Bette, Would a 19th century DOI hold more information than the final naturalization papers? Since there was no standardization of documents until 1906, you just don't know until you look. I have seen Civil War era DOIs from Iowa that hold more personal info than DOIs from New York City of the same time period. I would not have expected that. You never know . . . Beyond, "You never know" it's difficult to speculate (hope?) what can be found in the DOI because you haven't stated what you have found in the final papers. What would be reasonable to do at this point? Find the DOI to complete this segment of research by renting microfilms of the Erie County court records at your nearest LDS Family History Center (don't write the court as I explained on another posting a little while ago). Scour those records. There are 125 microfilms in the set so you will need to choose and review the indexes carefully. Even if you find the DOI and it yields no new information, you will know that you have completed the search on the naturalization records and there is nothing left to find there. That's important to know, too! :) Good luck LGO -----Original Message----- >From: Bette McIntosh <bmcintosh@new.rr.com> >Sent: Mar 4, 2007 11:21 AM >To: prussia-roots@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] RIEBE - East Palestine, Ohio > >Hello, My question, would Declaration of Intention papers, perhaps filed >as early as the time period 1859-1885, contain much information? I have >final papers dated 1887 (Cuyahoga Co., Ohio) which state that the DOI was >made in "Superior Court, Buffalo, Erie Co., NY more than two years ago" To >date the Erie Co. Clerk's Office has not been able to locate the DIO >paperwork for the individual. What steps would be reasonable to take at >this point of the search effort? > >Thank you, >Bette

LGO, Thank you for the informative nudge to redirect my search for the DOI paperwork. I have located the LDS film numbers for the Superior Court @ Buffalo, Erie Co., NY during the time frame in question. Now on to the next steps... Thanks for the help. Bette > What would be reasonable to do at this point? Find the DOI to complete > this segment of research by renting microfilms of the Erie County court > records at your nearest LDS Family History Center (don't write the court > as I explained on another posting a little while ago). Scour those > records. There are 125 microfilms in the set so you will need to choose > and review the indexes carefully. > > Even if you find the DOI and it yields no new information, you will know > that you have completed the search on the naturalization records and there > is nothing left to find there. That's important to know, too! :) > > Good luck> > LGO