Firstly, not everyone naturalised. Secondly, if he did it will be in the National Archives, unless it got lost. Regarding the first: did he naturalise? It's hard to know on that time frame, but what you could do, if you have any addresses for him is to check electoral registers. These are done by ward (voting district) and then by street. So, you need the exact street address (from the marriage certificate and from birth certificates for any children etc). If he appears on the ER he was eligible to vote ergo he was a British citizen. NB Women didn't get the vote till 1918, in the first instance. NB Women were naturalised along with their husbands and dependent children. If he naturalised: Try alternative spellings, names etc. Also, the papers are indexed and dated by when they were returned NOT when they happened. I was told by someone at TNA that sometimes papers dropped behind the filing cabinets because they tended to stack things awaiting them being returned. He said that occasionally you'll find a paper dated X for a naturalisation that took place decades earlier, so don't be too hung up about the dates. I can't believe there is only one Jacob BARNETT naturalisation, so he could well be there somewhere, just not where you thought or when you thought. Thirdly, you could try for alien registers during WW1 (or oaths of allegiance). If he fought he would have at least sworn an oath of allegiance. The other thing you could try is for his military records if you are sure he fought. HTH Sherry On 10/02/2008, ENFJBri@aol.com <ENFJBri@aol.com> wrote: > Hello, Everyone! > > I have been trying to locate immigration and naturalization information for > my wife's grandfather, Jacob BARNETT born 22 Apr 1883 in Suwalki, Russia (now Poland) under the name Jankel > Girsz CHAJKIELSON. >

I did a search on NA and the only thing I found was for Jacbo Barnet - a link to a photo of some sort http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/documentxsl.asp?com=1&i=0&nbKey=1&stylesheet=xsl\A2A_com.xsl&keyword=jacob%20barnet&properties=0601 follow the link. It might be nothing but .... Regards Angie Israel (cold and miserable and wet) Sherry with Sky <SherryELanda@sky.com> wrote: > I have been trying to locate immigration and naturalization information for > my wife's grandfather, Jacob BARNETT born 22 Apr 1883 in Suwalki, Russia (now Poland) under the name Jankel > Girsz CHAJKIELSON. > Our website is at www.british-jewry.org.uk We update regularly. Let us know if you have ideas to offer. British-Jewry-admin@rootsweb.com is the address to use for help. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRITISH-JEWRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Searching: RAYKH-ZELIGMAN/RICHMAN, Stakliskes, Lithuania/Leeds COHEN, Sakiai, Lithuania/Leeds MAGIDOWITZ, Jurbarkas, Lithuania/Leeds KASSIMOFF, Rezekne, Latvia/Leeds --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.