What First Papers and Second Papers Mean

What “First Papers” and “Second Papers” Mean

In census records from 1900 to 1930, every immigrant has a citizenship status recorded next to their name. AL means alien — they hadn’t started the process. NA means naturalized — they were a full citizen. And PA means papers applied — they had done something, but not everything.

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