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From: "Elaine O'Neill" <>
Subject: Re: [MIWAYNE] Citizenship Petition help
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 08:27:40 -0500
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I know I'm way behind on this, Marge, but I hope I can help anyway.
Years ago when I still lived in Detroit, I found my grandfather's
citizenship papers, both petition and final papers in the basement of
the Old County Building. I don't know if they still allow people to
search records there or not, but that's where I found mine.

Elaine

On 4/16/07, <> wrote:
> I have my grandmothers certificate of Citizenship which has a petition
> number, dated Sept. 1933 and stamped/signed by the Clerk of the U. S. District
> Court--Detroit.
>
> Would any one have an idea on how to get copies of the petition? When I was
> on Federal jury duty recently, I checked with the Clerk of the Court and
> told they don't have any records there.
>
> In the past, I emailed the State of MI Archives, they didn't have, they said
> to contact the National Archives in Chicago. I did and was told to contact
> Detroit.
>
> I would really like to obtain these papers.
>
> Could someone help break the circle "its not us, try.....". The papers have
> to be somewhere.
>
> Thank you for any help or suggestions,
> marge
>
>
>
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