Sarah; The records will be in the archives at the NARA.and the county where he applied. Go to:( http://aad.archives.gov/aad/ ) and at the top of the page there is contact us and you can e-mail them for more information. Good luck and God Bless. Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Mueller" <sarmar1@msn.com> We learned recently that my grandfather filed his Declaration of Intention to become a citizen in Helena, Montana in 1913, but never completed the process to become a citizen. Does anyone have any idea if "Intent" papers were retained locally or nationally (at the national archive in D.C.) if a Petition was never filed? Sarah