"na" = naturalized "al" = alien There's actually a third option "pa", which means naturalization papers have been filed (at some courthouse), but the citizenship process is not yet complete. These notations will only be found for men. Citizenship was not required in order to own land, and women couldn't vote till 1920. There were various quirks in the law at different times, but, generally an immigrant woman's status reflected her husband's. She was automatically naturalized when he was, without benefit of paperwork. (So were minor children.) For a while (don't remember exactly when), if a woman who was an American citizen by birth married an alien, she lost her citizenship. Jackari2@aol.com wrote: >Don >> >> Does anyone know what "na", and "al" mean after the immigration dates above, >> please? >> > >I'd guess North America and Alabama but US listers will no doubt come up with >something better. > >bfn > >Alan > > >============================== >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 > > -- *Marsha L. Ensminger __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp

Marsha, Thanks so much for that - it's so obvious now! Don ----- Original Message ----- From: <MarshaEnsminger@netscape.net> To: <KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 11:39 PM Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] Connecticut KNIBBS > "na" = naturalized > "al" = alien > > There's actually a third option "pa", which means naturalization papers have been filed (at some courthouse), but the citizenship process is not yet complete. > > These notations will only be found for men. Citizenship was not required in order to own land, and women couldn't vote till 1920. There were various quirks in the law at different times, but, generally an immigrant woman's status reflected her husband's. She was automatically naturalized when he was, without benefit of paperwork. (So were minor children.) For a while (don't remember exactly when), if a woman who was an American citizen by birth married an alien, she lost her citizenship. > > Jackari2@aol.com wrote: > > >Don > >> > >> Does anyone know what "na", and "al" mean after the immigration dates above, > >> please? > >> > > > >I'd guess North America and Alabama but US listers will no doubt come up with > >something better. > > > >bfn > > > >Alan > > > > > >============================== > >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 > > > > > > > -- > *Marsha L. Ensminger > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Switch to Netscape Internet Service. > As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register > > Netscape. Just the Net You Need. > > New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer > Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. > Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp > > > ============================== > 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 >