Thanks, Mary. This is perfect, exactly the page I was looking for and couldn't find. Best, Patty -----Original Message----- From: poland-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:poland-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary Snow Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 9:26 AM To: poland-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [POLAND] naturalization numbers on ships manifest 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/ >> >> > ********************************* 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