Thank you for this information. I will add it to my files. dolores On May 9, 2006, at 10:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: > From: [email protected] > Date: May 9, 2006 9:34:39 AM CDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Antos & 1890 Census > > > To register to vote, a naturalized citizen was required to have lived > in Illinois for 1 year. > The naturalization 2-step process took 5 years. After living in the US > for 2 years, the alien filed his declaration of intent ( or "first > papers" ). After an additional 3 years, a petition was then filed. > The declaration of intent application contains the most geneaolical > information. > The petition is the naturalization certificate. This certificate > states the alien is denouncing his allegiance to (the name of his > former country) and pledging allegiance to the United States. It bears > the signature of the alien, date, and court in which filed. > Chicago Registrations for the years 1888, 1890, and 1892 exist. >