While I understand some people who feel the 1948 rule is a good one I have to say it quite frustrating to get caught up by it. I am 100% Italian but I am down to researching my last GGF's naturalization date to see if I qualify without having to go the legal route.

I have hit a brick wall with most ...

The only record I could find of my Great Grand Father was a simple index card with the following info.

LastName,FirstName Vol-XXX No-XXXXX Pge XXX

Here is a redacted version of the index card, it was found using ancestry.com and was listed under.
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The letters DEB are at the top of ...