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From: "Lorine McGinnis Schulze" <>
Subject: RE: [UPP-CAN] Re: The Exodus of Upper Canada-born Children
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:23:06 -0500
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On 14 Nov 2003 at 14:21, Joyce Stevens wrote:

> This brings up something I've considered for some time. It
> is my understanding that British subjects born in Canada had
> to declare their allegiance to Canada sometime after 1950 or
> remain a Brit.

The Canadian Citizenship Act began on 1 January 1947

From 1763 to 1 January 1947, people born in the provinces
and colonies of British North America were all British
subjects.

Thus immigrants from Great Britain and the Commonwealth
(England, Ireland, Wales or Scotland) did not have to be
naturalized.

You can read more about Naturalization Records in Canada,
who had to naturalize, when records began, what records
exist and where to find them, at
http://naturalizationrecords.com/canada/



> reasoning, my Canadian born mother became a naturalized
> American citizen in 1940. Thus, I think I have no Canadian
> ancestors, only British living in Canada

I think you would find that most people, including your
Canadian born mother, consider themselves Canadian if born
in Canada :-)


Lorine
Lorine McGinnis Schulze
--
* The Olive Tree Genealogy
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
* Naturalization Records
http://naturalizationrecords.com/
* USA Genealogy
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/usa_genealogy/

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