Are there naturalization papers in the Peru Courthouse? John and Mary Shoop
came from Prussia with their daughter, Elizabeth, in the 1830s. Possibly
they would have been naturalized in Peru. Are there any records for that
time period? Thanks, Ruth Ludwig
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From: "mlj" <ml(a)rivers-end.org>
To: <inmiami(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: [INMIAMI] Miami Indians
Thank you Dawne. This is the best explanation I have
"heard". I will
print this out and go over it when I have more time.
Mary-Lynn
dslaterputt(a)aol.com wrote:
> Mary-Lynn:
>
> At the risk of your being inundated with many others explaining the
> cousin thing, I'll give it a go. It always helps me to put it down on
> paper. I'll explain that in a minute.
>
> In short, the "removed" comes in when you are not the the same generation
> as the other person. For example, you and your uncle's child are 1st
> cousins because you are in the same generation. You and the child of your
> uncle's child (your 1st cousin's child, in other words), would be 1st
> cousins, once removed (one generation removed from one another). You and
> your mother's 1st cousin's child would be 2nd cousins. You are in the
> same generation. You are the same number of generations from your common
> ancestor, your great-grandparents. But you and the child of this?2nd
> cousin would be 2nd cousins, once removed. You?are one generation removed
> from being 2nd cousins. That works both directions, by the way. Your
> mother and your 2nd cousin are 2nd cousins, once removed.
>
> To get a little bit more complicated, you and the grandchild of your 2nd
> cousin would be 2nd cousins, twice removed (two generations from being
> 2nd cousins). You can see how, when you get further and further away from
> your common ancestor, it helps to write down the common ancestor on paper
> and list the name of each person down to yourself and down to your
> relative, then count the number of parallel generations, then the number
> of "extras" that would be the number of times removed.
>
> I hope I haven't muddied the waters more for you.
>
> Dawne
>
>
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