Consulate Phone Call

September 19th
So today we were driving to LA for our cruise and the closer it got to 9 the more nervous I got. It was awful! Ugh. Finally it was almost 9 and I realized I hadn't written down the phone number! Jesus. So I called Donny and he looked it up online for me. Then I tried to call but didn't have service so Bobby pulled over at the next town which wasn't far. I called and called and could not get through but I kept trying and finally I did. I talked to a woman named Ragaela who was actually very helpful. The gave me some great answers, but did say the thing about the census. Damn. So then Bobby called because it was his turn. He also got Rafaela and he told her he was my husband and he just had some more questions about the census. She was super helpful and did not make it sound black or white. She said the 1930 census would probably be fine and to go ahead and bring in the 1920 census anyway and to even bring in the boat records. It was a great conversation. We felt like we were on top of the world afterwards and what better way to celebrate than to take a cruise! Now we just have to order the census docs and print out the boat records....

Downtown Archives

So today we went down to an archives building and they didn't end up having anything, but they did have access to ancestry so the lady let us sign on with their subscription. We sat there for hours and I was getting frustrated, but Bobby had a hunch and was looking at the census going by street numbers and stuff and he ended up finding his family, but with a severely mis spelled name. That's what we really needed! Now we can order stuff from the census!

Census

September 8th - So today I've just been thinking about the census. The last week or so I've been trying to figure out how to get it. The woman at the Mormon research center was no help. I called the NARA and the woman on the phone said I didn't need to go through the microfilm page by page she said they could do some sort of search for me. But then she transferred me to someone who needed all this information - information I don't have and need from the census! Ugh. So I called the library and gave them what information I had a the research lady said she'd look into ordering the microfilm and if it was even available and she'd get back to me. She hasn't called me back yet. It sucks because in order to order a certified copy you have to know what page you need. I don't know what I thought. I guess I just thought I'd say I needed a copy of the census and they'd send it to me. I mean obviously that doesn't make a ton of sense because it'd be like thousands of pages long. But I don't know what page the name appears on. So we're going to have to go through the microfilm, find the page number and then we can order our certified copy. Sheesh. We have an appointment to ask more questions on September 19th so I'm going to not mention the census and ask the woman what we need to prove he was never naturalized. And see if she says the census. Maybe that first cunt didn't know what she was talking about. 

More certs

August 25th - Today I got Bobby's moms birth certificate's apostille and my birth certificate and our marriage certificate with apostilles. I called and asked about a marriage certificate and a marriage license. I got transferred a couple of times, but finally got someone that knew what they were talking about. The woman said that Arizona does not do certified copies of marriage licenses - we don't have them, we just have certificates. I asked if that was specific to Arizona and she said yes. She said she's never had a problem with it in terms of citizenship before. I sure hope it's not a problem. The consulate says they need a certified copy of the license and of the certificate. 

USCIS Request

August 20th - I made another email request to the USCIS and I got a response in the mail today. We are now number 1659 out of 6346. That gives me a way better idea. We're movin down the list! Bobby did some sort of caculation and said they should get to our request by November! Woo hoo! I can't wait. 

Apostille's

July 27th - Today I got all of the Mass certificates back with all of there apostille's. 

Katie's birth certificate

 June 27th - Today I got mine in the mail!

Bobby's moms certificate

June 13th - Today we got Bobby's moms birth certificate in the mail from Buffalo. 

Declaration

June 10th - Today we got Bobby's dads declaration, and copies of his ID and passport. Yay!

Bobby's birth certificate

June 6th - Got Bobby's birth certificate in the mail today from Rhode Island!

US Certificates

So on May 30th, June 2nd and June 3rd I got three envelopes from Mass containing all the certificates I ordered! 9 total. I'm excited! Now I'm shipping them back out for apostilles.

USCIS Request #....

May 30th - So I got something in the mail today in response to my email request. It says we are # 3369 out of 5088. I don't really know what that means since I'm not sure what request number they're on. Hmmm....