That's happy news for me, Joyce! Can you tell me what year he gained his naturalization?Thanks,Frances From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 12:49:45 -0400 Subject: Fwd: [NYC-ROOTS] Naturalization records-Local Court--TRY NARA To: [email protected] I had problems figuring out which naturalization was my grandfather. I sent the numbers of the files I had found along with all the names associated with him (wife's name, kids names) to the archivist at NARA explaining that I did not know which file # was my GF She looked it up, figured out which one was his. THEN I ordered it online at NARA (under the shop online se tion ) It was only $20 but I got his entire application which was several pages long. Many times you can find out exactly where ppl were born, DOB's for wife and kids etc etc so these docs are very much worth getting. When you go to order the record, have all your info ready to type in to order as the site times out a bit quickly so you need to have all your info handy before you place your order http://www.archives.gov/ hope this helps Joyce From: [email protected] Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: 4/21/2015 12:15:24 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time Subj: [NYC-ROOTS] Naturalization records-Local Court I found two guys either of whom could be the great-great-great grandfather I am looking for, among the Naturalization records from the Court of Common Pleas in New York. One is more likely than the other to be my man, because he lived in the neighborhood where he and his wife seem to have lived since coming to New York. This having been said, you could walk between the two addresses in ten or fifteen minutes. They're not so far apart. I have three questions:One, what information would I get from the file, assuming that the petition was filed in the local court, and not Federal District Court? Second, can I get the complete file on a FHL film, or do I have to send it to the relevant court/jurisdiction? Third, is it even worthwhile to research the wife, as I believe she would have received derivative citizenship when her husband naturalized? Thanks,Frances ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

NARA also guided me to my Irish g-grandfather's NATZ by sending me index printouts of each potential one. Due to the numbers of "Great Hunger" era immigrants, new, temporary courts were authorized specifically to process them quickly [Common Pleas Court is one] and usually the Declaration of Intentions step was overlooked. As minimal as these NATZ records are, they provide your ancestor's handwriting. -----Original Message----- From: Frances Brunner [email protected] That's happy news for me, Joyce! Can you tell me what year he gained his naturalization?Thanks,Frances From: [email protected] I had problems figuring out which naturalization was my grandfather. I sent the numbers of the files I had found along with all the names associated with him (wife's name, kids names) to the archivist at NARA explaining that I did not know which file # was my GF