Many thanks, Joy for posting this excerpt!! My father's brother, born in Nova Scotia, enlisted in the United States Army, served overseas, in action and afterwards, returning to visit his mother about 1920, so we are told. He settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota -- no record of naturalization to be found. Your explanation gives me the reason I could not find this part of my research. To readers of the CENSUS list -- yes, I am also searching!! Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/ Joy Reisinger CG wrote: > To quote a small portion from the book by Loretto Dennis Szucs, "They Became > Americans: Finding naturalization records and ethnic origins" (Salt Lake > City: Ancestry, 1998) pp. 42-43: > An act of 17 July 1862 stated that: "Any alien, of the age of twenty-one > years and upwards, who has enlisted, or may enlist in the armies of the > United States, either the regular or the volunteer forces, and has been, or > may be hereafter, honorably discharged, shall be admitted to become a > citizen of the United States, upon his petition, without any previous > declaration of intention to become such; and he shall not be required to > prove more than one year's residence." See page 43 for further discussion on > the topic. > Joy Reisinger CG > > >I doubt if they were asked for naturalization papers at the time of > enlistment. < > > ==== QUEBEC Mailing List ==== > We have very few rules and regulations on how to use this > list, when in doubt - check the mail list archives, or > write privately to the host of this list hessian@cgocable.net > John Merz will try to help you a.s.a.p. Thank You.