What's a Pa?

[norwayjane]

[COLOR="rgb(0, 100, 0)"]on US censuses there is a column Whether naturalised or alien - on a lot of these Pa has been entered. Maybe I'm having a silly moment but all I can think of is Part Alien and that can't be right........

What does Pa stand for?
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[keldon]

Pending application? Petition awaits? To obtain naturalisation you had to make a Petition for Naturalization. I wonder it's to do with this.

[Mary from Italy]

Which State does it relate to? Maybe it means born in Pennsylvania?

[Somerset Sal]

I found this:

"citizenship status (Na - Naturalized, Pa - First Papers, Al - Alien) Naturalization, the process by which an alien (foreign-born resident) "
on this webpage:
http://wigenweb.org/shawano/immigration.html

[Christine in Herts]

If you can read them, I think you'll find there are explanations actually on the census sheet for all the abbreviations... It's just a question of spotting them!

Christine

[naomiatt]

Hi - there is this site as well http://www.infoukes.com/genealogy/pr...alization.html

[norwayjane]

[COLOR="rgb(0, 100, 0)"]Thanks for your help on this one - all my bodies were either Chicago, Illinois or various places in Indiana (my daughter's married a Polish American) - a whole new territory!!!!(Excuse the pun) JJ[/COLOR]