u/seasnakejake

Hi all -- thanks for all the feedback on my first post.

I have reached out to providers and am seeking to get the rest of the necessary documents, and wondering if I need to request the "No Record Found" U.S. military documents in my case.

My line was GGF -> GM -> Mom -> Me

GGF was born 1892, arrived in NY, USA 1911 and naturalized in 1924, though he died in 1944.

GM was born in 1931 in NY, USA, my mom was born in 1963 NY, USA.

I have census and career records keeping him in Yonkers at his occupation of hat maker and he died prior to the end of the U.S. being in the Allied forces -- and the chain following him is matrilineal.

Great-Grandparents: 

* Date married: 1911, USA

* Date divorced: N/A

GGM: 

* Date, place of birth: 1895, Regietow, Kingdom of Galicia (Austrian-Poland)

* Ethnicity and religion: Lemko, Greek Orthodox

* Occupation: Domestic

* Allegiance and dates of military service: N/A

* Date, destination for emigration: 1911, USA

* Date naturalized: Never, husband naturalized only.

* Date, place of death: 1991, USA

GGF (Primary Link): 

* Date, place of birth: 1892, Regietow, Kingdom of Galicia (Austrian-Poland)

* Ethnicity and religion: Lemko, Greek Orthodox

* Occupation: hat maker

* Allegiance and dates of military service: N/A

* Date, destination for emigration: 1911, USA

* Date naturalized: 1924

* Date, place of death: 1944, USA

Grandparent: 

* Sex: Female

* Date, place of birth: May 12 1931, USA

* Date married: 1953

* Citizenship of spouse: USA

* Date divorced: 1980

* Occupation: Secretary

* Allegiance and dates of military service: N/A

(If applicable)

• Date, destination for emigration: N/A
• Date naturalized: N/A

Parent: 

* Sex: Female

* Date, place of birth: 1963, USA

* Date married: 1990

* Date divorced: 2011

You: 

* Date, place of birth: 1998, USA

I've seen lots of posts for people trying to claim Polish citizenship for ancestors leaving before the creation of the second Polish Republic, to limited success. Many of the law firms helping with citizenship don't even take these sort of cases. I was able to find my great grandfather's birth record in the archives in Rzeszowie and have requested a certified copy, and I have requested all other necessary U.S. documents -- his naturalization record, marriage license, death certificate; my grandmother's marriage license, and death certificate, my moms birth certificate, etc., which will all be then properly apostilled by the relevant US states and submitted to an approved Polish translator.

My question to all of this, if you were kind enough to read this far, is both how likely of a case I have here, and why would people hire these law firms (outside of solely being a place to receive the correspondence from the Polish government), as it seems like once I assemble all these documents I can pro se represent myself to the Polish consulate who will send back to Poland for consideration. I've seen quotes over $5k for this and it doesn't make sense to me unless I'm missing something. Dziękuję!

I've seen lots of posts for people trying to claim Polish citizenship for ancestors leaving before the creation of the second Polish Republic, to limited success. Many of the law firms helping with citizenship don't even take these sort of cases.

My great-grandfather was born in the Kingdom of Galicia, the Austrian partition (Austrian Poland) in 1892, leaving in 1911. After searching over 2,000 pages in the Archiwum Państwowe w Rzeszowie via the Szukaj w Archiwach, I was able to find his exact birth record. He was Lemko, but the Austrian Empire kept those birth records in Latin so its his Latinized name. His parents name and his exact house number in the village of Regietów are listed.

He left for the USA in 1911, and naturalized in 1927. Naturalizing was typically enough for someone to lose their citizenship, but Poland refused to accept the naturalization of military-age males from 1920 - 1951, rendering him a Polish citizen when he passed that down to my grandma in 1932. Women could not pass down Polish citizenship through marriage if they were married before 1951, my grandma married in 1953 and had US citizenship by soil so she, nor my mother, naturalized -- effectively passing their Polish citizenship down to me.

I have requested the archives in Rzeszowie to process a certified copy of my great-grandfather's birth records, and I have requested all other necessary U.S. documents -- his naturalization record, marriage license, death certificate; my grandmother's marriage license, and death certificate, my moms birth certificate, etc.

My question to all of this, if you were kind enough to read this far, is both how likely of a case I have here, and why would people hire these law firms (outside of solely being a place to receive the correspondence from the Polish government), as it seems like once I assemble all these documents I can pro se represent myself to the Polish consulate who will send back to Poland for consideration. I've seen quotes over $5k for this and it doesn't make sense to me unless I'm missing something. Dziękuję!

Hadn’t used the Atmos card since the first time it failed for me in January which resulted in me calling far too many BoA reps who had no idea what was going on, ultimately to figure out they try to charge these as a cash advance. Wanted to see if there was still an issue here and looks like BoA is still trying to code it as a cash advance. Got the card solely for this partnership so it’s unfortunate this is the case. Heard it’s been affecting plenty of people. Need Bilt support to escalate to their partnerships side.