Before September 27, 1906, there was no US Naturalization Service, and the BCIS has no naturalization records dated before September 1906. Before the 1906 act, declarations of intention had no expiration date.
1832 Declaration of Intent for 30 year old William Edmonds of Ireland intending to settle in Albany County New York includes name, birthplace, age, settlement location
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1790 Naturalization Petition 
1846 Declaration of Intent for Daniel Stinger
Note that all naturalizations prior to Sept. 27, 1906, are termed Old Law (OL). Any replacement had to be issued by BCIS on an OL certificate (There will be an OL number at top right). These C-Files have genealogy valule because many pre-1906 court naturalization recordscontain little or no information. The application for the OL replacement contains information often unavailable elsewhere. Only BCIS has the OL series of C-Files containing the applications for replacement. It is important to note that OL certificate files exist ONLY when the following three conditions occured:the person was naturalized before 1906 AND they lost their original certificate AND they applied for and got a replacement AFTER 1906. To locate pre-1906 naturalization records, or any naturalization records filed with courts, start your research at the National Archives (NARA)
1880 Naturalization Certificate 
1891 Naturalization Certificate 
1895 Declaration of Intent for Thomas Jones
To locate pre-1906 naturalization records, or any naturalization records filed with courts, start your research at the National Archives (NARA)
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