Dear List, Some time ago, I posted to a few of these lists a question about Naturalization of my great-grandmother. She came from Lithuania to Baltimore in about 1884. According to her census inofrmation, she was naturalized in 1910. At that time, she was married. I received numerous responses that women were rarely naturalized (rarely filed papers) because they became citizens upon their husbands' citizenship/naturalization. So, I never sent for her papers. Researching another side of my family -- immigrants from the Ukraine to Pittsburgh to Ohio -- I have found multiple women (married at the time) who filed separately from their husbands. I am now confused -- is this REALLY a rare thing? I'm thinking it may be worth the effort to send for my own gg-grandmother's papers. Emily ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

Emily, Here's a good article on women and naturalizations. If she said she was naturalized, you won't know what you'll find till you check it out. http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1998/summer/women-and-naturali zation-1.html If she was naturalized in a Federal Court, records will be at the National Archives in Philadelphia. If naturalized in a Maryland municipal or state court, check the MD State Archives. John -----Original Message----- From: md-baltimorecity-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:md-baltimorecity-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of eeraemore@aol.com Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:15 AM To: MD-BaltimoreCity-l@rootsweb.com Subject: [MD-BALTIMORECITY] Naturalizations Dear List, Some time ago, I posted to a few of these lists a question about Naturalization of my great-grandmother. She came from Lithuania to Baltimore in about 1884. According to her census inofrmation, she was naturalized in 1910. At that time, she was married. I received numerous responses that women were rarely naturalized (rarely filed papers) because they became citizens upon their husbands' citizenship/naturalization. So, I never sent for her papers. Researching another side of my family -- immigrants from the Ukraine to Pittsburgh to Ohio -- I have found multiple women (married at the time) who filed separately from their husbands. I am now confused -- is this REALLY a rare thing? I'm thinking it may be worth the effort to send for my own gg-grandmother's papers. Emily ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MD-BALTIMORECITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message