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From: Charles Sullivan< >
Subject: Re: Subject: Nat. Papers - Common Pleas Court, N.Y Co.
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 12:50:15 -0400


You can write to the National Archives on Varick street in Manhattan,
enclosing the information from the index card, and for $10 they will
send you a copy of the Petition for Naturalization. Their response
time may be a few months.

Naturalization Petitions from Common Pleas and a few other NYC courts
have been filmed by the LDS, so it'll be cheaper and faster to go that
route. The rolls for Common Pleas in 1872 _start_ with FHL #0967326.
They're indexed under "NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NATURALIZATION AND
CITIZENSHIP".

Regards,
Charles Sullivan

Jean Brown <> wrote:
>To reply to Tracy Lewis:
>From: Qedetc <
>
>I recently eliminated the 8 or so other possibles and narrowed down to one
>(my ggfather) on the FHC film Soundex to Naturalizations 1792 - 1906.
>
>On the card it records the court as the Common Pleas Court, New York Co.
>(person was in Manhattan) and the date is Oct. 8, 1872.
>
>I believe records up until 1906 were held at the court level.
>I know that NARA holds some records as does the INS for later dates.
>
>Does anyone know where I should write to request copies of these papers or
>what the cost is?
>
>I would be terribly indebted to any suggestions,
>
>Tracy Lewis
>Anchorage, AK
>
>
>Dear Tracy:
>
>I recently returned from NY on a research trip and found "Naturalization
>papers" for one of my great grandparents at the National Archives on Varick
>Street. It cost me $1.00 for a copy. His paper told me that he became a
>naturalized citizen by serving in the Civil War.
>
>At the Municipal Archives, Leslie's beloved 7th Floor, also has microfilm
>of th same thing and I chanced to find my other great grandfather's
>naturalization pepers (at least I believe it is the right person) and the
>copy also was made for a nominal fee.
>
>Hope this will be helpful. Both were from the "Common Pleas Court"
>
>Jean Brown
>Chapel Hill NC
>
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