Karen~      Google US Naturlization.  A tremenous amount of information available for you to read.      Naturalization was quite important.  A man (note I say man) could not vote unless they were a citizen.  Woman did not vote and became citizens when their husband did.  Many emigrants, not only Irish, fled terrible conditions in their native country.  Why then should they maintain alligence to that soverign.  Women did not get the vote until the 1920s.  That is a whole story in itself.      There two sets of papers, first the application of intent and later on that actual granting of Naturalization.       Not sure how the law is written but an example.  My husband's grandfather was born in County Waterford Ireland 1845.  His parents emigrated in 1846, leaving him and his 2 older brothers with grandparents.  In 1850 the boys were brought out.  He & his brothers were Union during the Civil War.  Because of this, they only had to apply for final papers to get their citizenship.       Some citizenship papers had pertinent data but others do not.  By this I mean, some might just say Ireland or Germany or ???  No actural arrival date or port of arrival.  On my husband's g grandfathers application in Washington county, the papers of intent had his date of arrival, port, county in Ireland, etc.  The same was true for his brother-in-law who assisted in bringing the boys out.  The uncle's final papers were done in Essex County, MA.  Again much pertainent data.  My g grandfathers 2 sets done in OH only state Ireland, date of arrival but not where.  We knew that information but it would have been nice to have on his papers.  Also, my g grandfather emigrated at age 17 so his papers were filed as a juvenile, not with adult males.  Had a heck of a time finding them because we were not aware this separation was done.  Other ancestors applications in OH are just as vague but we have noticed that MA & MD in most cases had extra data.  Have no idea why.        To be a citzen of the country is very important, but to our ancestors I think even more so.  Look at all the people currently trying methods both legal and illegal desiring American citzenship.  All those who have made the ultimate sacrifice who were native or natualized know how important it was and is.  We are a unique country and our ancestors sacrifices to give us this gift proves they knew how important it was for all generations.         If your ancestor lived in Washington County, MD, I have a book with naturalization up to 1880.  I could check for you. Mary Ellen Chambers  ________________________________ From: Karen Cooper <karencooper10@att.net> To: mdallega <mdallega@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 12:24:27 PM Subject: [MDALLEGA] Naturalization Info Help! I have no information on the “naturalization process” and am wondering if my great-grandfather Patrick J. Creegan was naturalized.  I am looking for information on his parents and heard that the naturalization papers list fathers name. Is this true? Patrick came to Allegany Co. in 1852, enlisted in US Army in 1862 and died in 1891.  A couple other questions I have:  1.  Did everyone have to become naturalized?  2. Did being in the service cause one to be naturalized?  3.  What was the benefit to the immigrant to become naturalized?  I guess a final question is did anyone on the list, gain any good info when getting naturalization papers on their ancestors? Thx to all for any help and hope you are all keeping warm where ever you are.  It’s 62 degrees here in Anaheim, CA and partly cloudy.    Good luck to all in your searches. Karen Creegan Cooper ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Mary Ellen, If you can, please check your Naturalization Book for:  Thomas Greenwade and/or Moses Greenwade. Thank You for any help you can provide.   Make It A Good Day   Paul ________________________________ From: Mary Ellen Chambers <maryln61@yahoo.com> To: mdallega@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 4:39:08 PM Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Naturalization Info Karen~      Google US Naturlization.  A tremenous amount of information available for you to read.      Naturalization was quite important.  A man (note I say man) could not vote unless they were a citizen.  Woman did not vote and became citizens when their husband did.  Many emigrants, not only Irish, fled terrible conditions in their native country.  Why then should they maintain alligence to that soverign.  Women did not get the vote until the 1920s.  That is a whole story in itself.      There two sets of papers, first the application of intent and later on that actual granting of Naturalization.       Not sure how the law is written but an example.  My husband's grandfather was born in County Waterford Ireland 1845.  His parents emigrated in 1846, leaving him and his 2 older brothers with grandparents.  In 1850 the boys were brought out.  He & his brothers were Union during the Civil War.  Because of this, they only had to apply for final papers to get their citizenship.       Some citizenship papers had pertinent data but others do not.  By this I mean, some might just say Ireland or Germany or ???  No actural arrival date or port of arrival.  On my husband's g grandfathers application in Washington county, the papers of intent had his date of arrival, port, county in Ireland, etc.  The same was true for his brother-in-law who assisted in bringing the boys out.  The uncle's final papers were done in Essex County, MA.  Again much pertainent data.  My g grandfathers 2 sets done in OH only state Ireland, date of arrival but not where.  We knew that information but it would have been nice to have on his papers.  Also, my g grandfather emigrated at age 17 so his papers were filed as a juvenile, not with adult males.  Had a heck of a time finding them because we were not aware this separation was done.  Other ancestors applications in OH are just as vague but we have noticed that MA & MD in most cases had extra data.  Have no idea why.        To be a citzen of the country is very important, but to our ancestors I think even more so.  Look at all the people currently trying methods both legal and illegal desiring American citzenship.  All those who have made the ultimate sacrifice who were native or natualized know how important it was and is.  We are a unique country and our ancestors sacrifices to give us this gift proves they knew how important it was for all generations.         If your ancestor lived in Washington County, MD, I have a book with naturalization up to 1880.  I could check for you. Mary Ellen Chambers  ________________________________ From: Karen Cooper <karencooper10@att.net> To: mdallega <mdallega@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 12:24:27 PM Subject: [MDALLEGA] Naturalization Info Help! I have no information on the “naturalization process” and am wondering if my great-grandfather Patrick J. Creegan was naturalized.  I am looking for information on his parents and heard that the naturalization papers list fathers name. Is this true? Patrick came to Allegany Co. in 1852, enlisted in US Army in 1862 and died in 1891.  A couple other questions I have:  1.  Did everyone have to become naturalized?  2. Did being in the service cause one to be naturalized?  3.  What was the benefit to the immigrant to become naturalized?  I guess a final question is did anyone on the list, gain any good info when getting naturalization papers on their ancestors? Thx to all for any help and hope you are all keeping warm where ever you are.  It’s 62 degrees here in Anaheim, CA and partly cloudy.    Good luck to all in your searches. Karen Creegan Cooper ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message       ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm looking for anybody that might have yearbooks covering my father's years at Allegany HS. If you have years '39 - '45 please contact me because I would love to have copies of the pages on which my father is shown or mentioned. Thanks.

41, 43, 44 are available on Ancestry.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jobes Family" <jobes@voicenet.com> To: <mdallega@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 7:14 PM Subject: [MDALLEGA] Allegany High School Yearbooks > I'm looking for anybody that might have yearbooks covering my father's > years > at Allegany HS. If you have years '39 - '45 please contact me because I > would love to have copies of the pages on which my father is shown or > mentioned. Thanks. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >