Here is a decode for those numbers: http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/MANIF/annot3.htm Bill Tarkulich -----Original Message----- From: Marlene Norton [mailto:marlene_norton@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 8:18 AM To: SLOVAKIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Need HELP please --- SLovak ancestor So THAT'S what the number on my grandmother's name meant!!!! I knew she became a citizen. Thank you so much!! Marlene --- WHew536674@cs.com wrote: > "...is there a way to find out if they became a > citizen?' > > One fast way, without even having to get up, is to look > at the EI ship > manifest, if the person you are wondering about is > there. If there is a > number written across the name, or somewhere near it, > they applied for > citizenship. I believe it was after 1903 (?) the courts > had to verify what > ship and the date they came over. The number correlates > to the district > court they were applying at. Just a little trick, > > Joyce > __________________________________________________ Yahoo! - We Remember 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute ============================== 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