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 Patty Milich wrote: > 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 >

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

http://www.museumoffamilyhistory.org/erc-ntz-military.htm "With the outbreak of World War II, the Second War Powers Act of March 27, 1942 (56 Stat. 182) (Sections 701 and 702, Nationality Act of 1940), was passed providing for the expeditious naturalization of members of the U.S. Armed Forces serving in the United States and abroad. Between March 27, 1942 and June 30, 1947, a total of 121,342 persons in the Armed Forces were naturalized in the United States under this law and 21,011 persons were naturalized overseas by designated representatives of this Service." Mary W. David Samuelsen wrote: > 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/ >> >> >