converting VB Linq to XML to C#

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I'm in the process of converting all my applications from VB.Net to C#.

In the first version of this question I was striving for brevity but may have been too brief. So I'll try again.

In my limited experience, LINQ syntax in VB and C# is similar. For example, in VB I can write

Dim myArrayOfStateNames(3) As String

  Sub FillStates()
      myArrayOfStateNames(0) = "WA"
      myArrayOfStateNames(1) = "OR"
      myArrayOfStateNames(2) = "ID"
      myArrayOfStateNames(3) = "CA"
  End Sub

  ReadOnly Property GetIdaho() As String
      Get
          Dim myState = From oneState In myArrayOfStateNames Where oneState = "ID" Select oneState
          Return myState.First
      End Get
  End Property

Similarly in C# I can write

string[] myArrayOfStateNames = new string[4];
  public void FillStates()
 {
     myArrayOfStateNames[0] = "WA";
     myArrayOfStateNames[1] = "OR";
     myArrayOfStateNames[2] = "ID";
     myArrayOfStateNames[3] = "CA";
 }
 public string GetIdaho
 {
     get
     {
         var myState = from oneState in myArrayOfStateNames where oneState == "ID" select oneState;
         return myState.First();
     }

In these examples, the two LINQ statements after 'myState = ' are, to me anyway, very similar. The syntax is a little different, but close.

However, when I try to use LINQ with XML, things are apparently not so straightforward. In VB I can write

Dim myXML As New System.Xml.Linq.XDocument
 Sub MakeSomeXML()
     myXML = _
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <?qbxml version="7.0"?>
  <QBXML>
      <QBXMLMsgsRq onError="stopOnError">
          <ItemQueryRq>
              <FullName>Joe Jones</FullName>
              <OwnerID>0</OwnerID>
          </ItemQueryRq>
      </QBXMLMsgsRq>
  </QBXML>
 End Sub
 ReadOnly Property XMLName() As String
     Get
         Dim name = From someXML In myXML...<ItemQueryRq> Select someXML.<FullName>
         Return name.First.Value
     End Get
 End Property

But when I try to convert to C# like this

System.Xml.Linq.XDocument myXML;
        
        public void MakeSomeXML()
        {
            System.Xml.Linq.XDocument myXML = System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Parse(
            @" <?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8""?>
                <?qbxml version=""7.0""?>
                    <QBXML>
                        <QBXMLMsgsRq onError=""stopOnError"">
                        <ItemQueryRq>
                            <FullName>Joe Jones</FullName>
                            <OwnerID>0</OwnerID>
                        </ItemQueryRq>
                    </QBXMLMsgsRq>
                </QBXML>");
        }
        public string XMLName
        {
            get
            {
                string name = from someXML in myXML...<ItemQueryRq> select someXML.<FullName>;
                              return name;
            }
        }

C# chokes badly on the linq syntax after 'from someXML in myXML' and the intellisense in C# does not show '...<>' as it does in VB. the syntax is seemingly not at all similar.

So two questions:
1) am I missing something obvious?
2) if not, what is the proper/best way to approach this in C#? The LINQ syntax in the C# example is obviously wrong, is it correctable or am I on a totally wrong path? Should I use a 'from someXML in myXML' type of statement buth with a different syntax? Use XMLReader instead? Use XPath?

Thanks much.