Thank you so much, Lorine. for your response. I did find that reference, but since the title was "Index. . . .1917-1950", and my Nicholas died in 1902, I just assumed it was a different Nicholas. I realize that the NARA Catalog title is "Petitions . . . compiled 1824-1991." Do you know how to reconcile these two different date ranges???? How great it would be if this is my Nicholas' reference. Cheers, Jude On Jun 20, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Olive Tree Genealogy wrote: > > How about this man? > > Content Source: The National Archives Publication Number: > M1675 > Publication Title: Alphabetical Index to Declarations of > Intention of the U.S. District Court for the Southern > District of New York, 1917-1950 > Publisher: NARA > National Archives Catalog ID: 575701 > National Archives Catalog Title: Petitions for > Naturalization, compiled 1824 - 1991 > Record Group: 21 > State: New York > Short Description: NARA M1675. Alphabetical Index to > Declarations of Intention of the US District Court for the > Southern District of New York, 1917-1950. > Immigrant Full Name: Ford, Nicholas J. > > This is just the index, perhaps you can send for it and see > if it's your guy. > > Lorine > -- Lorine McGinnis Schulze > > * Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/LorineMS > * Olive Tree Genealogy > http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ > * Naturalization Records > http://naturalizationrecords.com/ > > > olivetreegenealogy@rogers.com or > olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com > >