Dennis Kowallek <kowallek@iglou.com> wrote: On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:58:23 EDT, JANDA143@aol.com wrote: >This gives his birthdate, the town has a ~~~ through it, but it states >HUNGARY! It states the day he arrived and the day he "declared his intention to >become a citizen." There is a handwritten notation, "Alien under 18 years of >age No. 3324" and then it is signed on the same date, which is the same date >of his declaration. Would that be because he was under 18 at arrival? I received this answer from a question I posed on alt.genealogy a while back... "From 1824 to 1906, minor aliens who had arrived in the United States as a minor at least 3 years before their 18th birthday could petition for naturalization at the age of 21." Maybe this has something to do with the comments on the petition. >Back to one of my earlier questions: Slovak vs. Magyar. Is it possible that >his wife was Slovak and that is why he said that he was? Prior to WWI, there was only the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary. So many Slovaks would identify themselves as being from Hungary (Magyar). A Slovak identifying himself as a Magyar ! Not likely ! There was a strong effort by Budapest to Magyarize the Slovaks and most Slovaks would not declare themselves to be Magyar. As I mentioned in the past the at least some of the HEGEDIS found in Ellis Island records declared their race as Slovak. Perhaps this John was or perhaps by the time that claim was made Slovakia had gained "independence" from Hungary and he was a Magyar from Slovakia. -- Dennis M. Kowallek kowallek@iglou.com ****************** ==== OHCUYAHO Mailing List ==== Reminder: Please do not send GEDCOM's or large files to the list. These must be sent to the user who requested them. Please contact the County Coordinator, Katie McClellan-Ross at (kathryn.ross2@verizon.net) with questions or concerns. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx Interested in visting Croatia? Click on the link below to find out about a wonderful tour of Croatia! http://www.kollander-travel.com/