Hi List!I found some information this morning at EIR about Luke Pavokovic, I believe my grandmother's brother who arrived in NY from Croatia in 1910. The new information is from 1922. He arrived home from a trip abroad. He was living in Los Angeles and was now a naturalized citizen. The date of naturalization was Nov. 25, 1913 in the District Court of New York. This is a big break through for me. I have never requested naturalization information before and I was wondering if anyone has any tips about how to go about it, the cost, what kinds of information they contain, etc. Thanks for any help. It is greatly appreciated. Mary Hegarty

Mary For anyone naturalized after 9/26/1906, there should be 2 copies of naturalization records: one with the court where naturalized and one with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service in Washington, DC. INS Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act requests must be made in writing, either by letter or by using Form G-639. If writing a letter, state that you are making a Freedom of Information Act or Privacy Act request. Include: 1) Full name of immigrant, any other names used or any variant spellings of the name; 2) Country of birth; 3) Date of birth; 4) Date of Naturalization; 5) Court where naturalized. Send to: FOIA/PA Unit U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service 425 I Street, NW 2nd Floor ULLICO Bldg Washington, DC 20536 Telephone: (202) 514-3278 Fax: (202) 514-4310 Your request is deemed to constitute an agreement to pay any fees that may be chargeable up to $25.00. OR, for $20.00, you can get Form G-639 (request for info under the Freedom of Information Act) online. http://www.formdomain.com/g-639.htm The INS will send copies (if available) of: DECLARATION OF INTENT: (Gives name, address, age, race, personal description, and occupation; date and place of birth and country of former allegiance; port of arrival, date of arrival and name of vessel.) PETITION FOR NATURALIZATION: (Gives all information on the Declaration; date and court of Declaration, name, address and date of birth of spouse; name, address, date and place of birth of all children.) CERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATION: ( Much of the info listed above; certificate number, and volume and page numbers to locate the corresponding Petition and Declaration; and photograph.) Good luck Roanne > Hi List!I found some information this morning at EIR about Luke Pavokovic, I > believe my grandmother's brother who arrived in NY from Croatia in 1910. The > new information is from 1922. He arrived home from a trip abroad. He was > living in Los Angeles and was now a naturalized citizen. The date of > naturalization was Nov. 25, 1913 in the District Court of New York. This is > a big break through for me. I have never requested naturalization > information before and I was wondering if anyone has any tips about how to > go about it, the cost, what kinds of information they contain, etc. > Thanks for any help. It is greatly appreciated. > Mary Hegarty >

Mary Hegarty wrote: > > Hi List!I found some information this morning at EIR about Luke Pavokovic, I > believe my grandmother's brother who arrived in NY from Croatia in 1910. The > new information is from 1922. He arrived home from a trip abroad. He was > living in Los Angeles and was now a naturalized citizen. The date of > naturalization was Nov. 25, 1913 in the District Court of New York. This is > a big break through for me. I have never requested naturalization > information before and I was wondering if anyone has any tips about how to > go about it, the cost, what kinds of information they contain, etc. > Thanks for any help. It is greatly appreciated. > Mary Hegarty Naturalization papers came in three flavors : 1.Declaration of intention (name, age, occupation, personal description, date and place of birth, wife's name and her place of birth, present and last foreign address, vessel or ship sailed on and from what port of embarkation, port of arrival and date, signature) 2.Petition for naturalization (data listed in 1. above plus marital status, children's name, and names of two witnesses) Often referred to as the "application for citizenship," "second papers," or "final papers." 3.Record Certificate of Naturalization (this was the document which granted citizenship. Contains some items but not the details above). It was meant to be a sort of souvenir of the official proceedings. Any woman, between 1855-1922, automatically became a citizen when her husband was naturalized. Children under age of 16 as well.. if between age 16-21 when immigrated to U.S. but required to wait until after 21st birthday. Wives after 1922 had to apply for their own naturalization. Remember, for pre-1906 naturalization records you must figure out where the immigrant did (or could) naturalize, and look for that court's records. If it was a federal court, those records are likely at the appropriate Regional National Archives. After 1906 the procedure is just the same, except that there was a copy of ALL naturalization records since September 27, 1906, are filed with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. So if you cannot determine which court naturalized the immigrant after 1906, or if the courthouse burned and the post-1906 records were lost, or you could request a copy from the INS under the Freedom of Information Act. You can e-mail the regional National Archives (NARA) Northeast Region-New York City NY to search their surname naturalization index. E-mail: newyork.archives@nara.gov Holdings : Maintains archival records from Federal agencies and courts in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.Virgin Islands. Request a surname naturalization record search and provide as much as you can of the following: Name Date of birth Place of birth Year of immigration Ship and port of arrival Year of naturalization Marital status Names of spouse and dependents Residence at time of naturalization Also provide your name and U.S. Postal mail address. NARA will also respond to your query by e-mail. If located , upon payment of $ 6 fee will mail you his naturalization papers. You will receive acknowledgement of request following a few days (or hours, depending on volume of requests) later with their answer. v Frank Kurcina

Hello Co-Listers, I just received a relative's naturalization papers who came from Portugal. Here is what the Boston Archives sent in only 1 week! 1. Certificate of Arrival 2. Declaration of Intention 3. Petition for Citizenship 4. I already had the Certificate of Citizenship and was able to give them the numbers on it. And I guess I am lucky I received all the information I was looking for. Elaine

For anyone living on Minnesotas iron range they have all the naturalization papers at Ironworld reseach center for most of Minnesota and eventually they will have them all. All are on micro film with lots of viewers. I got them for both of my parents and now I know who was born when when and where 7 sisters and me. Donald Marinkovich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Hegarty" <mhegarty@cybertron.com> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 9:28 AM Subject: [CROATIA-L] Luke (luka) Pavokovic > Hi List!I found some information this morning at EIR about Luke Pavokovic, I > believe my grandmother's brother who arrived in NY from Croatia in 1910. The > new information is from 1922. He arrived home from a trip abroad. He was > living in Los Angeles and was now a naturalized citizen. The date of > naturalization was Nov. 25, 1913 in the District Court of New York. This is > a big break through for me. I have never requested naturalization > information before and I was wondering if anyone has any tips about how to > go about it, the cost, what kinds of information they contain, etc. > Thanks for any help. It is greatly appreciated. > Mary Hegarty >

Hello Mary, If you look at the ship manifest from 1910 it is stamped Non Immigrant Alien, meaning this was not his first trip to the US. In 1913 he arr with nephew Dragutin (Charles). And if he arr for the first time in the US in 1910 I don't believe that 3 years would have been enough for him to be a citizen. Robert Jerin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Hegarty" <mhegarty@cybertron.com> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 10:28 AM Subject: [CROATIA-L] Luke (luka) Pavokovic > Hi List!I found some information this morning at EIR about Luke Pavokovic, I > believe my grandmother's brother who arrived in NY from Croatia in 1910. The > new information is from 1922. He arrived home from a trip abroad. He was > living in Los Angeles and was now a naturalized citizen. The date of > naturalization was Nov. 25, 1913 in the District Court of New York. This is > a big break through for me. I have never requested naturalization > information before and I was wondering if anyone has any tips about how to > go about it, the cost, what kinds of information they contain, etc. > Thanks for any help. It is greatly appreciated. > Mary Hegarty >

on 6/24/02 3:10 PM, Robert Jerin at rjerin@adelphia.net wrote: > Hello Mary, > > If you look at the ship manifest from 1910 it is stamped Non Immigrant > Alien, meaning this was not his first trip to the US. In 1913 he arr with > nephew Dragutin (Charles). And if he arr for the first time in the US in > 1910 I don't believe that 3 years would have been enough for him to be a > citizen. > > Robert Jerin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Hegarty" <mhegarty@cybertron.com> > To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 10:28 AM > Subject: [CROATIA-L] Luke (luka) Pavokovic > > >> Hi List!I found some information this morning at EIR about Luke Pavokovic, > I >> believe my grandmother's brother who arrived in NY from Croatia in 1910. > The >> new information is from 1922. He arrived home from a trip abroad. He was >> living in Los Angeles and was now a naturalized citizen. The date of >> naturalization was Nov. 25, 1913 in the District Court of New York. This > is >> a big break through for me. I have never requested naturalization >> information before and I was wondering if anyone has any tips about how to >> go about it, the cost, what kinds of information they contain, etc. >> Thanks for any help. It is greatly appreciated. >> Mary Hegarty >> Robert, That is so interesting. As it turns out I can't get into EI right now but I have a copy of the manifest. He was only 21 in 1910 so he must have been quite young when he arrived. I know there are only 9 Pavokovics listed in EI and two records belong to him. And I don't see him with his sister, my grandmother Maria Fanta, in 1909. Of course it could be somewhere else misspelled. I wonder who he came over with? His mother, my ggrandmother was still in Croatia. Dragutin actually came over in 1910. Mary