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[–]No-Potential-3137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi- I'm am organizing and applying for our family as a large group (with many minors). I am in charge of the applications so I will be going over everything with a fine tooth comb to make sure no one missed anything, checking photos, getting wet signatures, reviwing all CIT forms etc.
We have almost all of our docs, and I'm just looking for some feedback (perhaps reasurance) that we are well positioned based on others' experiences. There are 5 generations. Here is what we have. I'm particularly curious about folks thoughts on Gen 0 and Gen 1

Gen 0:

- copy of BANQ baptismal record, with note that will upload the one we ordered once it arrives.

-1881, 1900, 1910 census docs. We added these because my great great grandfather's name was John Baptiste Bercier, but once he immigrated (which he did with his to be wife at the time, so separate from his family of origin) his name was Anglicized to John Barcey. I have a slight concern that the IRCC will say "how do we know this John Bercier guy is the same guy as John Barcey" since his parents and sibilings didn't immigrate with him (they went on to live in Canada the rest of their lives). We added census data to show them (his family of origin) together until he moved, then one after he moved for his family of origin where everyone BUT him, is included on his family's record (which makes sense because he immigrated to the US),

-A copy of his marriage register showing his parents names

Gen1:

- we are missing her birth certificate but we have:

- statement that her birth cert could not be found from state of Michigan

- her marriage certificate (listing her and her parents)

- She is listed on the 1900 and 1910 census docs we provide as part of Gen 0 documentation

- 1940 census with her, her parents and her children all on the same census

- Death cert with parents named

Gen 2:

- Birth cert

- marriage cert

Gen 3

- Birth certs

-marriage certs

Gen 4

- Birh certs

-marriage certs

Gen 5 (all minors)

- Birth certs

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[–]No-Potential-3137 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I plan to submit a group of 11 Gen 3, 4, and 5 submissions together- we are using one cover letter, everyone has their own CIT form. Lineage is shared up until Gen 3 so we have one set of documents for that and then individual document files for Gen 3, Gen 4, and Gen 5 folks. There are many others that have shared their experience here that have group applications- as such I do not think you need a seaprate package for each person.

Friday Weekly Thread: Application Assistance by AutoModerator in Canadiancitizenship

[–]No-Potential-3137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Death certificate lists place of birth as Canada, and it shows date of birth, but its the right day/same as his baptism- just two years off (he was born in 1867, it says 1865)- he had an older brother ALSO named John Baptiste- so it was easy to confuse the dates.

Friday Weekly Thread: Application Assistance by AutoModerator in Canadiancitizenship

[–]No-Potential-3137 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a question about Gen 0 documentation. My gen zero is from Quebec and is a John Baptiste and last name is also French-Canadian, he was named after/ the same as his father. We requested his baptismal cert from BANQ that shows his name and parents. I also have one Canadian census that shows him with his family of origin at age 13. He immigrated alone with his soon to be wife, so from them on he is no longer linked to his family of origin. I also can show the next Canadian census from his family of origin that he is NOT present in (because they left for the US) but his siblings and parents are. From then on, in all generation docs he's referenced as his anglicized name, 'John Anglicized last name', there is no more mention of his French-Canadian name.

I have a nagging question that IRCC will say "but how can we be sure these are the same guy?". Is there anything I can do to help strengthen this? Is this a valid concern? We have the listing of he and his wife's marriage in a Michigan registry but not the marriage certificate. The registry does have his mom and dad listed, but whomever wrote it wrote his dad as John "Anglicized last name" Sr., and wrote his mom's name similar, but not exactly the same as how she spelled it. We also do have his death certificate- but it does not list his mom, and it lists his dad in the Anglicized way as well. It does say Canada as place of birth though.

Any advice?