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

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