EDIT: thanks everyone! This was a clear message, I appreciate all your responses.

I have a BA and MA in communication, and was an adjunct for 3 years after earning my MA (back in 2008). I have worked in my field my entire career (journalism, then marketing), but over the last few years, I have been diving deeply into the history field - I just wrote my first historical fiction novel and have a successful history YouTube channel.

I'd love to teach history one day, but do you think I need an MA in History for that? I found a good program near me, but do you think my background and the fact I have a Master's would be enough to get my foot in the door? (I did minor in history for my undergrad, btw.)

I love learning and if it was free there would be no question, but I am still paying off student loans and really don't want to spend more if it's at all possible.

I am helping a friend find out if they quality for Polish Citizenship by Descent, which requires their parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent to have been a Polish citizen until after 1920.

His great-grandparents moved to the US from Poland around 1900 but I am not sure where to go to find naturalization records (ie when they became a citizen of the US). They moved to Buffalo, NY where their family still lives today.

So my question is: Where do I start? Do I have to request records or can someone tell me just the date to know if it's worth pursuing or not? I checked the FamilySearch and Ancestry Naturalization databases, but neither of them showed up in either.

In the censuses I found, naturalization just says "Na."

So if someone can please point me in the right direction of where to get started on a search that would be so helpful :)

Thank you!

How seriously do you think they will take township records, since they cannot be certified (or can they?)?

• I have 4 censuses from LAC for my G0, so I feel OK about proving that.
• I also have a 2 birth records (husband and wife) AND a marriage record from the Truro Township Book.

I am actually more concerned about my G1, because he was born in NS but I only have US records for him (which is why I moved my G0 back one generation) - but I want to make sure I should not be worried about my G0 also?

My boyfriend and I applied for GE 5 years ago and were both approved (conditional approval + interview). I submitted my renewal application a few months ago and received my new card within a few weeks.

He submitted his last month and finally received a response this morning - but it says "conditional approval" and to schedule an interview.

Is this weird for a renewal? I did not have to do anything, they just sent me my new card.

Is this a mistake, or should he go ahead and schedule an interview? (there are of course no local appointments available, and we have no international trips planned soon)

Thank you!

I am at a dead end but someone recommended this group as the best place on the internet for help with finding my ancestor.

I am looking for any birth or census information for:

Nelson Archibald

DOB: 9/17/1841

Place: Clifton, Colchester County, Nova Scotia

Parents: Ebenezer Archibald (11/19/1812) and Anne Nelson (5/28/1817)

I have a ton of US documents, but none from Canada (except genealogy books).

Religion may have been Anglican, Presbyterian, or Quaker.

EDIT: By the way, I have a ton of documents on his parents - so I really just need to prove he is their son. If there is any good way to do that?

So far, I have no primary documents for my G0. There were 2 published books written, 1 from his county and 1 about his family, showing he was born and who his parents are, but nothing from the Canadian government (eg birth records or census) showing he was born there. (I do have a ton of secondary documents listing his birthplace, like US census, marriage record, death certificate, obituary, etc.)

However, I do have a LOT on his parents in Canada (baptism records, marriage records, decades of census, etc.). So I am considering making them my G0.

So my question is: if my current G0's US death certificate is not enough to prove Canadian citizenship on its own, is it at least enough to prove that he is the son of his parents? So I can show no breakage in that chain of lineage?

Thank you for any help you can provide!