Rich Roots Genealogy

Every day, I work with records where America argues with itself about who gets to belong here. Birthright citizenship should not even be before the Court. The answer is in our history. The answer is in our records. The answer is in our Constitution. linkedin.com/feed/update/ur….

Last year, I decided to sue the government. If the government will not follow the law, researchers and families are left with one lever: litigation. Read more at linkedin.com/posts/richvene…. #FOIA #records #citizenship #genealogy

At the heart of the #birthrightcitizenship fight is a very old question: who gets to belong in the United States. We have been here before. Heard of Wong Kim Ark? Read more on my LinkedIn: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

@jonstewart Looks like your maternal GF immigrated in 1927 (line 24) - *after* ImmAct24, receiving a visa under the Chinese quota; he became USC in 1933. Paternal GM immigrated 1913 (line 10); she became USC through father in 1922. Maternal GM & paternal GF born here to immigrant parents.

Got a sticky social issue??? Get yourself a couple of them historians to work it through!!! Really enjoyed this one!!!

@BLNadeau @CNN @CNNTravel Thanks for bringing attention to this massive change. Note that there a handful of inaccuracies regarding the decree's provisions and the previous process in the article. I couldn't find an email address; feel free to reach out via DM or email (rich@richroots.net) to discuss.

Italy slams door on people hoping to claim citizenship through great-grandparents for @CNN @CNNTravel : cnn.com/2025/04/01/tra…

How it started; How it’s going USCIS Genealogy Program Edition

@ChristineCohen5 Visa packets for nonimmigrant aliens were kept at the port of entry and destroyed, so those are not able to be requested as they are no longer extant.

@ChristineCohen5 This USUALLY relates to whether or not an immigrant had a USC spouse/child/parent or not. If someone was issued a visa, those records are with the USCIS Genealogy Program - whose records were just proposed a drastic fee hike. More on that soon. 2/2

@ChristineCohen5 Hey there, a bit confused by this question. All immigrants after 07/01/1924 needed a visa to enter the USA, and so what is what is noted on here. If an alien resident left and came back, they were required to have a Re-Entry Permit. Q or NQ relates to Quota or NonQuota... 1/2

*Free* webinar tomorrow evening, Thursday November 3rd, at 7 PM ET, about obtaining #dualcitizenship (both for #Ireland and for #Italy) through @columbuslibrary! You can register here -- events.columbuslibrary.org/event/7116265. A presto! Slán!

@neeksmith LOUDER FOR THE ONES IN THE BACK!

Ask just about any genealogist: any investment you make in tech to make dead folks seemingly appear life like would be better to spent digitizing things like civil war pension files. Don’t want to see Nannie move & talk. 🙃 But, can you make records from her parish accessible?

Please take our survey about #USCIS Genealogy Programs records requests so we may continue to fight for fairer access to these records!

The system for obtaining historic records from USCIS is broken. Help RecordsNotRevenue understand issues you've had with records requests, so we can advocate better! Take this survey tinyurl.com/uscis-survey20… deadline 4 Nov #immigration #twitterstorians #dualcitizenship #Genealogy

Spend your Thursday evening learning about how to discover your #italian roots, with me courtesy of @columbuslibrary. Join us at 7 PM EST! crowdcast.io/e/discover-you…

@RussContreras them, we simply don't have the whole story. This was not that uncommon. However, undocumented arrivals usually only caused issues for people who wished to naturalize OR if their arrival was after 07/01/1924, when visas began. Why Alda's status became a problem is unknown. 3/3

@RussContreras alien is unlikely, as her status had been legalized months before the US entered the war (and thus Italians became enemy aliens). Her undocumented nature could certainly have caused problems or potential deportation proceedings, however. Lots of files might exist but without /2

Nevada's Republican senatorial nominee, Adam Laxalt, has taken a hard-line stance against DREAMers and illegal immigration — despite his late father, Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico, once saying Laxalt's grandmother was undocumented #immigration axios.com/2022/10/19/mid…

Pro genealogist Rich Venezia of @RichRootsGen joined us on our latest podcast to share strategies for pinpointing your immigrant ancestor's hometown. Find the full interview, plus more genealogy tips here! bit.ly/3EWWxxv

Hey Toledo-area friends! I'll be seeing you Saturday! Make sure to join us at the @ToledoLibrary this Saturday for their #GenealogyFair! More information here: events.toledolibrary.org/event/5592133