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Catherina Ruiz Flores was born in Beaumont, Texas on February 9, 1905. She married Frank Flores who was a Mexican citizen on October 25, 1919. Although Catherina was an American because she married a non-citizen she lost her American citizenship. This document records her Oath of Allegiance to the United States and her desire to repatriate or regain her American citizenship on March 12, 1941. (NAID 581193)

An Act of March 2, 1907, also known as the Expatriation Act, mandated that “any American woman who marries a foreigner shall take the nationality of her husband.” This Act and subsequent acts related to married women’s citizenship status can be confusing when trying to conduct family history research. For further information, please see: When Saying “I Do” Meant Giving Up Your U.S. Citizenship by Meg Hacker. https://www.archives.gov/files/publications/prologue/2014/spring/citizenship.pdf

We will highlight records this month related to the history of American women. Please visit our website for more information: https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/womens-history .

Have you discovered a possible Crypto Jewish ancestor? Explore the databases of the Crypto Jewish Collection on JewishGen: https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/cryptojews/

𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 is a database provided to MY Link library card holders. Major newspapers stand alongside those published by African Americans, Native Americans, women’s rights groups, labor groups, and the Confederacy. Explore it here: http://houstonlibrary.org/research/resources-by-category/249.

Get a MY Link card here (free to Texas residents): http://houstonlibrary.org/find-it/my-link

Documenting the American South: Colonial and State Records of North Carolina The Colonial and State Records of North Carolina has been an extraordinary resource for students of North Carolina's history for over one hundred years. The series includes documents and materials from throughout the country and from several European repositories covering the earliest days of North....

Use the Texas Digitized Newspaper Program in the Portal to Texas History to find over 1,600 newspaper titles for Texas, other U.S. states, and even other countries! https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TDNP/

You may have heard that Great Aunt Mary was consumptive and know that means she had tuberculosis, but what if someone had phthsis pulmonalis, phthisis, potter's asthma, or white plague?

Join us Friday, December 4, 2020 at 2 PM for a virtual presentation of some of the diseases our ancestors faced and where to find out the meaning of medical terms found in obituaries or death certificates.

Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/3nNRh3h

Georgia Historic Newspapers The Georgia Historic Newspapers database is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia as part of Georgia HomePlace. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regen...

Happy birthday Scott Joplin (1868-1917)! Here he is on the 1880 census in Texarkana, Texas as a 12 year old. Looks like measles has hit his family!

This census and more are available to you through Houston Public Library's subscription to Ancestry.com. Access it here: http://houstonlibrary.org/research/resources-by-category/234

Search for articles in PERSI - the Periodical Source Index - and then contact the Clayton Library to see if they have the article you want. PERSI is a subject-based index of genealogy and family history periodicals, so try a broad search by location or keywords like "Union" or "Farmers." Use the filters to narrow down your results.

Access PERSI here: https://search.findmypast.com/search/periodical-source-index

Contact the Clayton Library by email at [email protected] or by phone at 832-393-2600.

This Veterans Day use Houston Public Library-provided databases like Fold3.com and Ancestry.com to research your ancestor's military service. Access them here: http://houstonlibrary.org/research/resources-by-category/234

Free Family History Classes and Webinars for November 2020 The FamilySearch Family History Library's November 2020 free webinars feature 5 Latin Handwriting seminars, classes for Scottish research, Swedish Genealogy, Norwegian Emigration, a Spanish language seminar entitled "Registros Migratorios" Migratory Records), and Quebec Notarial Records. Other begin...