How does one search for the naturalization record? What information is needed?

(I have spent time reading other threads and I am impressed with how helpful everyone is! Thank you.)

Have you tried www.Castlegarden.org? There are about 400 listings for Thomas Hughes with a number of them coming close to his year of birth. Please get back to me when you think you may have found him for his intended destination. =Peter=

These 2 are possibilities. We don't know his destination ...

BTW - Thomas Hughes is a typical Welsh name....

<a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-3166187-10456885" TARGET="_blank">Ancestry.com</a> shows many Thomas Hughes born in Denbighshire in 1861

Yes thank you, it is Denbigshire Co Wales..it was hard to read the writing on the death certificate.
His ...

Tom or Thomas Hughes - birthdate given as May 22,1861.

My sister and I have been able to find the Cook County,Illinois death certificates of our great grandparents and also their Cook County marriage license from 1885 as well as the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index listing for her parents from 1858 (McLean County).

So in summary, we have names and ...

Thank you all. You are very kind.

The church always keeps the best records.

Thank you!

Acicastello

Only the small Sicilian town and the date...no name. This was in the last couple of years.

All I have is the date and the village. Is it possible to search death records with only these bits of information?