From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Jun 17 09:34:50 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5HFYojb025160; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:34:50 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5HFYlxs009686 for ; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:34:47 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k5HCwcFI028534 for ; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 08:58:38 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k5HCwc86028533 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 08:58:38 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k5H8eGFI028051 for ; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 04:40:16 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k5HBGEA7029351 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 05:16:14 -0600 X-Envelope-From: olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com Sat Jun 17 05:16:13 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5HBGDjb029342 for ; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 05:16:13 -0600 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.187]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5HBG5pT014886 for ; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 05:16:08 -0600 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id q29so1021993nfc for ; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 04:16:05 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=TizIfWIAerH/CFHJHMr8albfD7TJOxo3TzeudTBySgxOuF8NVwpWlFZv7rOa+p1oCtY41hCxSEYHjpMenihnM0mMBDRQ6OMow+nbkwo8ZuyYZMDU2DZJjrI1Yi6vg/+FLdeq9HR+8k+lC18NFMiYkzSuHEFye3vnoxYZOXIIUOY= Received: by 10.49.81.5 with SMTP id i5mr2731015nfl; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 04:16:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.1.6 with HTTP; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 04:16:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7e0483b90606170416k514ee4a8g789f1968ce9fd905@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 07:16:05 -0400 From: "Olive Tree Genealogy" To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Cc: "Christian Bonanno" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: Looking For Naturalization Records > > I am pretty sure he was naturalized after 1906 so that would mean I > can go to one of the NARA locations [http://www.archives.gov/ > locations/] to look it up. He lived in Manhattan. > > My question: Do I have to go to the NYC (Northeastern) regional > office or are the copies sent to all offices, which would mean I > would only have to drive up to D.C. to the southeastern regional office? > Hi Christian There is an explanation and Resource Guide to Naturalization Records at http://naturalizationrecords.com/ An immigrant who arrived after June 29, 1906 could not naturalize until the government located their immigration record (a passenger list). Petitions (not the Declarations) after 1906 have information that has been verified and matched to an immigration record. In fact a a certification of the immigrant's arrival record was a required part of the process The easy way to remember is to think of opposites: BEFORE 1906, the Declaration has more useful genealogical info than the Petition (usually) and AFTER 1906 it's the opposite - the Petition is more useful and accurate than the Declaration For a Resource Guide to the records, what you can expect to find, where to find them, and alternate sources of finding those important years (immigration and naturalization) at http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/ Read the intro then choose your state of interest. There are also many links to searchable online records at http://naturalizationrecords.com/ Since you are looking for POST 1906, you can go directly to INS for a search (full details are found online at NaturalizationRecords.com) The 1900, 1910 ,1920 and 1930 census identify citizenship status, with notations showing the individual was an Alien, or had started the Naturalization process or had his final papers. What great clues to help narrow the time frame for finding the records! The immigration and naturalization years are the most MIS remembered years on census records! You need to search a year or two on either side of what was said To find out what questions were asked on various census records see http://allcensusrecords.com/ Good luck! Lorine -- Olive Tree Genealogy http://olivetreegenealogy.com