Judith, I forgot to reply to all when I sent the first reply to your naturalization papers question. I have had great luck with the local County Records Archives Department for Naturalization Records - sometimes you can get a person who will really search for the records ( with variant name spellings etc.) Also if any ancestors were in the Civil War the discharge papers ( which I also found at my local county archives) are a good source of finding out where they were born. Furthermore the pension applications for Civil War veterans may also contain good info. However, I believe the form to complete has changed at the National Archives you may want to give them a call or go directly to their web site. One more place to find where? women immigrated from I have had some luck with the birth registry in larger cities. Some asked where the mother and father were born as well as where the mothers maiden name. Julia info on civil war records try, www.oz.net/~cyndihow/pensions.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Brown" <mombrown1@verizon.net> To: <Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 2:40 PM Subject: [Sc-Ir] Naturalization records >I contacted the NARA in Philadelphia looking for the naturalization papers > for my family. They found my three uncles but not my mother and > grandparents. I was surprised that my uncles waited 15 years before > becoming citizens. > > Obtaining them is so easy. You email them with the information and you > get > a message that they have received your request. A week later an email > arrived with what they found. It will cost $10 to obtain the three > records > they found. > > Where do I go next to find my grandparents and mother? > > Judith Brown > > www.pafairtax.org > > "We need true tax reform that will at least make a start toward restoring > for our children the American dream that wealth is denied to no one, that > each individual has the right to fly as high as his strength and ability > will take him." - Ronald Reagan > > "The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the > principles on which it was founded." --C. L. De Montesquieu > > > >