Marian Smith presents an overview of three historical eras of US immigration and naturalization records, illustrated with documents of Jewish immigrants. Using a timeline tool (included in the handout), she demonstrates how plotting an immigrant’s life events can identify what records may exist for that particular immigrant and where these records can be found.

 

Marian Smith retired after thirty years as an Historian for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), later US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).  She now occasionally speaks to groups on US immigration and nationality records and is anxious to return to research at the National Archives.

 

The program is free for JGSCT members.  There is a $5 fee for non-members. 

 

Please visit www.jgsct.org for additional information and to register.

 

Gail K Reynolds, JGSCT President and Publicity Chair