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Post by KLBP on Oct 28, 2015 16:34:26 GMT -5
Thank you to anyone who answers  I am wondering if everyone has included a family tree in their Phase 1 documents, and if so, how extensive did you make it? |
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Post by dan on Oct 28, 2015 19:03:46 GMT -5
I did provide a simply family tree. I highlighted the people involved in my direct line back to Luxembourg and the birth, marriage and death dates that matched the documents I sent. They could easily tie any document to the person in the tree and make sure of the match by checking other non-highlighted people involved (spouses, parents, etc.) In my case, I pretty much followed a female line from my mother to her great grandmother so the surnames changed with each generation. All the males appeared in the family tree and their names were in the tree and on the documents. It was probably overkill but I did this before there was anyone for me to ask.
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Post by heatherk on Nov 9, 2015 13:24:15 GMT -5
I will be including one in mine. There are three people in my tree (my grandfather, great-great grandfather, and great-great-great-great grandfather) with the same exact first, middle, and last name so I figured having the tree as reference would be useful, since it also shows spouses and their relation to me. I also highlighted the portion of the tree that I am referencing.
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Post by moike92 on Nov 10, 2015 1:54:00 GMT -5
I did not use a family tree for my Phase1 documents and everything worked out just fine. They actually had a problem with the ancestor ( my great grandfather ) who I was connecting to for citizenship but they looked up his father in their archives and found his information and I was cleared for Phase1 so luckily did not need to send in additional documents. Although, added more information and making things a little more clear for them would never hurt and it could possibly make the process a little quicker for them. So a family tree would not be a bad idea.
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Post by twoj on Nov 10, 2015 12:01:37 GMT -5
I just sent mine off, I have most of genealogy stuff in Family Tree Maker (Ancestory.com) so it was easy to print out my lineage to 3 generations - both paternal and maternal, I marked in high-liner the connection between myself and my Great-Grandfather. The chart had my parents, both maternal and paternal grandparents and again all 8 great-grandparents. Since the Luxembourg side only pertains to my paternal side I included all the certificates to be 100% sure, so my birth & marriage, parents birth, marriage, death, paternal grandparents - birth, marriage, death, all 4 paternal great-grandparents - birth, marriage, death.
I think I ended up with 21 certificates in total!
I don't think the tree was necessary but I'm sure it makes it a little easier to understand and perhaps faster to process?
hope that helps.
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Post by dreamingsarah on Jan 17, 2016 2:31:09 GMT -5
I made a really simplified diagram highlighting the family connection. In my case, it's my maternal great-great grandmother with the Luxembourg connection. I blanked it out and attached it in case anyone would like to use it. I used the French Month abbreviations and the (CC)s are where I inserted the corresponding two-digit universal country codes. We'll see how it works out! TreeTemplate.pptx (62.58 KB) |
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Post by luxlouise on Feb 2, 2016 0:58:14 GMT -5
Hi KLBP- This is a great question and one that I have been trying to figure out as well!
I think that having a visual representation of your lineage would be really useful. However I have not seen any specific guidance or requirements in the application that say whether or not you would need to use a particular format. I think it is up to your discretion.
I have found many free family tree templates online just by doing a simple google search and plan on using one to submit my application.
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