[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Numbers on the Ships Manifest

[Michael & Maureen McHenry]

They were American -Ellis Island 

                                 Mike 

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DAVID B OBEE
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 4:59 PM
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You didn't say whether these manifests were American or Canadian.

if you are referring to Canadian ones, these numbers refer to the dates
that people applied to become naturalized citizens. They were not needed
for people from the British Isles because they were already considered
citizens. (Canadian citizenship did not exist until 1947; we are simply
considered British until then.) They were needed for non-Commonwealth
countries such as everything in Eastern Europe as well as the United
States.

Dave Obee

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael & Maureen McHenry <maurmike at bellatlantic.net>
Date: Friday, April 2, 2004 1:28 pm
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Numbers on the Ships  Manifest

> Hi All
> 
> I often see on ships manifests numbers that have been written by
> different hand. They also have a date next to them usually late 1930's
> to early 1940's. It seems peculiar to emigrants from Eastern 
> Europe. I
> also do Irish genealogy and never seen one on them. One I 
saw today 
> was1-298374  5-21-1940. Does anyone have any idea what this was 
> done for?
> 
>                                 Mike 
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