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You may need to search the records of each place where your immigrant ancestor lived to locate both naturalization records. He may have filed the declartion of intention in one court in one state and filed the petition several years later in another court and state. Begin first by looking for naturalization records in the courts of the county or city where the immigrant settled.  Most likely the petition (second papers) was filed in that county or city.
You may need to search the records of each place where your immigrant ancestor lived to locate both naturalization records. He may have filed the declartion of intention in one court in one state and filed the petition several years later in another court and state. Begin first by looking for naturalization records in the courts of the county or city where the immigrant settled.  Most likely the petition (second papers) was filed in that county or city.
Begin by looking for ntauralization records in the courts of the county or city where the immigrant lived.  Look first for the petition (second papers) because they are usually easier to find in courts near where the immigant settled.  The declaration can be filed with the petition as the immigrant was required to submit a copy when he submitted the petition. 


==== Records Since September 1906 <br> ====
==== Records Since September 1906 <br> ====