I'm sorry I didn't give more information. This man spent his childhood and adult years in the US before going to war at age 36. He was in the war for more than the minimum year. Patty -----Original Message----- From: poland-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:poland-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of W. David Samuelsen Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 8:52 AM To: poland-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [POLAND] naturalization numbers on ships manifest Unless in military service, which is only a minimum of 1 year. W. David Samuelsen http://www.sampubco.com/ Debbie Greenlee wrote: > Patty, > > People who do not reside _continuously_ in the U.S. for a specified > amount of time are not eligible to become citizens. So if someone were > overseas during WWII they would not have been eligible. > > Numbers written on the manifests can mean several things. See these > explanations on Jewish Gen: > http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/manifests/ > > Debbie ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- 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 message