I have my paternal grandfather’s citizenship certificate framed and hanging on my wall. After he passed his wife (my step-grandmother) found it in his wallet, folded up for nearly 50 years. She gave it to me and I had an archivist unfold it and mount it between two panes of glass, them matted them.
It took him several months to unfold it. It’s in amazingly good condition despite how it was kept over the years. The anglicization of his name is documented on the back, as a Federal judge did it as a part of his citizenship. He was Albanian, (Serbian/Slavic/Romanian) and as the run up to WWII was taking place and people were being less and less “nice” to eastern Europeans/foreigners he figured it would be a good idea to adopt his “new” country on a permanent basis. I presume he was living on a green card or whatever the equivalent was for many years. -D > On Apr 29, 2020, at 4:26 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > >> I’m sure an accomplished genealogist could get to the bottom of it, >> but to be honest, no one really cares. > > That's me. I have zero interest in my ancestry. I know where my parents > and grandparents are from, because they told me, but don't really see > the point in spending the time to find out more than that. > > Allan > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
