Well, I don't know where Melvina came up with it, but we found my great-grandpa's naturalization record in an old ledger, and she made me copies...... It's in a beautiful old script handwriting, it has the witnesses to the naturalization, and it has my great-grandpa's signature on it. It says he renounces the "kingdom" of Germany. If I remember rightly, I was in St. Louis in December 2000. I guess she just took pity on this Arizona cowgal who came to look for records in a blinding snowstorm with the only winter clothes I had, a sweatshirt with a hood, jeans and cowgal boots. I must have looked like a refugee from the nether regions! <grin> Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: <SRehm24416@aol.com> To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 9:46 PM Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] RE: Henry B.Kerkmann search > Yes Melvina was a super person. You are absolutely correct in saying you > could not have a better person to help. But she only had the cards to deal with. > The other petitions, or declarations, were thrown out. And we all know how much > information can be gathered on them. Imagine the results we could have. > > Jeff > St. Louis > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > GERMAN-TRADITIONS-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in German traditions. Anything that concerns traditions, culture, folklore, heritage, or why not old recipes and daily life in ancient times in Germany or former German areas is an appropriate topic. To subscribe click on mailto:GERMAN-TRADITIONS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Mail Mode) or mailto:GERMAN-TRADITIONS-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Digest Mode) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237