The Lawrence County Courthouse should have the Letter of Intent filed with the Naturalization Paper. It could be if you did not specifically request both they would just send you the one? I live in Butler County and the ones I've looked up have had all the papers together. A person could file their Intent papers in any county in PA and be naturalized in a different county. In that case, Lawrence County would not have the Intent Papers. Also the father was the only one naturalized in the family in that time period. I don't know the exact date when that practice changed though. As for a death record not being recorded in 1902, unfortunately that was not an uncommon happening. People were supposed to report these things to the courthouse, but did not always do it. There is also the possibility that your ancestor lived near a county line and someone reported it, in error, at the adjoining county's courthouse? Pat www.rootsweb.com/~pabutle2

Pat: I am John J. Inbody, Goshen,IN> might you have available information on a Lyle Inbody in the 1800's listed in Butler co. Pa. Also a Molly Inbody, believed to be a D/0- Lyle and Family. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 9:13 PM Subject: [PAMERCER] Questions on Naturalization papers.. > The Lawrence County Courthouse should have the Letter of Intent filed with > the Naturalization Paper. It could be if you did not specifically request > both they would just send you the one? I live in Butler County and the > ones I've looked up have had all the papers together. > > A person could file their Intent papers in any county in PA and be > naturalized in a different county. In that case, Lawrence County would not > have the Intent Papers. Also the father was the only one naturalized in > the family in that time period. I don't know the exact date when that > practice changed though. > > As for a death record not being recorded in 1902, unfortunately that was > not an uncommon happening. People were supposed to report these things to > the courthouse, but did not always do it. There is also the possibility > that your ancestor lived near a county line and someone reported it, in > error, at the adjoining county's courthouse? > > Pat > www.rootsweb.com/~pabutle2 > > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > See your ancestors on line.... check out our collection of Mercer County Old Photos.... over 1100 old photos on line! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawphoto/mercer >