[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Numbers on Ship's manifest

[Dave Obee]

I don't think there is any doubt that these numbers have to do with the
naturalization process. The fact that it happened during the war years would
indicate an interest in being seen as American rather than the previous
nationality. The same rush to the flag happened in Canada; my mother stopped
speaking German when the war started in September 1939.

There are several examples of INS notations in the books that have been done
on passenger arrivals and the citizenship process.

Marian L. Smith said in an article in a 1996 issue of Avotaynu: "Most
after-arrival annotations stem from three categories of activity. One is
reentry, an INS term for the readmission of aliens previously admitted for
permanent residence; another is certification of arrival, a step in the
naturalization process designed to prevent fraud. Last is a routine activity
called verification of arrival that was and is generally the first step in
handling immigrant cases that rnage from provision of benefits to the
prosecution of legal violations."

Do you have the naturalization documents for this person?

Dave Obee


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael & Maureen McHenry" <maurmike at bellatlantic.net>
To: "'Walter & Barbara Treichel'" <wtreiche at frontiernet.net>;
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Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 6:52 AM
Subject: RE: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Numbers on Ship's manifest


> Hi Walter
>
> In the particular case I sited, the individual is a one year old male
> arriving in 1913. That's 27 years later. I have seen ones much earlier
> then that with same notation dated from around 1939- 1944. I can't help
> but think it has something to do with WWII.
>
>                                  Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org
> [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of
> Walter & Barbara Treichel
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 11:56 PM
> To: 001501c41904$ab132a20$03a8a8c0 at DADPC
> Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Numbers on Ship's manifest
>
> Hi Michael
>     On my uncle's Passenger List there are also a couple of numbers one
> is
> the number of  the Certificate of Arrival that was issued and it's date,
> I
> can not match the others with either of his Declaration of Intention of
> his
> Petition for Naturalization but probably has to do with the process.
> Another
> uncle's numbers has Det (persumed Detriot, Michigan)
> Walter A Treichel
>
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