I just received the Declaration of Intent papers for my husband's maternal grandfather. It states that the papers were done in 1913 in Athens Co., Ohio which was 2 years after arriving in the United States. I found the family in the 1920 census (again in Athens Co., Ohio) & under citizenship, it says PA which from myunderstaning means filed the initial papers. I'm wondering if it was a fairly common practice to not go further than Declaration of Intent in naturalization process. I'm not clear of the reasoning behind filing only the Intent papers over finishing the entire process. Admit that I'm totally in the dark about all this & would appreciate any information/help someone could lend. Many thanks & blessed Mother's Day to everyone! Sheila