Posts by cafeguy99

cafeguy99

5 Jul 2011

Law / Looking for confirmation of Grandfather's citizenship... [17]

Yeah, my grandfather was married to my grandmother at the time my mother was born (they were married in 1931). My mother was born in the states, but like I said, at the time, my grandfather was still a polish citizen...

I'm assuming my mother was never registered as anything but a U.S. citizen, since she was born here. I'm just trying to reconcile/see if jus sanguis has any affect on this...

cafeguy99

5 Jul 2011

Law / Looking for confirmation of Grandfather's citizenship... [17]

Wondering if this is a valid argument: If your info about the 1951 law is correct, my grandfather certainly was Polish until he became naturalized, and that means when my Mother was born, in 1935, as I understand jus sanguis, she accquired Polish citizenship through her then polish citizen father.......

If he lost citizenship when he was naturalized, does that retroactively take it from my Mother? Because if it doesn't, I still have a shot...

Wondering....

cafeguy99

4 Jul 2011

Law / Looking for confirmation of Grandfather's citizenship... [17]

Thanks! I'm pretty certain he had his passport issued sometime well before 1946, most likely in the 20's, so I'm not sure the records would be in Britain. When I contacted the Polish consulate in D.C., they replied that they don't have accurate records before the 1990's.......so, I was wondering if there was any offices in Poland that might still have records of applications, issuances, etc.

cafeguy99

4 Jul 2011

Law / Looking for confirmation of Grandfather's citizenship... [17]

Hello!

Hoping someone can help me in my ongoing search to ascertain my Polish roots. I'm trying to establish my Maternal Grandfather's Polish citizenship so I in turn can begin the process.

Here's what I have/what I know: I have a translation of a certificate of Birth and Baptism that states where and when he was born - October 2, 1902 in Skala Podolska, district of Borszczow. It lists his parents, the midwife, priest, etc. (and that they lived in house # 407) It's in English, but it does list which Parish records contain the original info. I know that Poland wasn't Poland until 1918, but......not sure when he left.

I don't know when he immigrated to the U.S., but I do have a Border Crossing manifest from when he crossed from Canada into the U.S. on a trip, in February of 1946. On this document, it lists that he was traveling on a Polish Passport No. 2803, valid until 4/21/1946. So.....I assume that if he had a Polish Passport, then he would have been a Polish citizen.

He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1947, I have the original documents for that, and they list his previous nationality as 'Polish'. I'm quite certain that he did NOT relinquish his Polish citizenship.

Does anybody have any suggestions as to how I would go about finding proof/evidence/documentation of his Polish Passport? I'm starting from scratch here, and any addresses or contacts, or government offices in Poland that are appropriate would be appreciated.

Dzienkuje!

Michael Carleton