I do not think it will ever be complete. I think that the index appears to only have federal and not local court information. at least not for N California from what i could see and read about it. the one image i happened to save has a very fuzzy printing at the bottom that may say US something-or-other. and it had no age or location, just a name, date of petition, and ID number, that's it. not a relative, but a surname of interest to me so I saved it just in case. i think my ancestors are not in it as they went to local courts rather than make the trip to the federal courthouse. and i am suspicious that many of even the federal records may have been destroyed in the 1906 SF earthquake fire. On 1/20/09, Cynthia <[email protected]> wrote: >... At least if you can find your ancestor in the index, you can > then get the right court to send your request to. Too many ancestors > applied in one place and ended up naturalized in another place or state > entirely. So it's getting easier to track some moves at least. ...

The index cards provide the information needed to request the naturalization records from the proper venue. For example, if a request for papers is sent to the Great Lakes NARA, the information on the index card is forwarded with information about which court (usually Cook County) to contact for copies of the naturalization papers; without the number, Cook County was hard pressed to find any information. Cook County, IL, now has naturalization records and information on obtaining papers; the good news is that the site is free to use. Finding the actual location of the index cards is really the information that is needed. District NARA offices are the best source, outside of local courthouses. http://198.173.15.34/NR/default.aspx Mary the cohens wrote: > I do not think it will ever be complete. I think that the index > appears to only have federal and not local court information. at > least not for N California from what i could see and read about it. > > the one image i happened to save has a very fuzzy printing at the > bottom that may say US something-or-other. and it had no age or > location, just a name, date of petition, and ID number, that's it. > not a relative, but a surname of interest to me so I saved it just in > case. > > i think my ancestors are not in it as they went to local courts rather > than make the trip to the federal courthouse. and i am suspicious > that many of even the federal records may have been destroyed in the > 1906 SF earthquake fire. > > On 1/20/09, Cynthia <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ... At least if you can find your ancestor in the index, you can >> then get the right court to send your request to. Too many ancestors >> applied in one place and ended up naturalized in another place or state >> entirely. So it's getting easier to track some moves at least. .. >>