Thanks, Elissa. I'll be checking the site. Yes, he would have been naturalized in PA. I just hoping the application will be as fruitful as yours. 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 >