I’m currently debating between going with Luigi Paiano for my 1948 case or a more full featured service that includes translation and guidance finding documents.

Right now it seems Luigi would be a bit cheaper but that could change if the translations are expensive. I have no idea what to expect ...

I believe it’s a combination of NY state and NY City because some were born on Long Island outside city limits. I guess that makes this harder.

Unfortunately my family has largely migrated out of New York over the last thirty years so I don’t really know anyone who could get the docs in person ...

I’m starting a 1948 case and I currently need a variety of certificates from ancestors. I don’t know if this will make it easier but all of them lived in New York.

I need two certificates of naturalization, four marriage certificates, and three birth certificates.

I looked at the USCIS web site ...

Do I have a clear cut 1948 case?

My great grandmother was born in the USA before her parents naturalized, both of them doing so after 1912.
My grandmother was born in 1930, and my mother in 1954. The 1948 issue here just applies to whether my GGM could pass it on to my GM, right? So if this is ...

So I've been aware of jure sanguinis for a while but I never considered looking into it until today.
I did a little ancestry.com research and discovered that of my two paternal great-grandfathers who were born in italy:

One seems to have naturalized as a US citizen long before my grandfather was ...