Janice, I looked for a record and reported to Marion off the list. The passport record Marion referred to was found on Ancestry. It said he was Naturalized in Cleveland, Ohio. The records are in the court there. I don't know that Marion wants to follow up on that since they are not online. The passport application was actually a lot like the Declarations of Intent as far as the information on it. I found some Northern Ohio naturalization are listed on Fold3. I didn't find her man here. You can search the records here without a membership. You just can't see the record for more than a second. :) http://www.fold3.com/category_22/ Regards, Christina CELTICTYGRESS@aol.com wrote: > I believe the rule at that time was something like...if a person was under > age 18 at the time of immigration....they could bypass one of the steps > toward naturalization... > So perhaps the application was not required? > > I know their 'sponsors' at the time were local politicians...this was in > inner-city Boston. > They were from Cty. Galway East... > > Janice > Proud GrandDaughter of a Galway Man and a Dublin Lass:)