Well, in 1893 or so, they didn't issue passports, unless you asked and paid for one. Besides, only the two daughters were citizens. Their parents were still Swiss. Naturalization didn't come until after they had returned to the US in 1920. At this point, I guess I'll just have to forget it as I live too far from an National Archive to check there. Thanks for all the input. If I do find out how to get the info, I'll report back to the list. -----Original Message----- From: claire lisa [mailto:cjlisa@att.net] Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 4:07 PM To: gmarob Subject: Re: [SWITZ] Return to Switzerland I too would be interesed in knowing how to track that -- it seems it might have to be done from in Switzerland. The other thing is that I found on my grandmother's naturalization cert. that the backside was stamped upon re-entry into the US. It makes me think that there weren't passports then or certainly that the naturalization cert. was sufficient for re-entry. This was in 1936. Does anyone else have thoughts on this issue? Claire ----- Original Message ----- From: "gmarob" <gmarob@citlink.net> To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 9:11 AM Subject: RE: [SWITZ] Return to Switzerland They were not citizens at the time - 1892 to 1900. No passports. -----Original Message----- From: Joseph E Wolfe [mailto:joeedwolfe@juno.com] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 6:12 AM To: gmarob@citlink.net Subject: Re: [SWITZ] Return to Switzerland roberta...if they were a citizen of ther U.S. THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE HAD a passport and depending on the time they did this there are passport indexex avcaileble thorugh the local family history centers. Joe Wolfe __________ NOD32 1.1401 (20060209) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== Swiss Resource Site http://swiss.genealogy.net __________ NOD32 1.1404 (20060211) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com