Think I qualify...but possibly have a problem

[Jillian]

Hi...
so I thought I was all set with qualifying. My great-grandfather, Pasquale Contrada, was born in Montefalcione, Avellino in 1893. His daughter, my grandmother, was born in Boston in 1921, and he was naturalized in the US in 1926. so far, so good. Her daughter, my mother, was born in Boston in 1950. Ok. I have all the do****ents I need, and there are just minor mistakes like Pasquale's wife being named Adelina in Italy and Adeline in the US, nothing too major....until I get to the natualization certificate, aka a very important piece of paper in this whole process...it is the original, found in a briefcase of my great-grandmothers along with all the birth and marriage certificates from Montefalcione and other stuff that could only belong to the Contradas...so it's his. But...it has a line to list the names of minor children and where they live. And it says he has two children, a 3 year old boy who's name is correct, and a 5 year old....named Giuseppe. My grandmother was named Josephine on her birth certificate, not Giuseppa or Giuseppina. So I'm concerned about this for two reasons. 1. It's a pretty big mistakes that I'm not sure how to fix, and 2. is someone going to try to tell me that my grandmother was naturalized? I have her birth certificate which clearly states that she was born in East Boston, MA, USA. On top of this, despite his signature clearly reading Contrada, whoever typed in his name listed it as Cantrada. So I'm not sure what to do at this point....(everything else was too easy, had all the do****ents, no big name changes etc, so this had to happen). This is my only possiblilty. My father's parents were naturalized before he was born, and I don't know for sure, but my maternal grandfather's father fought for the US in WWI, so I'm pretty sure he was a US citizen before my grandfather was born in 1920).

Thanks

[Em]

Your grandmother's name on the certificate does not mean that she naturalized, and the consulate will not interpret it as such. As a native-born American citizen, she could not naturalize with her father. All children were routinely listed on the do****ent even if they were not minor naturalizing with their parents. The name error is disconcerting in that the consulate may question that the man named on the certificate is actually the father of your grandmother. Why not do a NARA search. If your greatgrandfather naturalized in the federal courts, NARA will have records of the Declaration of Intent, Petition and Oath. These do****ents may not contain the errors found on the actual certificate, and the Oath will have the certificate number on it, connecting the two do****ents to the same person.