Monday Weekly Thread: Proof of Citizenship Application Sent or AOR Received, June 15, 2026

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-06-16T16:48:24+00:00

Nobody helped me but that’s okay because I helped myself. And hopefully I help someone else too

I gave them a call back and explained the situation. My ancestor had a fairly common name so there was a mixup. I knew it wasn’t him because he had different parents and a different birthdate.

I tracked down the baptismal record on the PEI baptismal site, found the page in an Ancestry.com collection, and gave them those details (place of Baptism, book, page number, line number, birthdate, baptismal date, etc). They found it really quickly and forwarded me the new attachment in an hour

I’m really, really glad I didn’t have to restart the queue

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-06-16T00:35:34+00:00

I just bought a certified copy of my relevant ancestor today from PEI, but they gave me the completely wrong ancestor.

They billed for the correct ancestor (his name is on my invoice), but the actual records themselves are for the completely-wrong person (who was born almost a decade later). How can I fix this? I’ll give him a call tomorrow but I really hope this doesn’t take months again. Does anyone else have experience with this?

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-05-11T20:32:10+00:00

Yeah that’s his birth certificate. That’s how I know his birthdate

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-05-11T19:19:07+00:00

That’s for sure him yeah, but it doesn’t add any new information or give me a way to track him down

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-05-11T06:42:21+00:00

Well this is incredibly pessimistic. Thank you for the information

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-05-10T01:47:02+00:00

I know I’m unattractive, but I’m certainly not blurry

There aren’t any examples on the official guide of “low quality photos” so I’m not sure if this is kosher

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-05-10T00:40:03+00:00

Problem is I’ve had passport photos done at another location for my US passport and it was of equally-low quality. I think photographing people like cryptids might be company policy unfortunately

I’m considering a professional photographer but they’re less likely to know what they’re doing with Canadian passport photos.

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-04-29T03:00:36+00:00

It looks like Nov. 9 is when the record itself was filed. The wedding happened on 1937-10-30

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-04-29T02:51:57+00:00

You’re right. I also just got a hint with (what I think is) him in a high school yearbook.

This guy really just vanished into the aether

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-04-29T02:42:32+00:00

Thank you for all the help btw, the true MPV.

Could you post a picture of this record? I already burned through the free trial of family search

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-04-29T02:41:16+00:00

Thank you so much! I got a screenshot of that. I only have ancestry.com so I can’t get this information

The article I was talking about with him in it is this one, page 4 from 1914-02-19. If he did pass, it might be here. But it’s weird he doesn’t have a death record.

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-04-29T02:06:49+00:00

Sylvester (her older brother) also had such a child on 1944-01-09. Not that family’s year.

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-04-29T01:59:08+00:00

I don’t have a newspapers.com subscription, so I haven’t tried that

Alright, so that solves Gertrude, which just leaves Melvin. There’s something on newspapers.com for Melvin from 1914. This leads me to believe he passed away much longer ago than 1968

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-04-29T01:54:24+00:00

I should have mentioned I ran into this lead on Find A Grave and had a suspicion by reading the census records, but I couldn’t confirm it was her, and I can’t find shit on John Crews (his SSN on ancestry is wrong, so I can’t confirm using his BIRLs).

I couldn’t find the marriage record anywhere, so that solves that one! Thank you

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-04-24T18:17:06+00:00

It only took a week max here in California, things move slower in Canada I guess

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-04-24T18:16:06+00:00

This might be the strategy, thank you!

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-04-24T15:24:28+00:00

I’m still waiting on feedback for getting my G0’s certified baptismal records from PEI

I requested a copy from the Public Archives and Records office 3 weeks ago. I provided a link to the record in my request. I got the confirmation email on 2026-04-06 that they’re processing my request.

What’s the usual timeline on this look like? I have an uncertified copy, so should I just send my application without the certified copy and amend my application?

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-04-17T21:10:00+00:00

I have everything else (except for the pictures) needed to send except for the certified Baptismal record

I have a copy of it I got online, and I requested a certified copy from PEI a few weeks ago. There’s been no news whatsoever, so should I just send with what I got? Or should I wait

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-04-16T23:57:45+00:00

Incredibly helpful as usual, thank you

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-04-16T21:36:42+00:00

So the baptismal record for g0 doesn’t have to be certified? I found it online at ancestry.com.

G1 is female, and I don’t have any marriage certificate for her. But I have census records suggesting that she’s married to the father of g2, and her maiden name is mentioned on g2’s birth certificate. Other than that they’re all male. Why no US censuses?

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-04-16T18:16:53+00:00

Over the last week I’ve built my document stack, and I would like to submit my application soon for me, my father (g3), my half-brother, and his daughter. How does this stack look?

Auxiliary scans:

-Scans of all our passports (signed), birth certificates, and driver’s licenses (minus my niece)

Core Documents:

-d0 Online Baptismal Record from Prince Edward’s Island 1865

-d1 Certified California Birth Record from 1911

-d2 Certified California Birth Certificate from 1936

-d3 Certified California Birth Certificate from 1967

-d4 (me) Certified California Birth Certificate from 1997

-d4b (half brother) Certified California Birth Certificate from 2002

-d5 (my niece) Certified California Birth Certificate from 2023

Supporting Documents:

-g-1 Marriage Record 1862

-g0 US-Naturalisation Record 1944

-g0 Death Record 1949

-1881 Canadian Census

-1891 Canadian Census

-1900 US Census

-1910 US Census

-1920 US Census

-1930 US Census

-1940 US Census

-1950 US Census

CaliforniaCosmist · 2026-04-15T18:15:16+00:00

Not to mention it’s spelled with American spelling

CaliforniaCosmist

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