These are all possible ways of learning where someone was born. 1. Social Security application - Form SS5 2. Ship manifest 3. Petition for Naturalization 4. Church register 5. Obituary 6. Funeral home records 7. Death certificate 8. Marriage license (not the certificate) 9. Children's childbirth records 10. Alien registrations, which were required beginning about 1940 11. Military records 12. Insurance policy applications 13. Old letters from the old country 14. Elderly relatives 15. Relatives who have done some research I feel it is very important to find cousins from as many branches of your family as possible. While you are talking to them about information on them and their children, ask what they know about your common ancestors. Ask if they know who inherited the old records of your commons ancestors. Many have been found in shoeboxes tucked in a closet, an old trunk or in the attic. Tina Ellis On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:45 PM, bbmay1 <bbmay1@newnorth.net> wrote: > Can anybody tell me a little more about this. If you know where your > ancestors came from how do you go about getting it. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >