Not to take anything away from W David Samuelsen and his terrific service, but there are already some naturalization indexes online for NYS that you may not be aware of. Please check here: http://www.jgsny.org/nynats.htm There are also military naturalizations indexes online here: http://www.italiangen.org/military_records_intro.stm To quote from their web site: The Italian Genealogical Group, along with members German Genealogy Group, the Jewish Genealogical Society of Long Island and the Irish History Forum, are involved in an ongoing project to computerize an index to naturalization records processed in military camps. At this time the project only encompasses the New York Tri-State Area, but new records will be included as they become available. This military database consists of over 36,000 individuals from all over the country. Among these records are names of military personnel who petitioned the government for citizenship while at various military camps. They were situated in the New York Tri-State Area. There were thousands of men trained at these locations and while the majority of the men were from the New York metropolitan area, there were also many from as far away as the states of California and Washington. Again, this is not to take anything away from Mr. Samuelsen. There are many more indexes he could put on his web site which have never been done. I would just like to recognize the dedication and hard work of the volunteers of the various genealogical societies who have already produced these wonderful indexes for us to use. As they say, why reinvent the wheel? Judi Boniface Herkimer, NY [email protected]