# Help With Questions

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**Category:** Historical Archives\
**Created:** [October 14, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://hansolo.top/t/help-with-questions/10829 "2005-10-14T06:56:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://hansolo.top/t/help-with-questions/10829/1 "2005-10-14T06:56:11Z")

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great. Thanks Michael. I’ll have a look and see if I can gleam a few  
questions to ask from this material. Yes I knew about the name change  
but didn’t have it handy when I wrote. thanks again.  
  
  
  
joseph  
  
  
  
ps: if you’re inclined can you make a folder in the “links” area of the  
Group called USCIS (formerly INS) and put the links in this email in it  
with a very brief description? then it will be available for later as  
well thanks  
  
  
  
Michael Gonzales wrote:

> Hi Joseph,
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> If you want to see if INS records contain information on where an individual comes from you might be interested in the following sites. As you might know, INS is no longer. The new Agency is the US Citizenship and Immigrations Services. However, the border crossing records are still available through NARA. I have also attached some Word documents on the specific records that are available and what you can expect to find in them. There are NARA regional sites. I have one here in Ft. Worth but I believe there are six total outside of Washington D.C.
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> Hope this info addresses what you were requesting below and is of assistance for those of us who are still in the early 1900s researching our great grand parents and their brothers and sisters. The links below contain lots of information and you may find that it won't be neceessary to interview anyone, at least for now.
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> [http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/index.htm](http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/index.htm)  
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> [http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/articles/MBTEXT.htm](http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/articles/MBTEXT.htm)  
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> Michael
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> > ----- Original Message ----- 
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> > **From:** [Joseph Puentes](mailto:makas@... "makas@...") 
> > 
> > **To:** [LosRanchos](mailto:ranchos@yahoogroups.com "ranchos@yahoogroups.com") 
> > 
> > **Sent:** Sunday, October 09, 2005 8:03 AM
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> > **Subject:** [ranchos] Help With Questions
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> > okay some have problems with finding out the "Where" in Mexico they came   
> > from. I want to eventually get interviews with people in INS and Social   
> > Security and other gov't offices to see what information is freely open   
> > to the public that might give clues on where in Mexico people came from.  
> >   
> > Can you all email me directly with your thoughts on what questions can   
> > be asked of people high up in these organizations. I'd like to go   
> > prepared and can only think of these questions:  
> >   
> > 1) With regards to the freedom of information act what info is available   
> > to the general public in (their organization).  
> >   
> > 2) On the records that are available what kind of information is usually   
> > collected?  
> >   
> > 3) What time periods did these records cover?  
> >   
> > 4) What preliminary work can the information seeker perform to   
> > facilitate the look up of records?  
> >   
> > 5) Are there specific forms that need to be used for information request?  
> >   
> > 6) Are there costs involved with requesting records? And if so what are   
> > they?  
> >   
> > 7) Is the informatin regarding your organization kept at one central   
> > location or might one need to contact various geographical locations of   
> > your organization to find their specific record needs?  
> >   
> > 8) Can you supply the address of locations on the internet where  
> > a) the address of each specific information center  
> > b) where information requesting forms can be downloaded  
> > c) general contact information can be found  
> >   
> > Help me with this please. I know I'm forgetting some important questions   
> > that I might only have a one time opportunity to ask. What would you   
> > like to know about some relative from some gov't organization that I   
> > have not listed above?  
> >   
> > thanks,  
> >   
> > joseph

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