Lee's Summit to fax them a request for a Certification of Non-Existence of Record Letter--which I did. But that turned out to be wrong; Lee's Summit no longer ...

I'm sorry that my response comes so long after your last post, but if it's of interest to you, my grandmother Lucy (originally Lucia, I believe) Merenda was born July 16, 1902 in Troina. She emigrated after WWI with her mother and sister Anna (don't know if anyone else) to California.

I'd be ...