Indexing U.S. Naturalization records - Event date question
The instructions for the batch say not to index the date of arrival as the event date. On this record, that is the only date related to the naturalization process, unless the phrase "My lawful admission for permanent residence in the United States was... on" followed by the date, qualifies as a date related to the naturalization process. That date is the same day as the arrival date. It is in a separate place on the document.
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Based on the example in the instructions, I would use that date of 3/26/1914 as the event date AS it applies to the naturalization process. It is the same as statement 9 in the example; (I have continuously resided in ...).
Obviously, this petition is filed many years after this date since their last child is listed was born in 1939 and is in the Army. I wish they have corrected these instructions a long time ago, because the petition is dated Sept 13th, 1960 as noted in the NEXT image on the affidavit of witness statement. But, since it isn't on the SAME page per the instructions, we can't use the correct date. Drives.me.crazy... However, we must follow the instructions.
- For petitions for naturalization that have a date recorded only in the affidavit of witnesses section (if on the same page), type that date in the date fields. In all other cases, do not include information from affidavits of witnesses.
Just a couple of other things I noticed: I would index Frank Joseph in the Given Name field. Most of these don't use the surname for the spouse. His birthdate is 1881. The Event Place is St. Louis, Missouri, United States as seen in the examples. On Image 4, Italy should be added to the birthplace, with the event place still being St Louis, etc. The event date is Mar 18 1954. The date from the 1950 cancellation was a previously cancelled certificate, not the event date relating to this petition. Oaths of Allegiance don't have record numbers, but, since some projects show to use the certificate number that follows the oath, and others show not to use the it, I would accept it either way.
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Please share your batch copying and pasting the batch link or batch code.
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Image 2 is the one in question.
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Thank you, Melissa and Dellory for your assistance. It's great to have community support. I will use the 3/26/1914 date and the other helpful suggestions.
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