If your relative was naturalized in your region/district,or perhaps county,  that local government can tell you that local office where the records are by now computerized. I paid a few dollars to have them make a stamped official copy of Petition, Declaration, etc of my grandfather's.  I am not familiar with the "apostille" phrase., but I hope the rest will help you. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

I did this for my grandfather and it cost less than $40. Maybe inflation has taken a toll in the intervening 6 years, but $500 to $600 seems way to high. BTW, my grandfather never had a US passport, he never needed one. But it might make a difference that he died in 1945. Contact the Naturalization department. They are easy to find on the Internet. On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:53 PM, hummrhaven@verizon.net < hummrhaven@verizon.net> wrote: > If your relative was naturalized in your region/district,or perhaps > county, that local government can tell you that local office where the > records are by now computerized. I paid a few dollars to have them make a > stamped official copy of Petition, Declaration, etc of my grandfather's. I > am not familiar with the "apostille" phrase., but I hope the rest will help > you. > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >