Kathy, Thank you very much for the information and the link. gary -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:01 AM To: ships list Subject: Re: [TSL] Fw: 1800's INS Form question Gary wrote: > Kathy, > I am looking at a copy of the card. On the bottom it says > US Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Services. Form > N-35 (Old 1-IP). > It has under the Date of Naturalization- Dec. 14, 1854 That’s where I got > the date from. There's an image of a From 1-IP here: <http://books.google.com/books?id=Jw3kn_AgNTkC&pg=PA408&lpg=PA408&dq=immigration+naturalization+service+form+%221-IP%22&source=bl&ots=2L1B-ts9SA&sig=iMcPIAYdia6DTNDqfASAAFD1Qwg&hl=en&ei=1qHHTNWlMoO78gbH4dke&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%221%20-IP%22&f=false> p. 408 It's not an INS document; it's an index card created by the WPA. It should show you where you can obtain the original naturalization documents. Good luck! Kathy ------------------------------- visit TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THESHIPSLIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message