At that point in time, you could naturalize in any court, and it was not necessary to file your preliminary declaration of intent in the same court that you did your final naturalization papers in.   Gail Verderamo Benson --- On Fri, 12/5/08, ~*~Arlene~*~ <arlene9999@earthlink.net> wrote: From: ~*~Arlene~*~ <arlene9999@earthlink.net> Subject: [NJHUDSON] Naturalization Question To: njhudson@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 10:14 AM If a New Jersey resident immigrated around 1851-1857 would they have filed their papers in New Jersey or New York? Arlene ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message