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. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those >settings through their servers and will only return them to you. > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237