Genealogy

Monday, March 9, Natick Community – Senior Center, 117 E. Central St.,  Immigration part 1; Genealogy Research with Seema Kenney. A 60-minute presentation about the Immigration and Naturalization regulations for immigrant ancestors to the United States. We will begin with a review of the types of voyages taken to arrive at our shores and the regulations on who could and could not enter. All the while we will focus on which governmental body was making the rules and where any existing paperwork can be found today. Once here, our ancestors may have turned their attention to citizenship. We will continue our discussion with a review of the six ways to become a citizen of the United States, concentrating on the naturalization process through the courts, as that produced paperwork which may exist today. We will also cover ways in which citizenship was lost & perhaps re-sought at a later date. Each presentation will include time for a Q&A session. Made possible by a grant from the Natick Cultural Council