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How would an American returning from international travel prove his citizenship before 1914?
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While it is true that there was no specific legal requirement for Americans entering the US to have a passport prior to WWI, passengers were not unused to being required to present some ...
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Did everyone have to carry identity papers in Nazi Germany?
Was everyone expected to carry identification on their person at all times in Germany after 1938 or only the Jews?
No, all together only 3 groups of persons were required to have a Kennkarte.
The ...
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When did the modern visa system become widespread?
Professor William Maley, who teaches at the Australian National University, has recently published a new book on the history of refugees (What is a Refugee). He was interviewed on ABC National Radio ...
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When and where did it first became usual that the ID Card holder signed his card?
The idea of using photos as a means of identification is almost as old a photography itself and seems to date back to 1876 in the USA.
Large expositions in London, Paris and elsewhere had all ...
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Who was the first foreigner to be naturalized as a Mexican citizen?
Piecing together some thin threads, I can argue that someone was naturalized prior to that date.
All colonists were expected to become naturalized Mexican citizens, and they were also supposed to ...
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Use separation papers to identify a US soldier's WWII service in Northern France GO 46 WD 45
Since your father was a member of the 44th Division Artillery, he would be part of the 44th Infantry Division, you can follow its combat activities after it landed in Cherbourg, France on 15 September ...
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Who was the first foreigner to be naturalized as a Mexican citizen?
I cant for sure say the first person to be made a citizen, but I do know that Benjamin Milam was made a citizen in 1824.
"...Trespalacios, now prominent in the new government also, made overtures ...
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In view of the widespread use of the term "Semitic", which groups of people are classified as being of Hamitic ethnicity?
First of all, the practice of simplifying evolution of linguistics to simple transliteration is widely panned by professional linguists all over the world - especially because it's so popular amongst ...
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When did the modern visa system become widespread?
These things come and go, as convenience and fear vie for attention in the public consciousness. I will extend to question to include passports, as there is an essential link between passports and ...
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Who was the first foreigner to be naturalized as a Mexican citizen in Alta California?
Abel Stearns emigrated to Mexico in 1826 and naturalized in 1828. In 1829 he moved out to Monterey, California, and he eventually settled in Pueblo de los Ángeles, which would become the Los Angeles ...
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Who was the first foreigner to be naturalized as a Mexican citizen in Alta California?
I found these two while researching your other question.
"In 1814, John Gilroy, a Scottish sailor on an English ship, was left in Monterey because of illness. He was baptized and naturalized, then ...
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Use separation papers to identify a US soldier's WWII service in Northern France GO 46 WD 45
Knowing he was with the 44th Division tells us something and gives clues for getting more information. Wikipedia has a page for the 44th Infantry Division, which was originally known simply as the "...
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