While most countries base citizenship on p lace of birth\, parentage\, and marriage\, some countries also offer citiz enship by descent&mdash\;meaning if you have ancestors who were citizens o f that country two\, three\, or even four generations back\, you might qua lify for dual citizenship! Two well-known examples are Italy and Ireland. In this webinar\, we will go over the requirements involved for these two countries\, gathering documentation\, applying&mdash\;and waiting&mdash\;f or dual citizenship.
\nPresented by Rhonda R. McClure\, Senior Genea logist\, a nationally recognized professional genealogist and lecturer. Be fore joining American Ancestors/NEHGS in 2006\, she ran her own genealogic al business for 18 years. She was a contributing editor for Heritage Quest Magazine\, Biography magazine and was a contributor to The History Channe l Magazine and American History Magazine. In addition to numerous articles \, she is the author of twelve books including the award-winning The Compl ete Idiot&rsquo\;s Guide to Online Genealogy\, Finding your Famous and Inf amous Ancestors\, and Digitizing Your Family History. She is also the edit or of the recently released 6th edition of the Genealogist&rsquo\;s Handbo ok for New England Research. Her areas of expertise include: immigration a nd naturalization\, Late 19th and early 20th Century urban research\, New England\, Mid-West\, Southern\, German\, Italian\, Scottish\, Irish\, Fren ch Canadian\, and New Brunswick research.
\nThis is a joint program with the North Suburban Genealogical Society. Please join us at 1:00 for a short meeting prior to the presentation. All are welcome.
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