Carol Stetser
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Citizenship for Children
July 19, 2019 Most Americans probably don’t think about citizenship much. After all, they were born in the United States, and most likely their parents were too. However, when doing genealogical research, it’s a topic that often arises. Was your ancestor a citizen? If he wasn’t, how did he obtain, or not obtain, citizenship? The …
Finding Naturalization Records
July 12, 2019 One of the records that many genealogists particularly want to find is their immigrant ancestors’ naturalization records. For many of us, it’s a thrill to actually see the records that changed not just our ancestors’ lives but our own even today. Unfortunately, those records are not always easy to find, but knowing …
Women’s Citizenship Status Before 1922
July 5, 2019 Most genealogists are aware that, until the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920, women in the United States could not vote. Fewer may realize that until 1922, the vast majority of immigrant women to the United States did not become citizens in their own right. From 1855 until 1922, most …