In a message dated 4/29/03 10:56:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, NY-HUDSONRV-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << The Dutchess County Clerk's office. >> << If you don't live near the county clerk's office, you can use LDS film which you can find under: <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org">http://www.familysearch.org</A> >> Hi Dick and Pat - Thanks so much for your feedback!!! :) Have you searched for naturalization records at the County Clerk's office so that you can tell me how the records are organized? Is there an index like they have for wills or will I just be sorting through lists of names of all those applying for citizenship? If so, are they organized by year of application? I'll have limited time in Poughkeepsie. If this is like hunting for a needle in a haystack, I might make better use of my time there checking other records and save this search for films from the LDS. Thanks for your help!!! :) Linda

I haven't seen the books in Duchess county but have seen them in Rensselaer County and they are arranged by date usually with in index in front but I must clue you in that I have found records recently that were not included in the index. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com Professional Genealogy Research All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton 2002