----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ellen Chambers" <maryln61@sbcglobal.net> To: <mdallega@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Naturalization > This is what we thought. However, last year when we were looking > for other family naturalization at the MA branch of NARA, we were > told this was not routinely done at the time of the Civil War. > However, if a child was an emigrant, when he became of age he had > only to appear in court once to become a citizen. That was why we > found only final papers on the two older brothers, one in MA & one > in MD. It is the youngest, my husband's grandfather we can't > locate. > What is your source so I can use it when we go down to the MD > Archives & DC, the next time. I so love to be able to quote, it > does get results many times much faster!! > > Thanks. > > Mary Ellen > > Jocelyn <Treeseek@zoominternet.net> wrote: > Service in any branch of the service during the Civil War entitled > the individual to citizenship. > Any "Court of Record" could issue such citizenship. You won't find a > 'certificate,' because the certificate was given to the new citizen. > A soldier's citizenship entailed the following: > Service in the armed forces of the United States was used as the > waiting period. After honorable discharge, followed by a one year > wait, the immigrant made his application for naturalization. Two > character witnesses were required. > Jocelyn in Ohio > > ------------------------------- > 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 >