There are a number of sites such as these below that address immigration and will give you some background to locate your information. Also, the book Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy by Val Greenwood, is online and free to download to your hard drive and read at your leisure. It covers basic information, but some chapters will be of interest to you. http://genealogical.com/ http://genealogy.com/86_taylor.html http://genealogy.com/31_donna.html http://genealogy.com/00000388.html http://genealogy.com/68_fryxell.html The CT State Library has a page on naturalization that you will find very helpful, as you will the rest of the page. http://www.cslib.org/natural.htm Have fun! Carol Boggs