The Albany Co. Hall of Records has an online search engine to an index of their Naturalization records. The index has been completed for 1821-1906, and is partially completed for 1907-1991 (letters A-Q). If you think that your immigrant relatives may have lived in Albany Co. even a short while (or you aren't certain), they may have become a citizen (naturalized) in the city of Albany even if they didn't live in the city. Naturalization usually took place 2-5 years after filling out a Declaration of Intent (which could have been filed in some other county). In rare cases, both were filed the same day. http://www.albanycounty.com/achor/ Click on: Naturalization Index Search Our Database (at bottom) The index headings will be as follows: Last Name First Name Nation of Origin Residence in the U.S. Date Petition Number Book Page I talked to the Albany Co. Hall of Records today to get a clarification of their service and the kind of information that was in their records. The type of registers used and the information recorded varied with the time period. The earliest records (starting with the 1821) don't have much information, but will at least have the signature of the person (perhaps only an X which was their "mark"). At some later point, Naturalizations and Declarations of Intent were recorded in separate registers in which each record was on a single line two pages wide (I don't know when this began). There was no personal signature. The information is in different columns such as name, place of birth (usually only the country, but sometimes the county or province was included), the age of the person at the time of filing, the port from which they sailed, the person's residence or intended residence, date of filing, a witness, a judge's name and possibly a fee. In the Naturalization register, it also tells the place where the Declaration was filed. This would be useful for finding the Declaration of the person if they didn't file it in Albany. In the 20th century, the information for both events was entered into a single book. This may have been because most of the information was duplicated. For a $14 per hour fee, the Albany Co. Hall of Records will send you photocopies of the pages of both kinds of records. If you have several people that interest you, they will send them all for the same fee (which is a fee based on the time spent, with a $14 minimum). This can be a real bargain if you have several people that interest you, or it can be expensive for a single record. To get naturalization and declaration records, you must fill out the form provided on their website. You can copy and paste their Research Request Form (link found on the opening screen) into a word processor. I removed the header information, adjusted the margins, and it fit onto a single page. Good luck finding those ancestors. Cliff http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/