MEET YOUR ROOTS IN ST. LOUIS If your immigrant ancestors settled in St. Louis--or took advantage of the opportunity to become US citizens there before hitting the westward trail--you may be able to find their naturalization records with a new, easy-to-use source. The Saint Louis Genealogical Society has posted online 93,000 index cards to city court naturalizations between 1816 and 1906, when the federal government took over the citizenship process. Search the collection at http://stlgs.org/natsearch.aspx by your ancestor's name, address, country, year of naturalization or the last name of the witness. You also can enter a Soundex code. (See http://www.familytreemagazine.com/soundex.html to calculate your ancestor's Soundex code.) Click on a first name in the results list to see transcriptions of the index cards, which give the person's country of origin, the date and court of naturalization (click on the word "Court" for a key to abbreviated court names), and witnesses' names. The listing also has a user-friendly "What Do I Do Next?" button linking to instructions on finding microfilm of the original cards and records Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"