So what procedure do I follow to actually search for them? Not planning any trip to Washington. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "George F. Nagle" <editor@afrolumens.org> To: <padauphi@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] How do I get naturalization records for someonewholived in Highspire by 1840? > They could have applied for naturalization through any state or local > court, > as all courts at that time were recognized as legitimate places to > renounce > prior citizenships and take an oath to the U.S. Since these records fell > under the domain of federal district or circuit courts however, the > records > are probably archived at the federal level. I'd start searching at either > the federal archives, or the Pennsylvania State Archives. > > George F. Nagle > Afrolumens Project Editor > www.afrolumens.org > > > -----Original Message----- > From: padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Dora Smith > Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 4:40 PM > To: PADAUPHI@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PADAUPHI] How do I get naturalization records for someone > wholived > in Highspire by 1840? > > How would I get the naturalization records of two people who were > apparently > in the U.S. and married by 1835, and who teh Census shows lived in > Highspire > and Lower Swatara from 1840? One was born in Switzerland and the other in > Germany. I do not know where they arrived in this country, but they > would > > have been living in Dauphin County by the time they applied for > naturalization. > > Yours, > Dora Smith > Austin, TX > tiggernut24@yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADAUPHI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADAUPHI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message