Yes, it helps a lot. It looks like the Naturalization record won't tell me much of anything. I have photocopies of the Declaration, and they only contain the brief information I mentioned. It would seem that 10 years made a BIG difference in the info that was put into them! At 07:19 AM 5/9/00 EDT, you wrote: >Laura, > >In a message dated 00-05-09 00:11:48 EDT, you write: > ><< Does anyone know if emigrants sailing from Glasgow planned to come to Clay >County directly after landing in the U.S.? >> > >My great grandfather was a miner when he first arrived in Clay County. I >have been told that recruiters went to England and elsewhere looking for men >to work the mines. In this case, people would have had a destination in mind. > >At the courthouse I found two documents for my great grandfather who arrived >in Clay County in 1879. His Declaration of Intention (to become a U.S. >citizen) was filed a little over a year after he arrived, possibly because he >wanted to buy property, or his new wife wanted him to do so. His Petition >for Naturalization was not done until 1906, so he waited quite awhile to >actually become a citizen. The Declaration of Intention contained the >following information: > >State of Indiana, Clay County, Sct: > > William Seymour states that he was born in England; that he is >twenty-six years of age; that he is of the British nation; that he migrated >from Liverpool on or >about the 14th day of August, 1879 , and arrived in the United States on the >22nd day of August , 1879 ; that he intends settling in the United States, >and owes allegiance to Victoria, Queen of Great Britain & Ireland and now >declares, upon oath, before the Clerk of the Clay Circuit Court, that it is >bona fide his intention to become a CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, and to >renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, >Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to Victoria, Queen >of Great Britain & Ireland. > > Signed William Seymour > >The Petition for Naturalization was far more informative, as it contained >information regarding his travel. He told the date that he left Liverpool >(Aug 1879), the name of the ship, the port of arrival, his date and place of >birth, his wife's and children's data. He sounds as if he had the >destination before he left England, as he left Liverpool o/a 14 August, >arrived at the port of Quebec and took a train to Port Huron, MI, and thence >to Indiana by August 25th. Recently I was able to interlibrary loan a >microfilm from Canada on which I found the ship list, and there he was. > >These two documents were in two different books, and it was ten years ago >that I copied them. I can't remember why I could not get photocopies, but I >hand copied the text, and also took pictures of the pages with my SLR camera. > > >Hope this helps. > >Glorianne > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== >To contact the INCLAY list owner,send a message to; >fred@claynet.com > > > Laura E. Mitchell lmitch@iquest.net 2522 College Ave. lmitchell@vigo.lib.in.us Terre Haute, IN 47803 (812) 234-0692 Visit the Vigo County Public Library Webpage at: http://vax1.vigo.lib.in.us or http://www.vigo.lib.in.us Genealogists: Check the VCPL webpage for an index of obituaries in the Terre Haute newspaper, 1903-1966, http://vax1.vigo.lib.in.us/~obits/index.htm VCPL now has the 1820 census of Vigo County online: http://vax1.vigo.lib.in.us/1820/index.htm