Thanks Steve & MaryLynn, I will e-mail Waltham. Do you think I can get a copy in New Haven, if I were in town?? Bob.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Nelson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [CTNEWHAV] How do I obtain Natualization Records | Several of my ancestors were naturalized in New Haven Superior Court around | the period Bob is looking at. I have been able to get copies of all the | Naturalizations from Waltham. | | >>From NARA website: | >It is impossible to provide hard-and-fast rules about | >the content or even the existence of naturalization | >records. The 1905 Report to the President of the | >Commission on Naturalization remarked: | > | >The methods of making and keeping the naturalization | >records in both the Federal and State courts are as | >various as the procedure in such cases. Thus the | >declaration of intention in some courts consists | >merely of the bare statement of the intention and the | >name and allegiance of the alien, while in other | >courts it also includes a history of the alien.... In | >a majority of courts alien applicants are not required | >to make the declaration of intention required by law | >... and in other courts he is. Previous to 1903 a | >majority of courts did not require petitions or | >affidavits; other courts did. Some courts keep a | >naturalization record separate from the other records; | >other courts include the naturalization record in the | >regular minutes of the court. Some records contain | >full histories of the aliens, but a majority of the | >records show only the name, nationality, oath of | >allegiance, and date of admission. | > | >In 1903 a Justice Department investigator made even | >more condemnatory comments: | > | >I find the naturalization records in many cases in a | >chaotic condition, many lost and destroyed, and some | >sold for old paper. Most the records consist of merely | >the name and nativity of the alien with no means of | >identifying aliens ofthe same name....In numerous | >cases I find aliens naturalized under initials instead | >of Christian names, surnames misspelled or changed | >entirely, and names of witnesses inserted in place of | >the alien naturalized....The examination of the | >records discloses the remarkable fact that never, | >since the first enactment of the naturalization laws, | >has any record been made in any court of the names of | >minor children who, under the operation of the | >statutes, were made citizens by the naturalization of | >their parents. | > | >The Location of these Records | > | >County Court Records | >Naturalization records from county courts may still be | >at the county court, in a county or State archives, or | >at a regional archives serving several counties within | >a State. Some of these records or indexes have been | >published, such as the Index of Naturalizations, | >Ashtabula County, Ohio, 1875-1906, published by the | >Ashtabula County Genealogical Society. | >Do not be surprised if county court employees tell you | >that their naturalization records are at "the National | >Archives" or that their court never conducted | >naturalizations. Most current court employees are | >probably not genealogists and may not be familiar with | >the court's older records. It is up to the researcher | >to determine the location of older court records. | >In addition, there are three National Archives | >microfilm publications that serve as indexes to some | >State and local court naturalizations in Connecticut, | >Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, New | >Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. | > | >M1299. Index to New England Naturalization Records, | >1791-1906 (117 rolls). This serves a similar function | >for naturalizations occurring in various courts in the | >six New England States of Connecticut, Maine, | >Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and | >Vermont. | > | >NARA's Northeast Region (Boston) | >Address: | >Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center | >380 Trapelo Road | >Waltham, Massachusetts 02452-6399 | > | >Phone:781-647-8104 | >E-mail: [email protected]* | >Fax: 781-647-8088 | > | >Serves Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New | >Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont | > | >I was looking for these about a year ago too. I sent | >an email to one of the NARA employees and they did a | >search for me. I think I got lucky. He was never | >naturalized it turned out, so I sent for alien | >registration papers from WWII. Washington took about | >3 months to determine that they should forward my | >request to Boston. Boston took another three to | >acknowledge receipt of said request and about three | >months later i actually received my document! Great | >information is found on these docs! | >I would start by emailing the employee above at Boston | >with the name, date and place you gave us. He can at | >least provide you with a form to send in if not a | >quick search. | >Good Luck! | >MaryLynn | > | >__________________________________________________ | >Do You Yahoo!? | >Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy AwardsÆ | >http://movies.yahoo.com/ | > | > | >==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== | >Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other | >enhanced text to the list. 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