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Their name wasn't in the naturalization index for Vanderburgh County.
Since the date is after 1906 you should visit the INS
webpage concerning Naturalizations.
http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/NatzRec/NATREC.htm
Naturalization Certificate Files (C-Files)
INS naturalization certificate files, known as C-Files, include a
duplicate copy of all naturalization records dated after September 26, 1906.
All C-Files contain at least a copy of the Declaration of Intention
to become a US Citizen (to 1952), Petition for Naturalization, and
Certificate of Naturalization. Occasional files contain additional
documents or correspondence.
C-Files include all US naturalizations from all States and
Territories, and from all courts (Federal, State, and local).
INS maintains an index to the C-Files, and can retrieve individual
records based on name, date of birth, and place of birth.
C-Files from 1906 to 1956 have been microfilmed, and are available
via Freedom of Information/Privacy Act request to INS Headquarters
in Washington, D.C. For naturalization records after 1956, Freedom
of Information requests should be sent to the appropriate INS District Office.
From "Genealogy" July 1975. Pub. by Indiana Historical Society
(Pertains to Indiana Counties)
"....When circuit courts were organized (1816) the record of naturalization was to be
found
in the Circuit Court Oder Books. These records are in the Office of the County Clerk.
From 1853 through 1873 concurrent jurisdiction was held by the Court of Common Pleas.
The record can be found in the order books of the Pleas Court.
In the 1870s Superior Courts were established in some counties. The Superior Court held
concurrent jurisdiction with the Circuit Court and the naturalization record may be found
in their order books-mostly unindexed.
In many counties beginning in the 1850s a record book was kept in the Clerk's Office
called Declaration of Intention. The title will vary, sometimes it is called Petition
for Naturalization or simply naturalization Record. The information will parallel that
which is the order book and is usually more detailed.
In 1906 the naturalization record was no longer recorded in the order books. Besides the
record, Declaration of Intention, there was an additional book, Petition and Record.
These books were used until the Federal Court, took jurisdiction of naturalization in
1929. Records prior to 1929 remain in the Clerk's Office of the respective counties.
These are permanent records. The Declaration of Intention is a record of the aliens'
intent to become a citizen, showing name, age, birthplace, dates of arrival and
declaration.
The Petition and Record (title may vary) is a record of naturalization papers granted,
showing date of application, name and address of applicant, renouncement of foreign
allegiance, affidavits of witnesses and court order admitting citizenship.
SEE EXAMPLES
http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/Max/Declar.html
http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/Max/Petiti.html
http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/Max/Certif.html
Some further details about naturalization at the turn of the century ...
Law and Business Pointers (Chicago, 1904).
"Two years after filing his declaration as a citizen, an alien must declare his
intention
to become a citizen of the United States before a Federal Court, or a local Court of
Record,
or the Clerk of either such Courts. This declaration entitles him to vote in most of the
States. He must take the following oath before the Court.
" 'I, Jacob M. Becker, do swear that I will support the constitution of the
United States
and that...... . '
"Two years after filing his declaration of intention, having been a resident of the
United States for five years, he again appears in court giving written proof that he has
been long enough in the United States to become a citizen and makes oath of his allegiance
as a citizen, accompanied by the oath of a witness, giving proof of his residence and
moral
character.
"If an alien has served in the army or navy of the United States and can show papers
of
an honorable discharge, he can be naturalized after having lived one year in any State
or Territory. . . .
"A person having arrived in the United States under the age of eighteen years and
having
continued such residence until the time of his application for citizenship may at the age
of twenty-one years, having lived in the United States five years, inclusive of the three
years of his minority, be admitted as a citizen without making the formal declaration.
"If an alien should die after he has legally filed his declaration and taken the
necessary
oath of affirmation, but before he is actually naturalized, then his widow and children
are
entitled to all the rights and privileges of citizenship upon taking the required oaths or
affirmation which would have been required of them.
"Children of naturalized persons, if under twenty-one years of age at the time of the
naturalization of their parents and residing in the United States, are considered as
citizens thereof; and the children of citizens of the United States, though born in
a foreign country.
"A person who has been naturalized according to law is entitled to a certificate,
which is issued under the hand of the Clerk and seal of the Court. Such certificate
may in certain circumstances be of much importance. ..."
As mentioned above there was a change in the order of things in 1906. Because of the
lack of uniformity in procedures and in the application of law in the variety of courts
throughout the country it was necessary to clarify the law. This formulated court
procedure
in granting citizenship and placed administrative supervision in a newly created Bureau of
Immigration and Naturalization. Copies of naturalization certificates were required
to be filed with the Bureau, fees were fixed, uniform forms introduced, and each
petition was required to be accompanied by an official lawful arrival
certificate...."
"Genealogy" July 1975. Pub. by Indiana Historical Society
July 1975