Susane wrote: > > If my gg-gfather applied for naturalization/citizenship, would his wife & > children automatically become citizens also? ------------------- Yes. Wives and minor children became citizens based on the husband/father's naturalization. But chances are there's no written record stating this. It's interesting to note that, at this time, a wife's citizenship status depended on that of her husband - while an alien woman became a citizen if she was married to an American citizen, an American woman marrying an alien lost hers. ------------------- > Or would my g-gfather have had to apply on his own? ------------------- Only if his father didn't become naturalized while he was a minor. ------------------- > And if his father never did apply, And if he did after serving in the > Civil War, would his wife & children then also become citizens? ------------------- For his wife and any children born outside of the US, yes. Any children born in the US would already be citizens, so whether he did wouldn't matter to them. A good source regarding the ins-and-outs on naturalization is at: http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/natural.html Dennis mailto:fran@ees.eesc.com