I was just looking at the 1900 census in New York my gggrandmother was living with her son who had already become an american at the time. It said she had come in 1888 he had become a citizen in 1889. Would she have been naturalized at the time he was, or would she have had to file her own papers?

Thanks

Dawn

After spending a fustrating evening poring over illegible handwritting un badly damaged and out of focus parish records-and still not finding my relatives, I thought it was time to send an open e-mail (at www.ofcoursethere isaheaven.com) to all my (Upstairs) relatives who have gone to Heaven (99% of them) or the other place (1%). The text follows.

"Dear _______________:

I am your _______________and living in the early 21st century here in ______________,____________-sitting in front of a microfilm projector

(I'll explain what that is in a later e-mail) in a special library run by LDS (nice people, but later on them too) trying to deciper the small shakey handwriting of your parish's minister/vicar/curate (choose one). He must have been vertically challenged or had palsy-because it's unreadaable! At least I think it's your parish! I'm not even sure of the decade.

Thanks for leaving such a good paper trail! (Sarcasm intented.) According to family legend, yoou and your husband/wife____________had ________--children,some of whom lived beyond infancy. Yet not a single one was recorded in the parish records! I can't even find for marriage certificate. You two were married right? Didn't you know that there would be legions of people like me fanatically spending their waking hours and small fortunes looking for any and all traces of your lives? Were you just stubborn, couldn't afford the fees, or not members of the Established (or any) church?

You're wondering,"What's all the fuss, we're dead as doornails?" we're not sure, but I think down here we're infected with the same disease: Rootsus obsessionus. Of course, We are going to leave better records for our descendants!