Jay, If they exist, they should be in the regional national archives at the Frederick C Murphy Federal Center, 380 Trapelo Rd., Waltham, MA. The phone is 781/663-0130 and email [email protected]. You can also search online at www.archives.gov/northeast/boston. certificate number is on the index, so you may be able to find out on the phone. The cost for the documents is somewhere around $ 7 - 10.00. Good luck, Judi
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Naturalization questions Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 14:11:44 -0400 Hi Folks, I've attached an image of a record that I recently found regarding my Great Great Grandfather. Prior to the discovery of this record, my family was not aware that he ever made it to this country from Corvo. We (incorrectly) believed that my Great Grandfather (his son) along with his brothers and sisters were the first in the line to set foot here, as we have clear documentation of all of that. My Dad thought he had the foggy recollection of hearing that my Great Great Grandfather was a harpooner on a whaleboat, which now has the rest of the researchers in my family curious. The discovery of this record leads me to believe that he had to have jumped ship here, as I can find no legitimate manifests that show him immigrating here at any point. The whaling angle and jumping ship makes perfect sense given New Bedford's history as a whaling center, and the Yankee Fleet's propensity to pick up islanders under the cover of the night. What we do know for sure is that he died on Corvo in the early 1920's, so he obviously went back there at some point and stayed put. Since I have this document, he must have filed a longer petition to be granted citizenship, no? Might those records still be stored somewhere? Thanks in advance, Jay Fraga Massachusetts -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
