Hi everyone, I've been working on a new database for NaturalizationRecords.com. With the help of Pam Gera's volunteer efforts, I am uploading an index to Passport Applications for the entire USA from 1834-1843 It's a huge database, there are over 600 names online now - and we are only finished Surnames A and B! These passports were granted to citizens of the United States going to foreign countries. Each applicant had to present evidence that they were a citizen of the USA and a description of his person, so they are a terrific resource for narrowing an immigration year and putting some meat on those ancestral bones. For example, Newton Adams and wife are on the index to "A" surnames. The full record shows: Newton Adams and his wife Sarah C. Adams were issued Passport # 3554 on 22 Nov. 1834 The passport was requested by N. Adams, Canandaigua [NY] and sent to him at Boston. Newton was 30 years old, 6 feet tall, with a high forehead, gray eyes, brown hair and a light complexion Once you find your name of interest on the alphabetical index that Pam and I are creating, you can order the film for the full record. I've included examples of what you will find on the complete passport application plus complete details on what film to order and where. Online now is the index to the Register of Passports from 14 November 1834 to 1843 Start at http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/passports.shtml or go directly to Surnames A at http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/passports1834_a.shtml Please feel free to pass this message on to other lists or researchers you think would be interested. As always, these records are FREE to use, there is never a fee to view any of the online databases (over 750 now!!) at Olive Tree Genealogy or any of OTG's sister sites. Have fun and I hope you find an ancestor! Lorine Lorine McGinnis Schulze -- * The Olive Tree Genealogy http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ * Naturalization Records http://naturalizationrecords.com/ * USA Genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/usa_genealogy/ otg@csolve.net or olivetreegen@netscape.net