Nora, I did find a lot of information on the INS website, but of particular interest is http://www.ins.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/tools.html#tooljump which not only talks about naturalizations, but other immigration records like the passenger lists. If you weave through the links you will see that although Pittsburgh has a federal building on Liberty Ave., they want you to contact the Philadelphia address for FOI requests. (I am assuming that they were naturalized in PA?) I do know that with the final naturalization certificate that my grandmother had from 1924, I was able to go to the National Archives in Washington, DC and find the application for naturalization (first papers) which is the paper that asks all the good questions. Good luck, Elissa On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 22:05:52 EST Norafitz@aol.com writes: > Elissa > > Yes, I believe it was after 1906. I will have to check the 1920 > census > record again. Do you mean the records are stored at the federal > level and > not local? I had hoped it was at a local court. > > Do you have an address or a website? > > Thanks. > > Nora > > > > If you are speaking about after 1906 that is when the Immigration > and > > Naturalization Service (INS) was formed and all naturalizations > will be > > with them at the federal level. Before that it could be done in > any > > court, at any level (state, city, county, mayor) and anywhere. So > it is > > much more of a needle in a haystack before 1906. There is not > quite as > > much information in the earlier years either. But the later years > do give > > you the things you hope for: ship name and port and date of > immigration. > > Of course the 1920, 1910, and 1900 census should give you a sense > of when > > they came, and perhaps when or if naturalized. > > > > Best wishes, > > Elissa > > > > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > Check out these COMMUNITY LISTS: MyStErY, Horror, SAHM, M-W-C, > Nost-TV, Palm-Gen, and Westie > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.