Good idea, Rosemarie. I was looking for naturalization information for my son-in-law's great-grandfather who lived in Oakland, CA. I could not find any information anywhere. Because at the time I was looking, all census info. was on microfilm, I needed to know the number of the district where he voted. I knew the address where he lived and went to the Voter registration department for Alameda County. I was told that the district numbers changed each year so there was no way to check the number. As I was talking with the clerk, someone in the back of the room came over and asked if I had checked the voter registration forms that were filled out each time someone voted. I had no idea such forms were kept. I was told they were in the, "Erickson collection." When I asked where that "collection" was kept, I was told it was in the archives at Cal State Hayward. (right near my house!). I looked at the Erickson collection, I found that the forms were in alphabetical order and all but one form that had been signed listed either Portugal or Azores as place of birth. On that ONE form, the island (Flores) was listed. This was the lead I needed. Also, that form had the information that he had been naturalized in a court in San Francisco, CA. I still don't know why someone who lived in Oakland went to San Francisco to be naturalized (this was before a bridge was build between Oakland and San Francisco and also before the 1906 earthquake. There was no naturalization papers that survived the earthquake; however, I did find Frank Sousa's baptism when I went village by village in Flores! I did the happy dance that day. Celeste Celeste Perry [email protected]
On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 9:24 AM, rcapodc <[email protected]> wrote: Mike, just had a brainstorm (as was heading out the door to go vote!), have you checked the Voting Registers for the town where he lived?? When a person is a Naturalized Cit. it usually states it on the Voting Registers and will say the date and which Court handled the Naturalization. Rosemarie From: Mike Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 8:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] where to next I've been trying to find my GGgrandfathers naturalization paperwork without much luck, I'm hoping that there would be more specific info just to make certain who I think he is, is really him. In an interview in the Standard Times in New Bedford, Ma on March 30, 1941 he states he became a citizen on 9/5/1901. He then took his wife and daughter to Fayal 28 days later on 9/29/1901, he claimes to have returned with his family on March 17th, 1902 but it was actually on May 17th, 1902 aboard the ship Peninsular with his wife and daughter. He was Antone Perry Sr. (Antonio Silveira Pereira), his wife Mary Perry (Maria Leal da Rosa), and my Ggrandma Mary Perry (Maria Pereira) Now on paper he seems to get the date of the day correct, but yet he's almost always wrong about the year. I looked for his naturalization and passport at the local level, county level, state level, Nara, US immigration index search, I've also asked the courts at the town, city, county, state and federal levels and they tell me they have nothing. As for me trying to find him or anyone else in the CCA records I'm almost ready to concede defeat, I can hardly match up the information I have recieved from all of you with your translations. Can anyone help point me the right direction? Mike, Piedade, Pico, Cedros, Faial -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
