I have the NARA "No record found Letter" for my grandfather
ad am waiting for the BCIS to send me a similar letter.

Has anyone successfully used the NARA leter "No rec found of Nat"
to show that their ancestor was the child of an Italan citizen?
( In my case it is to prove my father was a ciotizen ...

Spudbunny;

I asked them for help in Sept 04 and the woman in charge seemed a bit irritable. Can you tell me what they required in the way of proof of no naturalization for your ancestor(s)?

Was the NARA letter OK, or did you need the BCIS FOIA?

I would love to get a list of all the docs you ...

I got a NARA " record of no record" from the NY office, they were helpful;
but the final authority is the BCIS. as the omwan from NARA sais
"They have EVERYTHING" ( meaning the records)

You need to file a "Freedom of Information Act" request asking for info regarding your GF naturalization; send to ...