Posts in July 16, 2015

I discussed an 1876 naturalization in a post yesterday on Rootdig. A reader noticed that the date of the naturalization was the day before the presidential election. That’s a good point. The proximity of the date should be noted because it makes one wonder if the naturalization processed was hastened in any way. It doesn’t mean the immigrant wasn’t an immigrant or that his place of birth, etc. was incorrect. If anything it could mean that the naturalization process was sped up in order to allow him to vote. Or it could simply mean that he wanted to complete his paperwork before the election and there was nothing shady going on. And thanks to a Rootdig reader for pointing out the proximity of the date of naturalization to the date of […]