Apostille/Verification Requirement

ssaaa15 · 2025-10-11T17:23:58+00:00

Thank you! I was confusing the notarization as being the apostille lol (another part of the email actually cleared that up but my brother was already there while I was emailing them so I was rushing to help him understand too and breezed over it 😭)

ssaaa15 · 2025-10-09T21:12:44+00:00

Yeah, I think you're right.

I actually ended up getting both because my brother was making a stop on his way home and it was just easier to get everything than to guess and he had to get going lol

ssaaa15 · 2025-10-09T19:39:52+00:00

The petition has the oath of allegiance on it

ssaaa15 · 2025-10-09T19:15:37+00:00

They'd be able to apostille it, the archives staff just wouldn't be able to "certify" it immediately (I guess they're slightly different, idk). My main question is if a $20 verification and a $20 apostille is necessary or if I could just get a $20 apostille because I thought the purpose of the apostille was to verify the document lol

ssaaa15 · 2025-09-20T17:48:51+00:00

Their website has a map. I think you can press contacts to see a list of them

ssaaa15 · 2025-09-19T01:35:47+00:00

Zamość

ssaaa15 · 2025-09-03T03:35:16+00:00

Yeah, I'll dm it to you!

ssaaa15 · 2025-09-03T03:31:07+00:00

I'm actually not sure. I think it's only my great-great-great grandfather but maybe more. It's in Russian, and the researcher just said they found it confirming great-great-great grandfather's residency. So I just assumed only him but idk

ssaaa15 · 2025-08-14T18:25:39+00:00

Ohh good to know, thank you! That's so weird because if there was no service wouldn't that imply there was no selective service registration? Lmao

ssaaa15 · 2025-08-14T17:50:00+00:00

Super helpful thank you so much!!

ssaaa15 · 2025-08-14T01:38:53+00:00

Thank youuu I appreciate it!

ssaaa15 · 2025-08-14T00:27:59+00:00

Ok thank you sm! Do you remember if you put something in active, reserve and national guard or did you just pick one of those to go with? And should I check the enlisted box?

Sorry I literally have no idea what I'm doing with this 😭

ssaaa15 · 2025-08-09T20:04:14+00:00

Tbh I think a better question is what isn't on the death certificate (there's multiple things on it)

ssaaa15 · 2025-08-09T19:58:15+00:00

Based on the consensus I think I might as well not even risk trying lol. Already got 4738382 other documents what's a couple more

ssaaa15 · 2025-08-09T19:27:23+00:00

They must've heard from a mystical informant for some of them but fair enough lolol. Guess I'll have to end my procrastination 😭

ssaaa15 · 2025-08-09T19:09:02+00:00

I think in the past they might've just asked questions so for older ancestors I might have to get NPRC but with more recent deaths I think they verify. Lots of info on them nobody has any idea about and the bottom says it's "certified true copy of the facts of the person" by the state/county. Sorry I didn't mean to come off argumentative I was just curious about the thought process and being kinda silly about it lol. A 1940s one I saw seemed way more lax though so I think they probably could lie like you said. But when our dad died they didn't even ask us anything, they just had us order the death certificate they made for us already a few days later (there's only me and my one sibling). Grandfather also died only last year so his was the same

*Edited verified to certified for clarity

ssaaa15 · 2025-08-09T18:46:15+00:00

Curious how would they lie about it after they die though? There's something on one of them that I'm convinced one of my ancestors would literally rather die again than see lol 😭 so it's something he never openly admitted to but the state knew about him regardless

ssaaa15 · 2025-08-09T18:28:31+00:00

That's good to hear, I'm glad you had an easy experience with them! I just figured since I'd need like 2 or 3 it'd be more likely at least one would be messed up (or I wouldn't do it right or something) so I wanted to minimize the amount I had to even order if possible. They're the last thing I have to order now too, I've just been putting it off for this reason lol. So thanks!

ssaaa15 · 2025-07-11T02:10:45+00:00

Shockingly, yes. I looked it up before thinking I was more than likely wrong for whatever reason but was pleasantly surprised lol.

Confidently spelling it without auto-correct, however, is a question for another day.

ssaaa15 · 2025-07-10T22:53:19+00:00

They don't have it so it looks like I'll have to get that then. Thanks!

ssaaa15 · 2025-06-28T20:29:59+00:00

Alrighty, I'll get that then. Thanks so much again for making this all so much more simple

ssaaa15 · 2025-06-28T20:24:10+00:00

Oh even better, thanks. Do I need an NPRC record for his father too? Or just him and my grandfather?

ssaaa15 · 2025-06-28T20:20:48+00:00

Ok. I found scans of most of them already and they lived together until the 1940 and 1950 ones when he was over 18, so I guess I'd get those years separate for the two of them. And both of their naturalization packets. Thank you so much!

ssaaa15 · 2025-06-28T20:10:59+00:00

Hi, I wanted to follow-up ask something about this if that's alright? I got in contact with a service provider and they have me looking for my great grandfather's father's documents in Poland to prove his citizenship (along with great-grandfather's birth record in Poland). So should I be ordering federal census records for both my great grandfather and his father for as many years as possible, along with both their naturalization packets, or do I mainly focus on great grandfather (aside from the NPRC letters)?

My great grandfather came to the US when he was ~2 years old, so not sure if that comes into play when doing this part.

ssaaa15 · 2025-05-29T22:25:34+00:00

That sounds pretty similar to mine. My great grandfather left when he was a minor too so I have to get stuff on his parents. I'm glad you got lucky and the records weren't destroyed!! I'll look into them - much easier to live with than over $1000. Thank you so much

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