Thanks!

understood, and your concern is valid.
I've been digging through this issue for the last month or so and every story is different, just looking for the straight dope.

Hope you're able to find some refreshment soon

Cheers

E

Peter,

We are doing all of what you mentioned. We do take this seriously, and I don't like to leave any stone unturned, so I came to this site to see if there was any information or person's experiences related to what we are trying to do.

I was simply asking your advice for something, based off ...

Thanks,

We'll find out the verdict soon and post the info we have to the site, as there are probably other people like us out there who may have questionable and grey areas like this to deal with.

The requirements and processes on the consulate web site are pretty vague and narrow in focus - and ...

Hi Peter,

My wife and I are trying to figure out if she is able to claim italian citizenship from her father. I can't seem to find a clear answer on this issue yet, and I wanted to see what you might have to say about this.

We read up on the italian consulate web site about the whole process of ...

The folks at the Department of Homeland Security finally put up a web site
all INS research and issues falls under this department now

associated forms for INS research:

http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/index.htm

a handy faq section

http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/aboutus ...

They also refer to everything in the plural sense.

No good when you're talking about one person

gotta love stragedy

grazie
che cosa conoscete è utile

Ok, maybe I'm being a little ignorant here,

I figured my great-grandfather's real name was Joseph (not very italian sounding), my family always referred to him as Joseph, and I have been working on obtaining his records with that information

I know was normal to americanize names back then, and i ...

nope its down

probably part of the whole condensing departments deal

its all going to be "Homeland Security" Now

you can email me directly at

erik@designafternext.com

thanks peter

erik

no she's dead

thanks

Yeah I have her social,

Would the US govt provide me with copies of naturalization records?

that's the one avenue I haven't pursued yet

As far as ship registers go - I can't even correlate my great grandfather 100% with the ellisisland.org database yet.

I have a close match, however the ...

Hi Peter -

I'm in the process of acquiring governmental records (marriage and death certificates, army discharges) . The next phase of my research is to find more personal information (occupations, any sort of stories, etc.) on these people.

So far I've met a relative who had put together a tree ...