Re: birthright citizenship

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 10:56:47 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > I can't find anything on Ancestry about anyone in your family on 
 > that ship.

The Winthrop Fleet was a bunch of ships with different names.

My understanding is that records were kept very poorly.

 > On Wed, 8 Jul 2026, Robert wrote:
 >  > Speaking of birthright citizenship, I started thinking about how British
 >  > subjects became American citizens.
 >  > 
 >  > And, then, I started thinking, again, about the ships.
 >  > 
 >  >  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower#Second_Mayflower
 >  > 
 >  > This is what I was talking about.  The original Mayflower ship was either
 >  > lost or records of its existence were lost after 1620.  Not sure my
 >  > ancestors were part of the Winthrop Fleet or not.