Bob, Na. means he has completed the naturalization process and is a citizen. Al is alien, meaning no process for citizenship has been initiated. Pa means petition applied for. In the naturalization process, a person applied for a petition for citizenship, then later the naturealization papers were applied for. Blank is blank I guess. Normally a wife and minor children became citizens when the husband/father did. On the census the columns for yr of immig. and number of years have nothing to do with the naturalization process. One could, for example, file a petition of application in R.I. and move to another state at a later date and complete the process. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Martin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 2:23 PM Subject: [RIPROVID] General Census Question > Under citizenship, in the 1900 census for example, > what is the difference between; > > James the father,-----1840, 60 , Na > and > Alice the wife, ----1840, 60, blank > and > john the uncle,----1840, 60, Al > > I'm confused on the Na, Al, and blank status. > > Thanks, > Bob Martin > [email protected] > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Dick, Thanks. It makes sense to me now. I was trying to put the Na date to the year of immigration! Duhhhh!!! Do you think that anyone who served in the Civil War had to be a citizen? If so, that might help me find my GGGrandfathers's naturalization process. Thanks again, Bob..

Darn, almost forgot to answer your question. Again, I'm not completely surembut don't think citizenship was a requirement in serving but think it did decrease the waiting period for one to file the final papers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Martin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] General Census Question > Dick, > Thanks. It makes sense to me now. > I was trying to put the Na date to the year of immigration! > Duhhhh!!! > Do you think that anyone who served in the Civil War had to be a > citizen? If so, that might help me find my GGGrandfathers's > naturalization process. > Thanks again, > Bob.. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >