Help finding Naturalization docs

DebGraham

Hi, All

My grandfather came from Italy to New York, and family lore says he got US citizenship between 1920 and 1927...but I don't know why my mother thinks that since I've utterly failed in finding any record of citizenship. I know he voted, and his wife was naturalized in 1947. He also was in the Italian military in WW!, so that might have been an issue (US and Italy were not on the same side). Where can I look? He's Louis Tomasini, born in 1898, and he lived in North Tonawanda New York. I suspect the process would have been in Buffalo, since it's a nearby larger city.

I'm doing much better finding records for family members farther back...why is Grandpa's record so hard for me? Thanks for any help you can offer!

genthusiast

Yes it should be fairly easy - but in this case I think the Index was holding you back from locating it.

Here's a good possibility (this one seems likely to me) - but shows why the Indexing is so important:

Lovis Tomasini (should be Louis) index: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFXD-8WR

The index initially was not editable - but in the time we were finding this it became editable?! SO I went ahead and edited it to Louis. That should make searching return it when searching for Louis...

document (viewing the image may be restricted):

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M7-ZN7Y?i=960&cc=1999177&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AKFXD-8WR

genthusiast

No problem @DebGraham - glad to help. If you run across further Search issues ask here in Community - there are a lot of helpful people here.

DebGraham

no...he had no middle name and he came to America before then, in 1921. I've spend hours on and hours on this...this should be an easy one to find!

DebGraham

Yahoo!!! That's IT!!! can't thank you enough!!