Jack, Here is a link detailing naturalizations. I am always happy to furnish my sources! Scroll down to the section titled "Exceptions to the General Rule" and it explains about woman and children. Cheryl The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: Shortcut to: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/naturalization/naturalization.html Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John L. Sweeney [mailto:sweelab@enter.net] > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:34 PM > To: Ray Marshall > Subject: Fw: [IRL-KERRY] IRL-KERRY Digest, Vol 2, Issue 295 > > > Ray: > > Is this statement correct? Do you know? It doesn't sound right to me. > " If she was born here and married an alien she lost her citizenship." > > Jack > ______________________________________________________ >> Just an interesting note that you may or may not be aware of -- Woman did >> not become citizens on their own until 1922. Prior to that she became a >> citizen automatically when her husband did - 'derivative citizenship'.. >> She also became a citizen automatically when she married a US citizen. > > If she was born here and married an alien she lost her citizenship. > > >> Cheryl > > >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:46:53 EDT >>> From: MonicaBOS@aol.com >>> Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Naturalization Records >>> >>> Clifford, I have the naturalization records of 4 Sheehy brothers who were >>> minors when they came to the US in 1850 - 1852. Their father did not come >>> but their mother did come. They all filed for naturalization at older > ages. >>> Daniel's and Bartholomew's papers are both dated on the same day (1862) >>> and they were witnesses for each other. Daniel was 27 and Bartholomew > was 25. >>> John's papers are dated 1871 and he was 31. William's papers are dated > 1876 and >>> he was 32. I was told at the National Archives that if their father had > come >>> and gotten his naturalization, the sons would have automatically gotten >>> theirs when they were minors. As for their mother, Hanora, I was told > that she could >>> have become a citizen automatically through marriage but she never > remarried >>> and I have no record of her becoming a US citizen. I found all of these >>> records at the National Archives and the people there are very helpful > and will >> give >>> you any help or information that they can. >>> >>> Monica > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the IRL-KERRY list administrator, send an email to > IRL-KERRY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the IRL-KERRY mailing list, send an email to IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________