Karin & all, The "Index" to the Naturalizations of Fairfield County, Ohio is actually a misnomer - it is the actual records. No further infomation is available on the individuals who are listed! To answer your questions - J16 refers to a volume and CP is Common Pleas Court which is where most of the Naturalizations were. This same explanation is on the Fairfield County Chapter OGS webpage at http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org/ click on F.A.Q. At 03:39 PM 11/16/98 -0800, Karin Corbeil wrote: >While doing some research at the Fairfield County Library last summer, I >was unaware at the time that my line connected to a Christian BAUM. Upon >further investigation I found the manifest of the ship "Charlemagne" >arriving in NY in 1834 and low and behold there was my great grandfather, >George BAUM! His parents were listed as Christian and Barbara BAUM. > >I have the following I jotted down at the library but do not know how to >find the indexed information. > >Christian BAUM is listed as being naturalized on March 23, 1844 from Baden, >Germany; P. 531, J16, CP [Source: Index to Naturalizations of Fairfield >County]. > >What does "J16" and "CP" mean? > >Any help on how to pursue this tidbit would be greatly appreciated. > >Regards, >Karin Baum Corbeil > > > Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com Admistrator of OHFAIRFI-L OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com Fairfield County OGS Webpage: http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org Fairfield County Genweb: http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org/genweb.html Searching Fairfield County Families: Swinehart, Homrighouser, Betz,Foltz,Quickel,Anspach,Spohn,Troutman,Zartman Church Archive Links: http://www.greenapple.com/~cshart/chlinks.html