Stateless People, Passports and the ARF Archives

Thank you, George! One never knows where information may come from when working on family history and you may have hit on some connections for me. I notice on the naturalization application it is signed by a Thomas Mingain from Providence, RI. Certainly, an unusual last name. I only know it tough because the Mingain’s were close to my grandparents and often they were called cousins and the families frequently visited each other. Thomas may be Takvor Mingain from Bursa and I remember him and am still in contact with his grandson and will forward your article. And if Boghos Nahabedian is Paul Nahabedian of Watertown, he was an Unger in the Gomideh. I photographed him for an article in the Weekly or for an oral history interview. I found a quote that might be appropriate here: “Human connections are deeply nurtured in the field of shared story” by Jean Houston.