From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon May 31 08:41:28 2004 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i4VEfSOL032514; Mon, 31 May 2004 08:41:28 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4VEfStu028944 for ; Mon, 31 May 2004 08:41:28 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i4VCKN0T011332 for ; Mon, 31 May 2004 08:20:23 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id i4VCKN1f011330 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 31 May 2004 08:20:23 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.18.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i4VAMe0T011056 for ; Mon, 31 May 2004 06:22:40 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id i4VCheEu023155 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 31 May 2004 06:43:40 -0600 X-Envelope-From: otg@csolve.net Mon May 31 06:43:40 2004 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i4VChdOL023146 for ; Mon, 31 May 2004 06:43:39 -0600 Received: from diablo.csolve.net (diablo.csolve.net [207.61.27.158]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4VChdtu012135 for ; Mon, 31 May 2004 06:43:40 -0600 Received: from cis-206.172.205.126.csolve.net ([206.172.205.126] helo=lorine) by diablo.csolve.net with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1BUm8j-0005tC-Et; Mon, 31 May 2004 08:43:41 -0400 From: "Lorine McGinnis Schulze" Organization: Olive Tree Genealogy To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 08:43:46 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-to: otg@csolve.net CC: Joe Price Message-ID: <40BAF042.6378.2A44C6@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <200405300315.i4U3FK88016943@lists5.rootsweb.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.01) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: Information in Intent for Naturalization? On 29 May 2004 at 21:15, ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Is there likely to be any useful information in the Intent > for Naturalization? > > My 2g-grandfather, Johann Rupprecht, was naturalized 30 Aug > 1850 by the Judges of Washington Court, Maryland and he > filed his Intent 10 Apr 1848. I am trying to find his > birthplace which is somewhere in Germany. > Hi Joe, Before 1906, the declaration of intent generally contains more genealogically useful information than the petition. The declaration may include the alien's exact date of immigration into the United States. However AFTER 1906, it's the opposite - The declaration contains preliminary information and may have incorrect dates of arrival and anglicized names. Petitions after 1906 have information that has been *verified and matched* to an immigration record. For more information and details on what's what with Naturalization records, see http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/ Read the intro (it explains what's available and where) then choose your state(s) of interest from the state list at the bottom of the page. Each state has 3 pages - one is an overview of what Naturalization Records survive. Second is a Directory of Links to online records (if any have been transcribed for that state) Third is a Resource Guide, with film numbers, addresses etc for finding offline records. Be sure to let the pages load, then scroll down to read the information on each page. Good luck! Lorine McGinnis Schulze * Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists) http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ * Naturalization Records http://naturalizationrecords.com/ * USA Genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/usa_genealogy/ otg@csolve.net or olivetreegen@netscape.net