Carol, Passports were not a requirement until after WWI BUT they could be requested if a person wanted one. My uncle just used his Naturalization Papers as his passport! I have the actual document and it has stamps all over it with dates of the different times he left the USA and returned to the Azores! I think the main reason a man would get a passport to go back to the "old country" would be so that he did not get conscripted into the military while he was back there. I have a document that my Uncle Antonio Neves had upon his return to the Azores in about 1920 or so giving him a kind of dispensation for a 6 month period while he visited the Azores stating that he could not be made to join the military. He received it from the Portuguese Consolate in San Fran.
Rosemarie ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Warnock To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] U.S. Departure Records Rosemarie-- My grandfather became a naturalized citizen on October 7, 1898 in Martinez CA. I was under the impression that passports were not required before WWI, that is why I thought he might not need one. Thanks for the info being available at Family Search. I never even thought of that, but it makes sense. Thank you. Carol On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Debra Wolgemuth <[email protected]> wrote: Another excellent thing about passport applications is many include a picture. I have found pictures for several ancestors on their passport applications. A blessing to have for my genealogy files. It is amazing to look at one of them from taken in about 1920...I look exactly like that ancestor! Debbie Rodrigues Wolgemuth ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:26:08 -0800 Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] U.S. Departure Records To: [email protected] The only thing with the American passport application....when the person applied, they assume you will be taking a trip. I'm looking at an American passport application from 1964. Different time periods will ask for different information. This one asks for approximate date of departure, port of departure, ship or airline, previous trips, business or pleasure, length of stay, countries visited, length of stay, and if you are planning any others. The renewal application was only 3 years later (and cost only $5 in 1967!) It asks if it's an organized tour, port of departure, ship or airline, approximate departure date, number of previous visits in the last 12 months, purpose of trip, length of stay, countries visited, and if you are planning any others. But that doesn't mean that my ancestor in 1964 and 1967 took a trip (although I know she did have one because I have a few photos with dates). I don't have her actual passport booklet either. I wonder what a current passport application says? My dad applied for his first one ever in his life about 3 years ago. He was thinking of going up to Canada. But he still hasn't planned that trip yet. Hmm, I wonder what he wrote on his application? Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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." -- 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."
