Luzerne Co. Naturalization records can be accessed in three places, all on microfilm: 1) Luzerne Co. Court House, Prothonotary's Office (the indexes are in bound form) 2) Family History Library (Salt Lake City), through a local Family History Center or authorized borrowing facility (such as the NE PA Genealogy Society) 3) NE PA Genealogy Society library (in Shavertown) The records run from 1830 into (at least) the 1920s, but the indexes take some getting used to as they sometimes refer to the Declarations of Intention (first papers) or the Certificates of Admission (final papers). An understanding of the naturalization laws for the period in which your ancestor began and completed the process is useful and often necessary. That being said, women did not go through the process as individuals, except in a few rare instances of widows with substantial means of their own, until they were enfranchised (received the right to vote). If you see a date for naturalization in a census for a women that pre-dates the 1920s, then she received her citizenship status by way of her husband's naturalization. There would be no records for her separately, nor would she be mentioned on her husband's documents. Naturalization records can provide very useful information about an immigrant ancestor, but often can disappoint if the precise place of origin is not stated. The immigrant usually gave the port and date of entry into the U.S., but in seeking passenger lists based on such information in countless hundreds of records, I have only come across a single instance where the date given in the Declaration of Intention actually matched the very same date that the ship landed in port. Good luck with your research, Doug Nicol Norman D. Nicol, Ph.D. Professional Genealogist/Family Historian Specializing in NE Pennsylvania, England, esp. Cornwall, and Scotland