dave <ctchrinthry@gmail.com> wrote: : My grandmother's (the one who i claim descent through) death record : incorrectly indicates her birthplace as Chicago Illinios--i assume the : coroner just filled in the city of residence. : I am also having a hard time uncovering the marriage record of my : grandparents. It is of course possible that they never actually : married. : While it seems to me that none of this should affect the ultimate : question of genealogy, the foreign birth record application seems quite : exacting. : So the question i put to the group is, should i submit what seems : "sufficient evidence" or should i keep digging? Or am i in a bad : situation for acquiring citizenship? The requirements are quite strict in that you must provide all of the documentation items on the list and that they all agree. I had a similar problem with the documentation I assembled for a client. I had all the pieces, but they did not agree. For some reason, the marriage record of his grandmother did not have the same name for her parents as on her birth and death records. Upon initial application, his citizenship was denied even though I had provided additional corroborating evidence. We resubmitted the application calling their close attention to the supporting documents, which accurately reflected the parentage of a sibling. Once the connection was shown, and supported by several pieces of evidence, including census records, his application was approved and my client now has an Irish passport. Dennis J. Ahern Acton, MA 01720