Mike, Another thing you might do is check the census records for the son even after the father passed away. Sometimes the census taker might have listed more than just the country the father or mother were from. I've found some that way. It's a long shot. But, worth checking into. Patty At 08:11 PM 1/8/2007, you wrote: >Thanks for the reply. I have only one official document and that is the >1870 census which shows him in Chicago. Unfortunately that document does >not talk about naturalization. > >Do you know whether there is a site or perhaps several of them that list >church baptismal records for the city of Trier around 1825 or so? I >believe these would be Catholic churches. I have looked through early >immigration records for when he came to this country. The only other piece >of information I have is that Rochester New York is where his son lists as >his(the son's) birth place. Was Rochester an immigration port, as opposed >to New York City? Would a ship come up the St Lawrence riverway and landed >at Rochester?