The numbers written on the manifest indicate when the certificate of arrival was prepared. This will give you an idea of when they applied for citizenship and maybe where. There is coding that is not used today but you could call NARA and ask them. However, it is proof that they did apply for citizenship. Keep in mind that many didn't remember the name of the ship when they applied for naturalization so they did not get a certificate of arrival. Meryl Rizzotti On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 12:06 AM, <poland-roots-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > If you'd like to post a message so everyone on the mailing list receives > it, just send it to: POLAND-ROOTS@rootsweb.com. It will then be sent on > to everyone on the subscriber list. Please note that the address to post > messages to the list is NOT the same as the address to (un)subscribe. > > Don't forget to edit the subject line to reflect the topic of your reply, > and please remember NOT to include the entire digest when clicking reply! > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > There are two sending formats of the digest: plain (inline) text and MIME > (attached messages). If you'd like to switch the format of your digest, > write POLAND-ROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com to request your digest format be > changed. > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > List manager: Marie - poland-roots-admin@rootsweb.com > > List's archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > > Today's Topics: > > 1. naturalization numbers on ships manifest (Patty Milich) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:16:26 -0700 > From: "Patty Milich" <1teacup@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: [POLAND] naturalization numbers on ships manifest > To: <POLAND-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <002001c8cf67$beeaf730$4ee8fea9@Patty> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello: > > My apologies, but I can't seem to find a recent (last few months) email > from > someone helpful that addressed the issue of the hand-written, > later-inserted > numbers on ships' manifests. This was a reference to the proof of arrival > date, etc. for the declaration of intent, as I recall. What I am asking > is: > is this a reference number that would be sufficient to find the actual full > naturalization record from the USCIS or NARA? For one ancestor, I already > have a set of docs: ship's manifest and all three docs for naturalization, > however, there are no two numbers or codes on any of the docs that are the > same, so it makes me wonder. > > For the person's naturalization that I'm now looking for, the date of this > naturalization is about 1945-46 during WWII, probably overseas. Has anyone > researched US naturalization of an alien outside the US? > > Thanks, > Patty > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the POLAND-ROOTS list administrator, send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the POLAND-ROOTS mailing list, send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of POLAND-ROOTS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 254 > ******************************************** >