This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Sara_Noonan Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.vermont.counties.rutland/4760/mb.ashx Message Board Post: State of Vermont Naturalization Records. (multiple posts) There are about 2100 Naturalization records which I indexed, which include some very valuable and detailed information at times. Other times it's a 'bare' record with minimal information. A majority of these records are from Irish immigrants. As we've learned, Many Irish records were destroyed and making connections in the homeland can be near impossible. These Naturalization records are AWESOME because of that great loss of information. The index contains a small amount of information such as name, origin, and birth date. Information that can be found in the whole document includes: Names, birth dates, birth places, where they filed, where they lived at the time, when they arrived in the USA, Military service, Witnesses ( could be a connection ), and an occasional note. As you look through the index and see someone who may be your connection, I invite you to contact me regarding any of the folks listed here. I'll be happy to send you a copy for you to decipher for yourself. See my note below regarding making requests. The new Americans were from many counties and out of state locations from where original application took place, all finalized in Rutland County, Vermont. They had to meet requirements of length of time in the country, time between application and finalization, military service, arrival before the age of 21, and so on. Almost every New American in these documents was a man of at least 21 years of age. Most times when the man of the house became naturalized, his whole family in his household was considered naturalized by the rights of the father now being an American. This must have been an exciting event for the family. You should read a couple of these whole documents to see how the stately verbage could be so emotional and official. As you know deciphering old handwriting can be very difficult. There are many names of people and places that are very likely to be misspelled. Many of the new Americans were not able to read or write or both, so the clerk doing the writing must have spelled things like they sounded, just like in the census. I attempted to compare the questionable names with some map references of Ireland on GoIreland.com to see if anything matched or was close. Some were safer left the way they looked in the documents. Some of the birth years are not exact either, so use them as a guide. Try to also look at the shape ( length, ascensions and descensions of letter shapes, or sound of the name, and compare the same letters on the same page. ) I did at times have to compare these writings to what records were available in the census's in the area and time frame of the document. It is also a good idea to look at other folks who came from the same area with different last names. I will post portions of these records in the message boards where it would seem appropriate such as an origin location, surname, or the like. I started this 2 years ago and put it down.. Then forgot about it.. Woops! So, In the beginning I put much more information in the index, and when I took it up again, I just wanted to hurry and at least get the most important information indexed. I finished today - the 4th of July - how cool! Some of these are already posted on the boards, and now, there are about 1400 additions. Corrections are welcome, but post them on the board for others to see too. I shouldn't repost this whole thing again - it's huge. Requesting copies or further information: Please make sure you read this whole note before sending a request. I will need your email address and will send 1 document per request. I will only send multiple documents at one time if you have a high speed connection and you let me know what your mailbox limit is. Some of these files are very large. Give me enough information from the index - preferably including an image number to get the right document to you. I'm not going to send you a bunch of junkmail - I don't do that. By accepting any copies I send you, you must agree that you will help someone else for FREE too such as copying extra records when there is valuable information that's not easily accessible to folks, and making it available on message boards or the GenWeb sites. I did this in hopes of trying to find my family, and the ones I was looking for are not in these records (DARN!). This was done on my own and not by suggestion for gain other than the satisfaction of being able to put a smile on someone's face because I was able to help them. I just hope someday, someone in the Rutland area might have information or access to a resource to find something for me. Peggy Dowd - I still am most grateful and thank you to this day for all your help! Have a GREAT day! Sara Noonan Volunteer to index! www.familysearchindexing.org Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Joyce -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 10:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [VTRUT] Vermont Naturalization Records This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Sara_Noonan Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: Hi Sara: I was out of town when your post came thru, and I tried to reply to you and ask if you would be kind enough to see if you have any records for Michael George Grady. I didn't see the message posted to the board, so if it did I apologize for the duplication. I found records in April 1900 that he filed intent in April 1900. He was born April 1862 in Achill, Mayo, Ireland. He married Edna Brown in Johnson, VT in 1889. I tried to retrieve the messages on RootsWeb but it said it had been deleted. Any info you can offer will be appreciated. Also, are these records available thru the Nyes Index? Thanks again. Joyce http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.vermont.counties.ru tland/4760/mb.ashx Message Board Post: State of Vermont Naturalization Records. (multiple posts) There are about 2100 Naturalization records which I indexed, which include some very valuable and detailed information at times. Other times it's a 'bare' record with minimal information. A majority of these records are from Irish immigrants. As we've learned, Many Irish records were destroyed and making connections in the homeland can be near impossible. These Naturalization records are AWESOME because of that great loss of information. Sara Noonan Volunteer to index! www.familysearchindexing.org Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. List administrator [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message