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Data mining...
Jan. 4th, 2008 12:01 pmGalina has created a small mountain of miscellaneous papers and whatnot in the basement, which I have been periodically visiting for the purpose of filtering Yet Another Handful of Stuff™. Most of the time, I'm going through notes of various kinds that have been accumulated over many years. A couple of weeks ago, I ran across a folder that might be best described (since none of the folders are appropriately named) as my mother's "credentials file," containing various certificates, letters, and transcripts dating back to her years as an undergraduate at Hunter College in New York.
Yesterday, I found a file of various items associated with a 1966 summer language study program she attended in Tours, France, including letters she wrote home to my stepdad, a paper she wrote as a student in the program, and what looks like a draft of her passport application, which yielded some unexpected gold, including the dates and places of birth of my maternal grandparents. And although the requirement for women to provide information on any previous marriages applied only to marriages that occurred before March 3, 1931, my mother nevertheless helpfully filled in the requested information about her marriage to my biological father (at least on this draft), eliminating a blank in my knowledge of his personal data.
FWIW, the fee for a new passport in 1966 was $9.00, and you could expect to pay another buck or two as an "execution fee," presumably to have the application processed by a county clerk or someone similar.
Lunch calls.
Cheers...
Yesterday, I found a file of various items associated with a 1966 summer language study program she attended in Tours, France, including letters she wrote home to my stepdad, a paper she wrote as a student in the program, and what looks like a draft of her passport application, which yielded some unexpected gold, including the dates and places of birth of my maternal grandparents. And although the requirement for women to provide information on any previous marriages applied only to marriages that occurred before March 3, 1931, my mother nevertheless helpfully filled in the requested information about her marriage to my biological father (at least on this draft), eliminating a blank in my knowledge of his personal data.
FWIW, the fee for a new passport in 1966 was $9.00, and you could expect to pay another buck or two as an "execution fee," presumably to have the application processed by a county clerk or someone similar.
Lunch calls.
Cheers...
