Updated: New way to get old records from the Fed

In a previous post I detailed the way to go about requesting your ancestors records from the Department of Homeland Security. On August 13th, there will be a new and supposedly more streamlined way of accomplishing this. The new Department of Homeland Security Genealogy web site, here, details the new services offered. In brief he’s [...]

Department of Homeland Security(FOIA)

I’ve never liked the name “Department of Homeland Security“. Sounds very menacing to me. One thing the department will do for you though, if you fill out the right pieces of paper, is send you stuff for free on your immigrant ancestors. Here’s what you have to do:
Go to this web site and get the [...]

Annie Ostafyczuk

My paternal Grandmother’s name was Annie Ostafyczuk. She was also born in Sniatyn, Galicia now the Ukraine. I have her Alien Registration card and just sent away to the Department of Homeland Security using the Freedom of Information Act to get copies of her actual registration. When I did this for my Grandfather, it took [...]

Wynohradnyk To Wainer

My uncle Stephen, who I’m named for, not only kept his fathers passport but kept his naturalization certificate as well. I was able to use the naturalization certificate to help me track down, through the Department of Homeland Security, my Grandfathers naturalization papers which led to my current theory of when and how my grandfather [...]