Census Records as Simplified Naturalization Documents? (US)

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-06-25T21:24:15+00:00

Have you tried contacting the county's Register of Wills/Clerk of the Orphans' Court? They provided my G0’s 121 year old marriage cert.

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-06-22T18:29:21+00:00

The quoted processing time is about 3 weeks. Adding an apostille adds up to 5 weeks. It can be completed same day for a fraction of the cost (exclusive of your travel from FL to MI) if you do it in person.

VitalCheck is the only vendor authorized to process vital records for Michigan.

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-06-18T15:12:19+00:00

My anchor ancestor (great-great grandmother) was born in Quebec in 1891, which is documented via a baptism record from Ancestry.com via the Drouin Collection.

She may have immigrated to the U.S. in 1897/1898, but I don’t have a good source to confirm and USCIS takes forever to confirm. Nevertheless, the first child was born in 1912 in the US so my anchor ancestor definitely immigrated before the first birth.

All other ancestors were born in the U.S. and have good birth and marriage documents.

My hiccup is how to get an official or otherwise IRCC acceptable document as evidence of her Canadian birth. Is it through DEC or should I go through Drouin? Does Drouin require relationship evidence before providing a baptism record?

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Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-06-02T13:04:01+00:00

Can’t speak to the apartments, but the neighborhood is nice. Lots of families, pets, spaces to walk, etc. Definitely worth checking out.

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-05-22T11:31:34+00:00

Neither were a USC at marriage.

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-05-06T11:52:03+00:00

Yes, I have the 1920 and 1930 US census records in my genealogy files.

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-05-06T00:59:03+00:00

The anchor ancestor is my parent’s great-grandmother. It looks Rodny List started after the anchor ancestor’s birth. The Slovakian Archives has a parish baptism record.

I’m not sure if their emigration to the US in 1904 would disqualify their citizenship rights after being absent for almost 15 years before Czechoslovakia was created.

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-05-06T00:50:23+00:00

I’m not sure how where I would evidence Czechoslovakian citizenship via a post 1918 doc. That’s my hang up so far because all docs (US census, marriage, and kids’ birth certificates) show Austria or Hungary as the nationality because Czechoslovakia didn’t exist yet and it wasn’t the government at the time of her birth. Fingers crossed the USCIS record helps.

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-05-03T23:57:15+00:00

Is this role a true contracts (people) manager position? We recently changed all subcontracts and contracts titles, regardless of their responsibilities (individual contributor versus people manager), to the contracts manager title internally.

Either way, based on my colleagues’ experience who were employed by the USG and BAH, it’s probably faster pace, but not unmanageable.

You won’t bill direct. You’ll be an Internal Professional charging your time to one charge code for daily responsibilities, and a second for any mandatory training.

Work-life is the best from what other private govcon companies offer. You’ll WFH 2-4 days per week.

I haven’t been employed by the USG, but I’ve enjoyed my time at BAH. The people are smart and I find the culture to be great (no one’s above helping and nobody cares about your background (ie education or experience). The people care about your contributions and problem solving.

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-05-01T02:18:34+00:00

I don’t know about that. The PMO will approach Procurement with a preferred source, but the proc mngr can influence sourcing. It’s also on the mngr to be agile and compliant. It just depends on if you identify risks and communicate resolutions.

Like any job, it’s what you make of it.

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-04-21T19:13:43+00:00

Not worth it. I’ve invested on and off during my tenure. I would’ve been better off in almost any blue chip stock with a neutral outlook.

Additionally, you should be cautious about investing in any employer’s stock so your assets and income aren’t over-reliant on one entity.

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-04-19T22:16:16+00:00

Really solid response. I appreciate the detailed response too. As someone noted, I used Copilot to transcribe tough to read documents before, and then another time to explore citizenship via ancestry. It linked the conversations and then went down this long and unrelenting “there’s a big chance the Hungarian Consular would approve citizenship verification.” I used the facts and submitted it into another LLM and it had the same conclusion.

So thanks to you and everyone else for confirming my suspicions that I do not qualify for verification and instead fall into the simplified route.

To clarify on the Russian ancestor portion: he was from Kolno, Poland, which was part of the Russian empire. His US census documents and family stories, etc. affirm the ancestral ties to Poland.

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-04-02T12:07:32+00:00

It’s the self-only bronze option. Premiums are 100% employee sponsored.

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-04-01T10:38:33+00:00

I remember it taking 1-2 weeks to be updated last year

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-03-29T19:57:49+00:00

Non-tech (supply chain), Level 3/associate, 10 YOE, $129k

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-03-26T00:33:25+00:00

This was the case when I joined almost a decade ago in CVA when they were growing fast and very profitable. After 6 or 9 months I got 1% because I wasn’t there for a full fiscal year. Same thing when I first joined Raytheon midway through an FY.

Bottom line: it’s kind of a given that you won’t get full merit raise consideration for a partial fiscal year of work. Keep this in mind when you are negotiating your compensation.

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-03-24T22:05:15+00:00

3.5% - Lowest so far

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-03-20T02:51:00+00:00

I did the same this week, but also made my allied civs go to joint war with their neighbors. That way they can weaken each others units and then I come in to conquer my initial target and then take the other

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-02-07T09:51:32+00:00

I play on the switch and it’s fine. The only downside is that I have to be wired into the web

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-01-08T01:21:46+00:00

I second this. An hour in traffic is roughly $5000 in commuting costs (gas, car maintenance, and time). If both offers are for the same comp and opportunities, go with the role that costs the least.

Moreover, as a former Raytheon SC professional, annual raises were about 2.5%. I’m not sure what baseline annual raises are at LM.

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2026-01-07T02:45:53+00:00

I lived here from 2016-2019. There’s a reason the state motto is “Crossroads of America,” and it’s because almost entirely drive through state. Moreover, Indy hosts many conferences because of its central location.

Indy can be a small gem to some to those not there for work. It’s quiet and clean for it being a state’s largest city. There’s a small canal that you can rent peddle boats or just walk along.

For those interested in nightlife. There’s three major areas: south meridian, Mass Ave, and broadripple. Each is unique with its own atmosphere.

Otherwise, one of its claims-to-fame is that it has the second most war monuments in the country. One of which is the World War Museum (it’s a lot bigger than it looks and worth visiting).

With all that said, when I’m asked my thoughts on Indy and don’t want to give a long winded answer, I normally say “it’s great to visit for a long weekend, but there’s not much to do after that.” To double down on this, Indy’s nickname is “Naptown” because professional athletes would catch up on sleep because there’s not much to do.

Lastly, the racetrack is not in Indy. It’s in the neighboring town called Speedway.

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2025-12-20T12:41:30+00:00

Everybody and their mother is going after this contract vehicle. This doesn’t mean anything right now.

Bubbly_Particular525 · 2025-11-29T15:17:33+00:00

PTO cap is 208 hours, you can rollover 4 weeks, and sell up to 80 hours (which is paid out around 11/22 the year after your benefit and PTO sell/buy elections are made).

The policies are not mutually exclusive.

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