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great. Thanks Michael. I'll have a look and see if I can gleam a few
questions to ask from this material. Yes I knew about the name change
but didn't have it handy when I wrote. thanks again.
joseph
ps: if you're inclined can you make a folder in the "links" area of the
Group called USCIS (formerly INS) and put the links in this email in it
with a very brief description? then it will be available for later as
well thanks
Michael Gonzales wrote:
Hi Joseph,
If you want to see if INS records
contain information on where an individual comes from you might be
interested in the following sites. As you might know, INS is no
longer. The new Agency is the US Citizenship and Immigrations
Services. However, the border crossing records are still available
through NARA. I have also attached some Word documents on the specific
records that are available and what you can expect to find in them.
There are NARA regional sites. I have one here in Ft. Worth but I
believe there are six total outside of Washington D.C.
Hope this info addresses what you
were requesting below and is of assistance for those of us who are
still in the early 1900s researching our great grand parents and their
brothers and sisters. The links below contain lots of information and
you may find that it won't be neceessary to interview anyone, at least
for now.
Michael
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Sent:
Sunday, October 09, 2005 8:03 AM
Subject:
[ranchos] Help With Questions
okay some have problems with finding out the "Where" in Mexico they
came
from. I want to eventually get interviews with people in INS and Social
Security and other gov't offices to see what information is freely open
to the public that might give clues on where in Mexico people came from.
Can you all email me directly with your thoughts on what questions can
be asked of people high up in these organizations. I'd like to go
prepared and can only think of these questions:
1) With regards to the freedom of information act what info is
available
to the general public in (their organization).
2) On the records that are available what kind of information is
usually
collected?
3) What time periods did these records cover?
4) What preliminary work can the information seeker perform to
facilitate the look up of records?
5) Are there specific forms that need to be used for information
request?
6) Are there costs involved with requesting records? And if so what are
they?
7) Is the informatin regarding your organization kept at one central
location or might one need to contact various geographical locations of
your organization to find their specific record needs?
8) Can you supply the address of locations on the internet where
a) the address of each specific information center
b) where information requesting forms can be downloaded
c) general contact information can be found
Help me with this please. I know I'm forgetting some important
questions
that I might only have a one time opportunity to ask. What would you
like to know about some relative from some gov't organization that I
have not listed above?
thanks,
joseph
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