I will try and answer this as well as I know how. There are no more "1st" papers boxes listed in the probate index that I have(Wayne Hinton, and Delores have a copy also)(One has even been copied and sent to IRAD). It is the index "prior to 1910". Naturalization came after the immigrant was in the states for 5 years. They could not naturalize before that. So if you have an aprox date of immigration then add 5 to that...should give you the aprox date of naturalization. Something to think about though is the fact that the children of the immigrant who were born here were automatically citizens. Some of the immigrants never did naturalize. I have posted to the list the box numbers of the naturalizations twice, if I need to do it again, let me know. :-) As far as Washington County doing look-ups.....they do not. But it never hurt to ask again. Like the wind, attitudes can change. The Circuit Clerk's office is understaffed, and I don't think that genealogy is high on their list of priorities. :-/ Marci ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell D. James" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 11:11 PM Subject: [ILWASHIN] first papers box > Are there more first papers boxes? If so, what might they contain and > where does one get a list? Is this the list you gave us some time ago, > Marci? Will they tell us over the phone or via letter how many papers are > in the box? > > Russell > Russell D. James > Delta, Colorado > [email protected] >