Immigration & Naturalization Records... Escape the Confusion Naturalization & Immigration records could be your link to finding that ancestors home village. Learn what records exist and how to use them. Improve your research results by learning the difference between immigration records and naturalization records and what data each might and might not contain. Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Spring Seminar http://www.wsgs.org April 7, 2001 - Manitowoc, Wisconsin Holiday Inn Immigration & Naturalization Records... Escape the Confusion $10 members, $15 non-members with advance registration by March 24th. (additional $9 for Saturday Luncheon) Our speaker, Marian L. Smith, has been the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service historian since 1988. She regularly speaks and publishes on agency history, records, and research issues. Among her recent publications are "'Any women who is now or may hereafter be married...' Women and Naturalization, ca. 1802-1940," Prologue 30:2 (Summer 1998):146-153; "The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) at the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1893-1993: An Overview of Issues and Topics," Michigan Historical Review 26:2 (Fall 2000):127-147; and "By Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895-1954 (St. Albans Lists)," Prologue 32:3 (Fall 2000): 192-199. Details & registration form are available at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wsgs/semdetls.htm Friday offers a workshop "How to Get Your Pioneer/Century Certificate Application Approved". The workshop is limited to 35 participants. See over 100 years of Great Lakes Maritime History in Manitowoc at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum. http://www.wimaritimemuseum.org/intro Visit the Area Research Center nearby in Green Bay and search local historical records from: Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, and Shawano counties. http://www.uwgb.edu/library/dept/spc/arc.html