Congrats to you! I also received a success letter from NYC yesterday. So, to get the passport we just make an appointment and show up? I saw the online form but I wasn't sure how a date was selected (I am out of NYC till 29 June, so figured I'd wait till I got back to make it - but if I'm going to h...

Don't know if you speak Spanish or not, but the biggest Argentine newspapers are El Clarín and La Nación. You could try checking those out (maybe searching for your ancestors name in the "search").

I also used Gabriella and I highly recommend her. Her rates are reasonable and the turn-around time is fast. You can scan your documents and email them to her. I'm from NY, so your concern about the East Coast isn't a problem. I contacted lots of translators here in the NYC area. Their rates were of...