Good Morning Everyone One of my genealogy class is a retired postal worker and yesterday mentioned that around 1965 'ALL ALIENS' in the Marysville area had to fill out an "I am an alien living in this area card' and present it to the post office. She remembers that there were hundreds of cards, for a small town of 4500, and how amazed she was to see neighbors in their 80's who had lived most their lives in Marysville and NOT be naturalized. So the questions are: 1. How long was this Alien Registration in place - in that form? 2. Who got those stacks of cards? 3. Where are the cards now? Thank you Darilee

Darilee: I came to the US from Edinburgh in 1960 for a 2-week vacation. I met a handsome American chap, so I have stayed a bit longer than I had intended! I had to apply for resident immigration status, and was told to register every January. It was intended to keep track of the address of immigrants. For the first few years I diligently got the card at my local Post Office, filled in my address and handed it back to the postal clerk. It went to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Then I got busy having babies, etc. and completely forgot about registering until I read your e-mail!! It must be over 30 years since I last filled in a card. But, as I'm still at the same address as 40 years ago, the INS will know where to reach me if they need me. :) Eileen Herkes > One of my genealogy class is a retired postal worker and yesterday mentioned that around 1965 'ALL ALIENS' in the Marysville area had to fill out an "I am an alien living in this area card' and present it to the post office. > She remembers that there were hundreds of cards, for a small town of 4500, and how amazed she was to see neighbors in their 80's who had lived most their lives in Marysville and NOT be naturalized. > So the questions are: > 1. How long was this Alien Registration in place - in that form? > 2. Who got those stacks of cards? > 3. Where are the cards now? > > Thank you > > Darilee > > >