Well almost done with acquiring all my docs for my citizen application. I have some name change issues that i'll need to work out, but I think I'm in good shape. Anyway, my original plan was to gain citizenship and then get my wife's through me. It seems faster and less hassle. Since the change in l...
No problem ordering a death cert for dual citizenship through PA vital records. I also asked about ordering a birth certificate and they said as long as you have all the correct information to locate the record it shouldn't be an issue. I could have picked up the birth certs tomorrow or have them ma...
In Pennsylvania birth and death records after 1906 are centralized with the State. https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/certificates/Pages/Vital%20Records.aspx I'm heading to one of the offices next week to order a bunch of my records and one is a death certificate for my great grandfather. I will let y...
As ancestry does updates I’m shifting all over the place. After receiving and email about an update today I decided to take a look. It now says 42% Irish, 24% Italian, 23% French and then small percentages from virtually every other country in Western Europe. This has changed with every ancestry upd...
The documents I need for my application are coming in faster than I expected. Woo who! My appointment is September 2019 and was wondering if anyone had luck with getting an earlier, cancelled, appointment at the Philadelphia consulate? Also, I noticed my reservation says “To be confirmed”. Do I need...
I verified it is possible, but with a court order. He changed his name after his marriage to my grandmother, probably her idea . There are no living relatives.
I’m doing well gathering all the documents for my citizenship application. As I mentioned before my grandfather (decreased) decided to change his name after his marriage which causes me to need a court order to correct them. I have supporting documentation (fathers/uncles birth certificates, death c...
His death certificate doesn't state a Nationality. Census info I've found thus far is riddled with errors or is missing. My grandfather was born in 1907, here is the problem with the census data i found: 1900 - Found the Family with given names and surnames switched. GG Parents and Great Uncle info ...
One of the most fun things that I discovered in my research was finding my look alike ancestor, Prince Marino Caracciolo II. Don Marino descends from the Caracciolo Rossi family, one of the oldest families in Naples, that date back to 950 AD. He was born in Atripalda on 9-6-1587 and died in Naples o...