I could not find an Affidavit of Witnesses

Lisa Kay Horlacher

NY Naturalization Records. On image 2, I could not find an Affidavit of Witnesses for the record date in the reference images. The Indexer had used the date when the petitioner first entered the US. The PI say

When typing the naturalization date, use the most recent date that relates to the naturalization process.

So I changed the record date from Feb.23, 1907 to May 13, 1946. Is this correct?

Also, will you check the GN and SN to see if they are correct? I am guessing Raskin is her married name but used Or since I'm not sure. GN was waaaay different.

https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/7f72456c-d224-46bc-8cba-d0f6683d2795

MinnWisRoots

Lisa Kay Horlacher

Unfortunately, when we view a shared batch from your url, we cannot see the next page which is where the date would be (below the witness statements). See example (even though it is a one-page) from the Project Instructions).

https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/images?fs-cache=true&key=idx-deepzoom-image&image=3ad82223-d270-4423-9d1f-df158878ce4f

I hope you aren't using the husband William's naturalization date, which was May 13, 1946 in Newark, New Jersey.

The Petition for Naturalization come in both one-page and two-page forms. If the witness statements don't appear on the bottom, it is a two-page form. If the second page is not part of your batch, you will need to view the next image to get the record date.

For help go to: Project Instructions - General Indexing Guidelines - What to Do When Records Span 2 Images or to View Additional Images. (Sorry url paste created an error.)

Melissa S Himes

I was able to look up the film using the Image information. @MinnWisRoots guessed correctly. You need to look at reference image +1 to get the affidavit of witness date of May 18 1951.

Since she arrived in 1907, and married William in 1919, I think it would be safe to index Katzmann as her maiden name. It is also okay to use the Or though to reach the goal of making the names searchable. Don't forget the comma on the birthdate field.

Lisa Kay Horlacher

@MinnWisRoots @Melissa S Himes

I was using William's naturalization date. 🙄

It has been changed. Melissa, do you mean the comma on the birth place field?