The site below has some immigration history. If you "google" the specific info you want, like, immigration women and the years, you might end up with more specific information. Remember that women were considered "property" and didn't start to have freedom until they got the right to vote, 1920. http://www.visa2003.com/world-immigration/us-history.htm What a change 50+ years make. Now the men want American women as a fast way to citizenship.

Thanks, Patricia - I'll check it out. How was your trip down here? Unfortunately, the weather turned cooler (for us) the week you were here. On Saturday, April 7, 2007, at 02:36 PM, Patricia wrote: > The site below has some immigration history. If you "google" the > specific info you want, like, immigration women and the years, you > might end up with more specific information. Remember that women were > considered "property" and didn't start to have freedom until they got > the right to vote, 1920. > > http://www.visa2003.com/world-immigration/us-history.htm > > What a change 50+ years make. Now the men want American women as a > fast way to citizenship. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLORAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

`Hi, I checked out this site. While good, it didn't have the information I was hoping for. I have tried looking elsewhere, but I don't find the answers I want. In my situation, my Mom's sister (and the rest of the family) emigrated from England in 1911. On Oct. 11, 1923, Aunt Con married and American. Mom told me that the laws at the time said Con would have U. S. Citizenship because she married the American. However, with the onset of WWII, that changed and for the rest of her life, Aunt Con had to go to the P.O. and fill out a form every January. That's the story anyway. Very confusing. Anyone know anything about this? The sad part is that shortly after her arrival in the U.S., she walked to the top of a hill, threw her arms in the air and cried, "I'm free! I'm free." In those early years in Ohio, my beautiful red haired Aunt marched in the parades for the women's right to vote, and gave speeches in support of that. It must have hurt to later have to register every year. Also, does anyone have any suggestions for flattening 40 -50 year old photos that have curled? Would love ideas on this. Thank you, Carolyn in Vermont Patricia wrote: > The site below has some immigration history. If you "google" the specific info you want, like, immigration women and the years, you might end up with more specific information. Remember that women were considered "property" and didn't start to have freedom until they got the right to vote, 1920. > > http://www.visa2003.com/world-immigration/us-history.htm > > What a change 50+ years make. Now the men want American women as a fast way to citizenship. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLORAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Hi, Sorry this first site didn't answer your questions. Here's the government sites, all 65 pages of Naturalization Law: http://www.uscis.gov. From what I'm reading, marriage to a citizen does not an automatic citizen make of the spouse. There are residency requirements, but they didn't seem to apply to female spouses. Here's another site that is written with the genealogist in mind: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/naturalization/naturalization.html This may be the site to begin with. Are you sure the fellow she married was a citizen? Also, in 1917-1924 immigration laws were passed that limited the number of new immigrants. They established a quota system, and impossed requirements. They expanded the categories of excluded aliens and banned all Asians except the Japanese. Unfortunatley, your aunt may have just been caught in the web of changing laws. Hope this helps. Also, to the lady who wrote that her female relative lost her US citizenship when she married an alien, this was a matter of law, unfair or not. The law said approximately, that any woman marrying a man "who was not eligible for citizenship", would loose her citizenship... Happy Reading,' Patricia Carolyn <cstrothermurray@comcast.net> wrote: `Hi, I checked out this site. While good, it didn't have the information I was hoping for. I have tried looking elsewhere, but I don't find the answers I want. In my situation, my Mom's sister (and the rest of the family) emigrated from England in 1911. On Oct. 11, 1923, Aunt Con married and American. Mom told me that the laws at the time said Con would have U. S. Citizenship because she married the American. However, with the onset of WWII, that changed and for the rest of her life, Aunt Con had to go to the P.O. and fill out a form every January. That's the story anyway. Very confusing. Anyone know anything about this? The sad part is that shortly after her arrival in the U.S., she walked to the top of a hill, threw her arms in the air and cried, "I'm free! I'm free." In those early years in Ohio, my beautiful red haired Aunt marched in the parades for the women's right to vote, and gave speeches in support of that. It must have hurt to later have to register every year. Also, does anyone have any suggestions for flattening 40 -50 year old photos that have curled? Would love ideas on this. Thank you, Carolyn in Vermont Patricia wrote: > The site below has some immigration history. If you "google" the specific info you want, like, immigration women and the years, you might end up with more specific information. Remember that women were considered "property" and didn't start to have freedom until they got the right to vote, 1920. > > http://www.visa2003.com/world-immigration/us-history.htm > > What a change 50+ years make. Now the men want American women as a fast way to citizenship. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLORAIN-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 OHLORAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is the advice from a photo care company, on un-curling photographs: If the photos are curled after they are dry, place individual photographs between two sheets of blotting paper. Place flat, heavy books on top of the sheets for 24 hours in a humid environment. M. Anna Hanson On Apr 10, 2007, at 2:55 AM, Carolyn wrote: > > Also, does anyone have any suggestions for flattening 40 -50 year old > photos that have curled? Would love ideas on this. > > Thank you, > > Carolyn in Vermont