In a message dated 12/12/2005 3:36:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, b_sgun@magicohio.com writes: Not according to a 3 three volume set of books on passenger lists and naturalizations. The information you were given is accurate--Federal Naturalizations began in 1790 -- not 1789. I must say when requesting assistance from your fellow list members the tone of your message isn't exactly of a nature that would encourage anyone to want to assist you. There is a book "Philadelphia Naturalizations: Records of Aliens' Declarations of Intention and/or Oaths of Allegiance 1789-1880" (Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., 1982) and which can be used in connection with "The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 36 (1989): 109-16. These resources can be obtained in any good genealogy library and probably from the LDS Family History Centers across the country. See RootsWeb Guide lesson 16 on Naturalization: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson16.htm Joan