My GGrandfather was in Germantown PA 1900 and it says that he got off the ship in NY 2 days before . no ship name and he had been here for 10 years . and he became a citizen in days a week . by the way the Declaration of Intention was from Newark NJ . it was the local Court to give citizenship if the papers never got to the county or state you have ea hard time finding them . I was able to go over a film that had un recorded citizenship and he was the 3 one on the roll .and 3 spellings of Brandstatter Brandstadter Brandstaedter on the same forms . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sally Schilling" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 4:36 PM Subject: [NJESSEX] Declaration of Intention Question > Maybe you folks can help me with this. > > My grandfather never got his citizenship. From what my late father told me, > it was because my grandfather could not remember the name of this ship that > he traveled on to come to the US. Does this make any sense? I vaguely > remember that years ago folks who were not US citizens had to go to the Post > Office and submit some kind of form, which I was suppose was a way for the > Federal Government to keep track of where "aliens" lived. I am sure my > grandfather had to do this. My grandfather arrived in the US in1907. I > believe he may have worked in the coal mines of Pennsylvania, but then moved > to Newark, NJ where my dad was born in 1912. Then they moved to NYC, then > sometime after 1930 they moved to Long Island, and in 1948 they lived in > Uniondale/Hempstead, and then North Bellmore (after 1951). So I know > basically where and when my grandfather lived... > > Now the next question: My grandmother arrived in the US 1906, she was not > married at the time. Apparently, she met my grandfather and got married, > and yadda yadda yadda. My grandmother died (1947) long before I was born. I > have been unable to find her on any passenger lists because no one seems to > know the spelling of her last name. I have no idea if she filed a > Declaration of Intention. Anybody have any ideas about how to go about > searching for her last name? I do have a copy of her death certificate, but > it doesn't include her maiden name. It does however have her last known > address and her social security number. Oh, I do know that her middle name > was Iovanna (this is written in Russian on my father's baptismal > certificate, but they didn't write her maiden name down. Darn it!) > > If anyone can give me some idea where to start on this journey, I would be > most grateful. > > All best wishes > > SallyEllen R. Schilling > Secretary, AEDCONE > Wachusett American Eskimos > Central Massachusetts > > AEDCONE will be celebrating 25 years of exisitance in 2004, please join us > at our shows in Massachusetts. > AEDCONE (UKC) June 2004 show info is online now, mark your calendars for > June 19 and 20, 2004. > http://home.earthlink.net/~aedcone/June2004ShowInfo.htm > > Motel Listings can be found at: > http://home.earthlink.net/~aedcone/motels.htm > > http://home.earthlink.net/~wachusett_eskies > http://home.earthlink.net/~aedcone/ > American Eskimo Dog Club of New England (UKC) > http://naedac.topcities.com > National American Eskimo Dog Association of Canada (CKC affiliated) > > > > ==== NJESSEX Mailing List ==== > Contact the List administrator: > <[email protected]> > > ============================== > 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 >