Category Archives: Dual Citizenship
Huge Road Block.
In an effort to get on top of my application, I finally found the time to contact the people in the Vital Records office in New Orleans. For your recollection, the death certs for both of my great-grandparents need to … Continue reading
Filed under Dual Citizenship, Records Search
Spellbound by Fellini
Ba ba ba ba-da… Ba ba ba ba-da… This is the tune that has been in my head for the past week. It’s “The Barber of Seville” by Gioachino Rossini. As a child, this was made most memorable by Bugs … Continue reading
Filed under About, Dual Citizenship, Italian Film
Update with no real update
I received not one but two messages from USCIS today. You’d think this would be leading to good news. Productive news. Alas, this is not the case. I first received an email asking if I’d yet received the certified copies … Continue reading
Filed under Dual Citizenship, Records Search
21 November 1909
Today would have been my grandfather’s 99th birthday. I never got to meet him. Though I sometimes feel like I have from all the stories I’ve been told and all the photos and old home movies I’ve seen. I know … Continue reading
Filed under Dual Citizenship, Family History, Records Search
The Gender Issue
In the times of intercontinental snail mail and language barriers, what do you do when your certified hand- written Italian birth certificates arrive with the wrong gender written?? Confused? Yes, as was I. I requested additional certified copies of my … Continue reading
Filed under Dual Citizenship, Records Search
Storm’s a-brewing…
Alright, there’s a storm in the Gulf… again. And as has been discussed at great length, my great-grandparents were married in the Houston-Galveston area. The document which has still yet to surface looks like it may be washed away with … Continue reading
Filed under Dual Citizenship, Records Search
Time spent with the Mormons
This past Saturday I spent the entire afternoon at the Mormon Temple in Los Angeles. I recognize that this statement is slightly misleading, as it has baffled some to think I was converting or something. To clarify, I was not … Continue reading
Filed under Dual Citizenship, Records Search
Does that translate?
So, here are a few things I’ve done over the past two days to further my path to Italian citizenship, as well as just to grab on to those nice Italian roots… – Sent a letter off to Dr. Maria … Continue reading
Filed under Dual Citizenship, Learn Italian, Records Search
Plan C
So, not checking your mail for several days can have its toll. Last week apparently, I received a letter from the Archdiocese of Galveston and Houston. I am writing in response to your request for the marriage record of Liborio … Continue reading
Filed under Dual Citizenship, Records Search
Texas oh Texas…
Not to disappoint you, but this is not the start of me boldly singing the Texas state song… no. Definitely not. Texas has potentially misplaced (indefinitely) the marriage record for those good hearted Sicilians who went on to create what … Continue reading
Filed under Dual Citizenship
