Pat My great grandfather came to USA from Switzerland in 1873 & was listed in the book "Germans to America, Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, Volume 30, June 1873-November 1873�, edited by Ira A Glazier and P. William Filby. This "series" of books (you'll probably need a different volume) is available at large libraries. Your local library can probably find nearest to you. I believe all? immigration records (images) are available from Ancestry.com - of course, you have to purchase that particular subscription. Finding his actual citizenship "paperwork" is another story & may be more difficult. Ernie Hurst > [Original Message] > From: Patricia Welch <patwelch63@hotmail.com> > To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 6/16/2005 1:51:59 PM > Subject: [SWITZ] Questions re immigration/naturalization to U.S. abt 1883 --AUGUST HOOVER > > How do I find immigration/naturalization papers for AUGUST HOOVER, b. 1874 > either in N.Y. or Switzerland. He was in Whiteside Co., Illinois, USA on > the 1900 census and lived there until 1964. > There are no records in Whiteside Co. Illinois, and he probablly wasn't > there before 1890. > > Is there a compilation somewhere of the Swiss/Germans to America.--Thanks, > Pat Welch > > Here are the census records: > > 900 Rock Falls, Whiteside, Illinois > August Hoover 25 N.Y. Oct 1874 boarder - Switzerland-Switzerland > household of Levi Lahr > > > > 1910 Coloma, Whiteside, Illinois > August Hoover 35 Swit-Ger nat 1883 > Georgeanna 41 > Florence M 9 > Agnes 7 > Robert A. 2 > > 1920 Coloma, Whiteside, Illinois > August Hoover 46 N.Y.-N.Y.-Switzerland > Margaret 51 > Florence 18 > Agnes 17 > Robert 11 > > 1930 Coloma, Whiteside, Illinois > August Hoover 55 Switzerlanld-Switzerland-Switzerland > Georganna 61 > Robert E. 22 > > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation? Gone longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CHE/SWITZERLAND.html > to unsubscribe