#OTD 27 March 1873, Joseph McFarlane was naturalized in the Circuit Court at Monroe County, Wisconsin. It had been 24 long years since he arrived in the United States from Scotland. He had declared his intention to become a citizen in 1850. Did immigrants then (and now) understand the process? Was it procrastination? Were there financial barriers? Joseph had acquired a homestead in the 1860's, but could not finalize the claim without becoming a citizen. That was certainly a pressing reason for my great-great-grandfather to complete the process.
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#1238 Margery Rowe (ed) - Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries, Vol XXXIII - Part IV. Maslands Ltd, Tiverton, Spring 1975.

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In all the years I've spent searching in parish registers for my ancestors and their relatives, I've never before seen a surname like this one in a baptism register:

1803 Nov 27 Margaret daughter of John & Hannah Stronginth'arms

Seems very Pratchett-esque 🙂

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