Re: Working Backwards from Certificate of Naturalization #general
Doug Cohen
After 1906, all naturalizations were in the federal district court. You
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need to find the archives of the district court in Albany (nearest NARA branch -- either Pittsfield or Varick St. in Manhattan, I would assume) and ask them for the naturalization petition. In the petition file, there will also be a certificate showing the ship on which he arrived. Many NARA branches have the ship manifests, whcih will show, among other things, nearest relative left behind in the old country. Both of these documents will be interesting to you!! -- Doug Cohen Lexington, MA dmc@dmcohen.com "Howie Axelrod" <highwind1@comcast.net> wrote
I have in hane a copy of my Grandfather's "Certificate of
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