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you can request that the applications our relatives filled out for US
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Tabasco, Zacatecas
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I am in central California. Thanks for the resource. I will give them a try. Thankfully I have family in Zacatecas that can help me and we visit often.
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Joseph,
I'm not sure I understand what you're asking.
Are you asking how does one go about applying for US citizenship or permanent residency?
Or
Are you asking how to find the information regarding applicants or applications for citizenship or US residency?
Alicia
Joseph Puentes
Joseph Puentes
I know that if a person applied for US residency or citizenship or ???
that that information can be obtained by applying to the INS. I think
Carol Muro did this but for the life of me I can't seem to figure out
where to I put the information. Does anyone in the group have experience
in getting this information? If so would you be willing to give the
group a lesson in how to do it as in a step 1, 2, 3, 4, etc kind of thing???
your help is much appreciated.
joseph
Freedom of Information Act
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I know that if a person applied for US residency or citizenship or ???
that that information can be obtained by applying to the INS. I think
Carol Muro did this but for the life of me I can't seem to figure out
where to I put the information. Does anyone in the group have experience
in getting this information? If so would you be willing to give the
group a lesson in how to do it as in a step 1, 2, 3, 4, etc kind of thing???
your help is much appreciated. joseph
Agusascalintes
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Hi Joseph
I am back from Auagascalintes, and I did bring back there phone book for you. If you can send me your address to my e-mail address I will send it to you. I was so excited, because I did get my grandparents (on my dad's side) death certificate from Encarnacion De Diaz.
Louisa
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Tabasco, Zacatecas
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look at Evie Villegas' Folder in the files area. I think she is doing Title Authors Notes Subjects |
Identity Theft Considerations
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I definitely agree that living persons' information should not be included in the trees, but the names may be shared if the individual wishes. However, once a person dies, their SSN becomes public information. Rootsweb.com has a database with thousands (millions?) of SSNs and names, along with birthdates and death dates. The Social Security Death Index is updated monthly, so my grandpa's death was noted within two months of his passing. The files section is limited to members only, but there is nothing to stop a non-member from going to rootsweb.com and discovering the SSNs of those who have recently passed. The privacy rights cover SSNs of living individuals, but even then, your SSN is easily accessible-- think about how many times and in how many places you have revealed your number. I always assume that many people will see mine. I am as selective as I can be, and I have heard many stories about how casually people treat their information. However, a determined thief may
Identity Theft Considerations
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Well I see your point and I'd like to thank you for bringing up the issue.
I can only say that everyone should submit that with which they believe
they can live with in regards to a clear identity theft threat
conscience. If anyone wants to modify their files deleting maiden names
of the mothers of those that are living please do so or ask and we'll
work on it together.
With respect to SS#'s I don't know what to say about that one. I know my
grandparents had SS#'s but I can't figure out what kind of mischief
someone could create if they were to discover their numbers.
Natalie if you or anyone else in the group could give some practical
examples it might help give more urgency as to why we should eliminate
the names of those that have or had SS#'s.
thanks, joseph Natalie wrote:
What about a person (parent/grandparent) who has died in the past few
years, and had a SS# - if that person is listed on your tree, along
with maiden name of mother ... seems I've read that
Clarification - names of living persons
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What about a person (parent/grandparent) who has died in the past few years, and had a SS# - if that person is listed on your tree, along with maiden name of mother ... seems I've read that that is enough information for someone to perpetuate some kind of fraud or other ID theft problem (well - some use even less information I suppose). This is what I am concerned about. Thanks all for your thoughts on this matter. Natalie
Names of living persons
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no you are right on target!!!!!!!!!!!
don't send in files (reports, charts etc) that have living persons on
them. By all means no SS#'s and if those that have done so are doing so
at their own risk. Not saying anyone on the group would resort to such a
thing but If you allow your living relatives to go here you might have
been doing it elsewhere as well.
no living relatives.
(not sure I answered your question if I didn't ask again and maybe next
time I'll get it).
joseph Natalie wrote:
I have perused some of the files (not all of them yet), and have seen
some that list names of persons who might possibly have SS#'s. Identity
theft and visions of hackers has made me a little paranoid about the
kind of information I should post in the files sections.
So ... Do your files contain names and other ID data of persons (living
or deceased) with SS#'s? I know the majority of the files are historic,
so maybe this is not a concern, but there are the more recent
generations