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Wajngort → Diaz — Polish Citizenship by Descent

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Every file you uploaded, where it lives, and what it proves. Generated 14 April 2026 · updated 29 July 2026 (§06 added; custody note below).


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Custody RESTORED (29 Jul 2026, evening): the full organized document tree referenced in the "Filed as" columns below was found in Downloads/"Polish citizenship decent" and copied to Desktop/"Polish Citizenship Documents"/Case_Tree_April2026 — all certificate PDFs, the inventory spreadsheets, the Master Legal Guide, and the Status Report are back in hand (58 files). The naturalization petition was re-read the same evening, resolving the court-of-record question (see §01 row below). Also on this computer: the re-acquired Tier-1 primary sources in sources/, the certified death-record packages (§06), the stamped Pajączkowska translation scans (Pajaczkowska_Sworn_Translations_2023/), and high-resolution scans of the Russian-language archive originals (Polish_State_Archives_Russian_Originals/ — 15 images incl. Berek's birth act #18/1914 and the residence-book remarks close-ups, filed 29 Jul 2026).
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Family documents (from your October-dated batch)

UploadFiled asStatusWhat it proves
BIRTHCERT-Father_ELIOT_L_WEINGART_l.pdf03_Parent/Originals/1974-04-30_BirthCert_EliotLazareWeingartII...pdfFiledFather's NYC birth cert #156-74-406386 (b. 26 or 30 Apr 1974, Queens — date discrepancy still open, see Action Plan)
ELIOT WEINGART II (BC) (Father).heic03_Parent/Originals/1974-04-30_BirthCert...originalphoto.heicFiledPhoto of father's BC (kept as backup to the PDF)
ELIOT L WEINGART ll -NAME CHANGE.pdf03_Parent/Originals/1995-10-13_NameChangeOrder...pdfFiledQueens Civil Ct. order N-298/1995 changing Eliot Weingart II → Salome Diaz
ELIOT WEINGART I (BC) (GRANDFATHER).HEIC.pdf02_Grandparent/Originals/1944-08-02_BirthCert_EliotWeingartI...pdfFiledGrandfather's NYC birth cert #28471 (b. 2 Aug 1944, Brooklyn; parents Ben Weingart + Marjorie)
ELIOT WEINGART I (BC) (GRANDFATHER).HEIC02_Grandparent/Originals/1944-08-02_BirthCert_EliotWeingartI...originalphoto.heicFiledPhoto of grandfather's BC (kept as backup to the PDF)
ELIJAH-BIRTH CERTIFICATE.pdf04_Self_Eli/Originals/1995-03-04_BirthCert_ElijahMichaelSalomeDiaz...pdfFiledYour NY State birth cert + long-form transcript (b. 4 Mar 1995, North Hempstead)
ELIAS PETITION.pdf05_Naturalization_and_Immigration/1928-05-23_NaturalizationPetition_EliasWeingart...pdfFiledElias's complete US naturalization file: Declaration of Intention (Sup. Ct. NY County, 3 Mar 1923), Certificate of Arrival (SS La Bourdonnais, 30 Jan 1923), Petition #69730 (filed 16 Feb 1928, Supreme Court, Bronx County — court confirmed from the caption, 29 Jul 2026), Oath + admission 23 May 1928, Certificate No. reads 2554090. The petition lists son Berek b. 26 Mar 1914, Poland — sworn paternal corroboration.
BEREK WEINGART DEATH CERTIFICATE-compressed.pdf01_Great-Grandparent/Originals/1983-01-19_DeathCert_BerekBenWeingart_LauderdaleLakes_FL...pdfFiledState of Florida death cert #83-001278 — Berek d. 19 Jan 1983, Florida Medical Center, Lauderdale Lakes, Broward Co. FL. Confirms DOB 26 Mar 1914, parents Elias Weingart + Bessie Toffel, spouse Marjorie née Lazare. Buried Beth David Cemetery, Elmont NY. State of birth mislisted as "Czechoslovakia" — informant error; primary Polish BR controls.
Zdjecie.pdf01_Great-Grandparent/Originals/2022-05-27_PolishArchives_CertifiedOriginals_8records_Ostrow_O-P.6342.239.2022.pdfFiledPolish State Archives (Warsaw — Pułtusk Branch) cover letter (case O-P.6342.239.2022, 27 May 2022, Director's signature) + 8 certified-reproduction scans of the Russian-language originals (each stamped 26 May 2022): marriage #5/1905 Ela+Sora, births #142/1889 Ela, #46/1889 Sora Tofel, #18/1914 Berek Lejb, #101/1912 Froim Fiszel, #102/1912 Trajna, #103/1912 Gita, plus residence book page.
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Agency correspondence & search results

UploadFiled asStatusWhat it proves
GEN-10319396.pdf01/.../2025-12-02_USCIS_GenIndex...pdf and 05/.../2025-12-02_USCIS-GenealogySearchResult...pdfFiled ×2USCIS Genealogy Program's 2 Dec 2025 letter confirming no naturalization file for Berek Weingart
GEN-10319396 Search Results.pdf01/.../1928_VisaIndexCard_BerekWeingart_V-1331441...pdf and 05/.../1928-08-28_VisaIndexCard...pdfFiled ×2Berek's US Department of Labor Immigrant Identification Card V-1331441 — nationality stated as POLISH
GEN-10275078 Weingart.pdf05/2024-12-23_USCIS-GenealogyResponse...pdfFiledEarlier USCIS rejection (wrong file number) — kept for the record
Diaz_4-18-24_Derived (1).pdf + (2).pdf05/2024-04-18_NARASearchLetter...pdfFiledNARA letter from Kelly McAnnaney — no nat. record for Berek in NY federal courts; Elias nat. found in Bronx Co. May 1928
Elijah Diaz Mail - Thank you Kelly!...pdf06_Application_Forms_and_Correspondence/2024-04_NARA-Email-Thread...pdfFiledFull email thread with NARA — sets out the derivative-citizenship question
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Reference and master guide

UploadFiled asStatusWhat it is
Polish_Citizenship_Master_Guide.pdf00_README_and_Inventory/Polish_Citizenship_Master_Legal_Guide.pdfFiledYour master reference compilation — 1920, 1951, 1962, 2009 Acts + 1925 Circular + 1997 Constitution. Text now spot-verified against the Refworld and sejm.gov.pl primary sources.
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Tier-1 primary sources (uploaded 15 April 2026; re-acquired into sources/ 29 July 2026)

UploadFiled asStatusWhat it provides
8 FAM 301.9 ACQUISITION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP...pdf00_README_and_Inventory/Primary_Source_8_FAM_301.9_StateDept.pdfFiledUS State Dept. Foreign Affairs Manual — the interpretation chart at 301.9-4 maps Berek's case directly (automatic acquisition on 28 Aug 1928)
screencapture-uscis-gov-policy-manual-volume-12-part-h-chapter-7-...pdf00_README_and_Inventory/Primary_Source_USCIS_Policy_Manual_Vol12_PartH_Ch7.pdfFiledCurrent USCIS practice for pre-2000 derivative citizenship (former INA 320 & 321)
screencapture-law-justia-cases-federal-appellate-courts-F2-195-573-...pdf00_README_and_Inventory/Primary_Source_Acheson_v_Albert_195_F2d_573.pdfFiledAcheson v. Albert, 195 F.2d 573 (D.C. Cir. 1952) — on-point precedent, Polish-born child of Polish parents, father naturalized May 1928
Act on citizenship of the Polish State _ Refworld.pdf00_README_and_Inventory/Primary_Source_1920_Polish_Citizenship_Act_Refworld.pdfFiled1920 Polish Citizenship Act, English text — Articles 1–15, including Art. 11 (with the military-service proviso) and Art. 13
screencapture-sejm-gov-pl-prawo-konst-angielski-kon1-htm-...pdf00_README_and_Inventory/Primary_Source_1997_Polish_Constitution_sejm.pdfFiled1997 Polish Constitution, English text — Article 34(2) "A Polish citizen shall not lose Polish citizenship except by renunciation thereof."
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Referenced but not yet uploaded

These items have been discussed in chat but are not files in the project folder. They appear in the inventory and in the Legal Theory's open-questions list.

ItemStatusNotes
Russian-language originals of the 8 Ostrów records (State Archives certified reproductions)Resolved 15 AprUploaded and filed as one PDF — see §01. Cover letter from State Archives Warsaw-Pułtusk branch + all 8 records with reproduction stamps dated 26 May 2022.
Pajączkowska 2023 sworn Polish translations of the 8 Ostrów recordsRESOLVED 29 Jul 2026Scans of all eight stamped, signed sworn translations (Rep. 131/2023–138/2023, Toruń, 03.03.2023) received via Filemail and filed at Desktop/"Polish Citizenship Documents"/Pajaczkowska_Sworn_Translations_2023/ (9 pages: residence book = 2 pages + 7 single-page records, each named by repertorium and content). Berek's birth translation (Rep. 138 — #18/1914, b. 26 Mar 1914) and the military-annotation residence book (Rep. 131) are the key exhibits. The paper originals remain the filing copies for the Voivode.
Berek Weingart death certificateResolved 15 AprUploaded and filed — see §01 above. State of Florida #83-001278.
Ship manifest images for SS Paris, 22–28 Aug 1928 (PORT_ARRIVAL_*.jpg)Not uploaded as filesPasted as images in chat earlier but not uploaded as standalone files. NARA has the primary record.
1930 and 1940 US Census pages for Weingart familyNot uploaded as filesPasted as images in chat; originals on Ancestry/FamilySearch.
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Certified death records — ordered April 2026, received & filed 29 July 2026

Both packages are certified copies with exemplification letters — the authentication tier the NY Department of State requires before it will apostille an NYC record for use in Poland. Filed locally in Desktop/"Polish Citizenship Documents" (PDFs + untouched original photos); not published on this site.

DocumentFiled asStatusWhat it proves
Elias Weingart — Certificate of Death, front (NYC Dept. of Health, Brooklyn, #20004, filed 16 Oct 1941)Elias_Weingart_Death_1941/1941-10-15_DeathCert..._p1_front.pdfFiledd. 15 Oct 1941, Israel Zion Hospital, Brooklyn; acute coronary occlusion; married, wife Bessie; iron worker; born Poland; citizen of USA at death; father Hyman Weingart (= Chaim Pejsach Wajngort, birth #142/1889 — identity corroboration). Age "58" = informant slip (b. 14 Oct 1882 → 59).
Elias — certificate reverse: physician's supplementary certificate + funeral director's certificateElias_Weingart_Death_1941/1941-10-15_DeathCert..._p2_reverse.pdfFiledDeath by natural causes (Dr. Mignon Charney); wife was next of kin authorizing removal, 16 Oct 1941; Zion Memorial Chapel. Confirms the decedent's name as ELIAS WEINGART.
DORIS exemplification letter (NYC Municipal Archives, 20 Apr 2026)Elias_Weingart_Death_1941/2026-04-20_Exemplification..._NYC-DORIS.pdfFiledOfficial authentication that the 1941 copy is a true copy of the original — apostille-grade (Death / Brooklyn / 1941 / #20004).
Bessie Weingart — Certificate of Death, certified transcript (NYC, #156-73-307758)Bessie_Weingart_Death_1973/1973-04-29_DeathCert..._certified.pdfFiledd. 29 Apr 1973 at home (1781 E 17th St, Brooklyn), age 90, widowed, housewife, born Poland, "US" citizen at death (informant-entered, undated); father Philip Toffel + mother Frieda (= Froim Fiszek Tofel + Frejda née Jałowiec, birth #46/1889 — identity corroboration); 45 yrs NYC residence (≈1928 arrival); buried Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, 30 Apr 1973; informant son Philip Weingart.
DOHMH exemplification letter (NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene, 18 Apr 2026)Bessie_Weingart_Death_1973/2026-04-18_Exemplification..._NYC-DOHMH.pdfFiledOfficial authentication of the 1973 record — apostille-grade (Death / Brooklyn / 1973 / #156-73-307758).
NYC vital-records order receipt (order ONL202604225413, 18 Apr 2026)Bessie_Weingart_Death_1973/2026-04-18_OrderReceipt...pdfFiledChain of custody: certified copy + exemplification ordered by and shipped to Elijah Salome-Diaz.

Original phone photos (4 HEIC + 3 JPG) preserved unmodified in Originals_Photos/; the PDFs are rotated upright but otherwise unaltered.

Bottom line (updated 29 Jul 2026): every upload is processed and catalogued, and the two G1 death-record packages are received and filed. Remaining gaps: the §05 pending items (sworn-translation PDFs, certified manifest, census copies), Eliot Sr.'s death certificate, the Berek+Marjorie marriage certificate — and re-consolidating the April-session document tree into permanent storage. None of these block filing the USCIS G-1041 for Bessie, which is ready now.