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What Can Ancestor’s US Passport Application Forms Tell You?
By Passport Editorial

Genealogy is a fascinating topic and a popular hobby. If your ancestors were travelers, one way to find out about them is to look up their old passport applications, if you can.  In 2007, Ancestry.com released a collection of US passport application forms from 1795 to 1925. What can your ancestor's US passport application forms tell you about them? Lots! Applications generally included biographical data like names and birthdates, and more personal information like occupations and physical descriptions, plus information…

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Kentucky College to Pay for Passport Services for Students
By Passport Editorial

Students at Kentucky's Centre College get an extra perk this year: the school, which strongly encourages students to study overseas, is paying for their passports, according to the Lexington Herald Leader. Already, 85% of the student body spends at least one semester studying abroad. The college would like that number to reach 100%. To encourage as many students as possible to spend time overseas, the school runs a number of low-cost overseas study programs in various foreign cities. In the…

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New Passport Rules Keep Elderly Couple From Alaskan Dream Cruise
By Passport Editorial

All Larry and Gladys Williams wanted was to go on a cruise to Alaska. However, their dream was denied when they showed up  at port in Seattle without passports, according to the Dallas Morning News, Larry Williams had assumed that passports weren't necessary for the journey, since the cruise began in Seattle and ended in Alaska. However, the ship wasn't sailing straight from Seattle to Alaska-there was also a stop at a Canadian port.   The final part of the Western Hemisphere…

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Elderly Woman Denied New Passport To Visit Mexico
By Passport Editorial

An elderly woman from Texas has been denied the opportunity to get a new passport to visit relatives in Mexico, according to this report from a local ABC affiliate. The woman, Consuelo DeLeon, is 81 years and says she was born in  small town in Texas. However, her birth certificate was filed late, approximately a year after she was born. Although she sent in both her birth certificate and her baptismal certificate, the Department of State refused to issue her…

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Should a US Passport Be Your Next Back-to-School Accessory?
By Passport Editorial

Do the advantages of studying abroad outweigh the disadvantages? Although attending a semester of school overseas isn't for everyone, there are clear advantages to studying abroad, and the disadvantages can be minimized with careful planning, according to this article on NBC26.com. The article states that studying overseas offers the following advantages to international students: Mastering a new language. Having an increased sense of independence and self-reliance. Developing a sense of respect for other cultures. Having an advantage in the job…

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Obtaining a Passport: First Step to Visit Your Own Private Island
By Passport Editorial

Have you ever wished you could disappear onto your own private island? Who hasn't dreamed of sitting underneath a palm tree, an ocean away from the rest of the world? Of course, uninhabited islands are rare these days. However, CheapOAir Buzz has a list of the next best thing: some gorgeous islands that also happen to be very sparsely populated. Even better, you won't have to weave a rope out of your back hair and lasso a sea turtle to…

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History of the US Passport
By Passport Editorial

Did you know that the first US passports were actually printed by Ben Franklin? According to this book review of "The Passport: The History Of Man's Most Travelled Document," the first US passports were made especially for the  United States legation in Paris, France around 1777. Franklin modeled them after the French passports of the time, and printed them from his own printing press. However, passports did not become commonplace until 1918, when carrying them abroad became mandatory instead of…

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