I just received a Naturalization Record for Manuel Garcia Menendez my husband's father. These people lived in Lake Co IN most of their lives. There are many descrepancies on it including date of arrival. He was a minor when he came here to America from Spain. I am looking for his father Jose GARCIA GARCIA and his mother Josefina Teresa ALVAREZ MENENDEZ. Because of the way Spanish use last names, it makes it difficult to find their naturalization records. In America, the child's name should have been GARCIA not MENENDEZ. I was suprised to find it under MENENDEZ. Dates of Arrival descrepancy: April 12, 1918 on Petition for Naturalization April 12, 1918 on Certificate of Arrival April 12-14 1914 on a Handwritten note left in our possession by Manual Garcia before he died in 1983. ONLY Common agreeing thing between NOTE and NATURALIZATION papers is the the ship was the SS Baltic. I am looking in your county for Naturalization Records for Manuel GARCIA MENENDEZ' parents Jose GARCIA GARCIA (in English Jose or Joseph) and Josefina Teresa ALVAREZ MENENDEZ (in English could be Josephine ALVAREZ, Josephine MENENDEZ, or more likely Josephine GARCIA) with only the above dates of arrival and the following information. Can you HELP ME PLEASE? Descendants of Jose Garcia Garcia 1 GARCIA, Jose Garcia b: February 12, 1878 in Piedras Blancas, Castrillón, Oviedo, Spain d: March 22, 1957 in Gary, Indiana .. +MENENDEZ, Josefina Terese Alvarez b: in Piedras Blancas, Castrillón, Oviedo, Spain m: in Oviedo, Castellano, Spain ....... 2 MENENDEZ, Arelia Garcia b: 1903 in Piedras Blancas, Castrillón, Oviedo, Spain ........... +ALONSO, Jose m: 1923 ....... *2nd Husband of MENENDEZ, Arelia Garcia: ........... +DIAZ, Manuel m: Aft. 1930 ....... 2 MENENDEZ, Manuel Garcia b: January 04, 1904 in Piedras Blancas, Castrillón, Oviedo, Spain d: November 10, 1983 in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana. Petition for NATURALIZATION record#7137, June 9, 1939, Oath of Allegiance taken Novermber 13, 1930 Cert #4819837, Decl of Intention #20069 Filed July 1, 1936, CERTIFICATE OF ARRIVAL #11-142860 July 1, 1936 Hammond, Indiana. ........... +APA, Emilia C. " Millie" b: September 10, 1910 in Chicago, Illinois m: January 16, 1928 in Crown Point, Indiana d: May 30, 1974 in Gary, Indiana Father: APA, Frederick Mother: GERMANO, Angeline ....... 2 MENENDEZ, Maria Christina Garcia b: 1905 in Cherryvale, Kansas ........... +ALARCON, Jose b: in Spain ....... 2 MENENDEZ, Abelina Garcia b: Aft. 1905 in Piedras Blancas, Castrillón,Oviedo, Spain ....... 2 MENENDEZ, Emilio "Elmo" Garcia b: Aft. 1906 in Piedras Blancas, Castrillón, Oviedo, Spain ....... 2 GARCIA, Josephine Menendez b: Aft. 1908 in Cherryvale, Kansas d: June 07, 1998 in Highland, Indiana ........... +BRUNO, Joseph b: Abt. 1907 d: May 01, 1982 in Gary, Indiana ....... 2 MENENDEZ, Albert Garcia b: Aft. 1909 in Kernville, California ....... 2 MENENDEZ, Avelino " Albert Bo" Garcia b: 1913 in Gary, Indiana ....... 2 MENENDEZ, Joseph Garcia b: Abt. 1922 in Cherryvale, Kansas I would be grateful if you can DO ANYTHING to help me. Thank you for any time and trouble this may cause for you. -- Emailto:[email protected] Leona Garcia PO Box 636 Mount Vernon, WA 98273 FAMILY TREE: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/a/r/Leona--Garcia-WA/ WALKINGSTICK:http://www.walkingstick.8k.com/index.html WALKINGSTICKS: http://www.angelfire.com/indie/walkingstick/walkingstick.htm ADKINS and ATKINS: http://www.genealogy.com/users/g/a/r/Leona-Garcia/