Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-12-02 Thread Cheri Mello
Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist, blogged about this again. She says: <> Full article here. https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2019/12/02/fight-the-fee-hikes/ I will be quiet about this for a few days. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-12-01 Thread Cheri Mello
Thanks, Marilyn! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 12:25 PM Marilyn Thompson wrote: > I just wrote using the URL and I sent an email to my congressman telling > he

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-12-01 Thread Marilyn Thompson
I just wrote using the URL and I sent an email to my congressman telling he needed to protect the rights of the people. Marilyn T On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 12:09 PM Cheri Mello wrote: > Thanks Edna. The more that write, the better! > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-12-01 Thread Cheri Mello
Thanks Edna. The more that write, the better! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 11:02 AM Comcast Dave-Edna wrote: > Thank you I have sent my comments . > > > On Dec 1,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-12-01 Thread Comcast Dave-Edna
Thank you I have sent my comments . > On Dec 1, 2019, at 9:20 AM, Cheri Mello wrote: > >  > Thanks for keeping us posted! > > Here's what I did. I went to the URL Elaine posted (yes, the question mark is > part of it): > https://www.recordsnotrevenue.com/? > > Then I opened the writing

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-12-01 Thread Cheri Mello
Thanks for keeping us posted! Here's what I did. I went to the URL Elaine posted (yes, the question mark is part of it): https://www.recordsnotrevenue.com/? Then I opened the writing prompt tab and reworded and blended a couple of them together:

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-12-01 Thread Elaine Mello
I just got an email from Reclaim the Records, and they are talking to their lawyers about this. Apparently, a lot of these records should have been turned over to NARA a while ago, but they urge everyone to comment on the https://www.recordsnotrevenue.com/? page in the hopes that they can in

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-23 Thread Elaine Mello
hi Rick, They immigrated at the turn of the century and ended up in New Bedford, MA. I found my grandfather's declaration on Ancestry, and sent in for information for both grandparents only to find out that the USCIS had nothing they could find. It was recommended I try the state

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-23 Thread Cheri Mello
nde, Bretanha, and > Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Acores* > > > > > > > > *From:* azores@googlegroups.com *On Behalf Of > *Elaine > Mello > *Sent:* Friday, November 22, 2019 8:20 PM > *To:* Azores Genealogy > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge in

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-22 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
Mello Sent: Friday, November 22, 2019 8:20 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records I tried to find my grandparents records and they couldn't find anything. In fact, it was suggested I try the court records

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-22 Thread Elaine Mello
> I tried to find my grandparents records and they couldn't find anything. > In fact, it was suggested I try the court records here in Boston and I > reached out to someone and never heard back from them. > I'd love for someone to get these scanned. If they can actually find them, since

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-22 Thread Cheri Mello
To:* Azores Genealogy > *Subject:* *[AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. > Naturalization records* > *Reply-To:* azores@googlegroups.com > >  > Dick Eastman wrote about the huge price increase for U.S. Naturalization > records. The new fees are ridiculou

Fwd: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-21 Thread Gordon soares
Can PALCUS do anything about this terrible increase? Gordon soares gws...@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Cheri Mello > Date: November 19, 2019 at 11:40:20 AM MST > To: Azores Genealogy > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for s

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-20 Thread Cheri Mello
ey will have nothing to >>>>> do >>>>> and they will sit around all day playing on their computers and watching >>>>> videos.* >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Rick* >>>>> >>>&g

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-20 Thread Cheri Mello
nothing to do >>>> and they will sit around all day playing on their computers and watching >>>> videos.* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *Rick* >>>> >>>> *Richard Francis Pimentel* >>>> >>&

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-20 Thread Ms AVA
s.* >>> >>> >>> >>> *Rick* >>> >>> *Richard Francis Pimentel* >>> >>> *Lee, NH* >>> >>> >>> >>> *Researching, Riberia Grande, Riberinha, Achada Grande, Bretanha, and >>> Ponta De

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-20 Thread 'Bill Boyd' via Azores Genealogy
Of Cheri Mello Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 1:40 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records   Dick Eastman wrote about the huge price increase for U.S. Naturalization records. The new fees are ridiculous! https

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-20 Thread Cheri Mello
anha, and >> Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Acores* >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* azores@googlegroups.com *On Behalf Of >> *Cheri >> Mello >> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 19, 2019 1:40 PM >> *To:* Azores Genealogy >>

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-20 Thread Marilyn Thompson
, Riberia Grande, Riberinha, Achada Grande, Bretanha, and > Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Acores* > > > > > > > > *From:* azores@googlegroups.com *On Behalf Of *Cheri > Mello > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 19, 2019 1:40 PM > *To:* Azores Genealogy > *Subject:* [AZORES

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-19 Thread Cheri Mello
Reclaim the RecordsThat's a thought, but do they do Federal records or just state records? Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 11:36 AM Rosemarie Capodicci wrote: >

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-19 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
Grande, Riberinha, Achada Grande, Bretanha, and Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Acores From: azores@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Cheri Mello Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 1:40 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-19 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
This is all so crazy because under the Freedom of Info Act we should be getting it all for FREE! Maybe we need to get Reclaim the Records to do after this garbage. Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-19 Thread Cheri Mello
Yes. And to get the ACTUAL records (after searching the index) is almost $400!!! Why don't they just digitize the older ones and let us hunt through them? Complete insanity!! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-19 Thread Gordon soares
WHAT THE HECK??? That IS ridiculous! If I can wade through the junk english I may try sending a response for the record but my experience tells me that once it is published for comment it is already a done deal and the comments only help justify that they “got comments” . Gordon > On Nov 19,

[AZORES-Genealogy] Huge increase in price for searching U.S. Naturalization records

2019-11-19 Thread Cheri Mello
Dick Eastman wrote about the huge price increase for U.S. Naturalization records. The new fees are ridiculous! https://blog.eogn.com/2019/11/15/uscis-proposes-fee-increases-for-genealogy-records/ Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira