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Naturalizations
The Naturalization Act of 1802 established the three-part naturalization
process which remains in effect today. Aliens must declare their intention to
become a citizen, observe a required residence period, and then petition an
authorized court for admission to citizenship. In character, this process is
both judicial (occurring before and by order of a court) and administrative
(being under the supervision of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
of the Department of Justice).
Initially, the alien files a Declaration of Intention with an authorized court,
indicating his or her intention to become a citizen, to renounce all allegiance
to any foreign state, and to renounce any foreign title or order of nobility.
Then, at least two years after making this declaration (but, after 1906, no more
than seven years later), an alien who has been a resident of the United States
for at least five years may petition the court for admission to citizenship
(since 1941, the requirements to file a Declaration of Intention has been
abolished and the residency record shortened for the spouses of citizens). This
Petition includes both the applicant’s oath and the affidavits of two witnesses
who attest to the residency and good character of the petitioner. Finally, if
the petition is accepted, the court issues an order admitting the individual to
citizenship.
- Books and Research Guides
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Ancestry.com
- Alabama
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Birmingham Public Library
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Madison County Records Center
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Idaho
- Illinois
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State Archives
Norton
Building,
Capitol Complex,
Springfield, IL
62756
Phone: (217) 782-4682
Fax: (217) 524-3930
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Clinton County Illinois Naturalizations
(Part of
ILGenWeb)
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DuPage County Genealogical Society
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Naturalization Papers, 1863-1905
(hosted at
Yesterdays of Hamilton County, IL)
- Iroquois
County, IL, Index of Petitions for
Naturalization, 1867-1931 (hosted at
Iroquois County Genealogical Society)
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Iroquois County, Naturalized Citizens
(hosted at
Iroquois County Genealogical Society)
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Jefferson County, Illinois, Declarations
of Intent (Part of
ILGenWeb)
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Macoupin County, Illinois Naturalization
Records (Part of
ILGenWeb)
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McLean County Circuit Clerk, Immigration
Records
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Morgan County, Illinois Naturalization
Records (Part of
ILGenWeb)
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St. Clair County, Naturalization Records,
1838-1844 (hosted at
Illinois Trails)
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St. Clair County Applications for
Citizenship (hosted at
Illinois Trails)
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Saline County, Illinois Declaration of
Intention (Part of
ILGenWeb)
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Sangamon County, Illinois Naturalization
Records, 1862-1864 (Part of
ILGenWeb)
- Indiana
- Iowa
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National Archives, Central Plains
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State Library of Iowa
Ola
Babcock Miller Building,
1112 E. Grand Ave.,
Des Moines, IA 50319-0233
Phone: (515) 281-4105 or 1
(800) 248-4483
Fax: (515) 281-6191
E-mail:
carol.simmons@lib.state.ia.us
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Iowa Declarations and Naturalization
Petitions (hosted at
Sampubco)
- Allamakee County Naturalization Petitions
- Jackson County Declarations of Intent, 1906
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A-Z
- Naturalization Petitions, 1906
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Jasper County, Iowa Naturalization
Record, 1887-1895 (Part of the
IAGenWeb)
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Linn County, Iowa Court Records,
Naturalizations A-Z (Part of the
IAGenWeb)
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
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Maryland Naturalization Records
1906-1930
This database contains records of
Maryland declarations of intention,
petitions for naturalization, oaths of
allegiance, and occasionally supporting
documents such as certificates of
arrival.
- Maryland State Archives
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
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National Archives, Central Plains
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Cape Girardeau Petitions, Name Index to
Naturalization petitions, 1908-1979
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Hannibal Petitions, Name Index to
Naturalization petitions, 1907-1973
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Jefferson City Petitions Name Index to
Naturalization petitions, 1938-1982
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Joplin Petitions, Name Index to
Naturalization petitions, 1931-1969
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St. Joseph Petitions, Name Index to
Naturalization petitions, 1908-1976
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St. Louis, Name Index to
Naturalizations, US Circuit and US
District Courts, Eastern District of
Missouri, 1846-1890
- Missouri State Archives
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Missouri Declarations Naturalization
Petitions (hosted at
Sampubco)
- St. Joseph US District Courts
- US District Court, Eastern Division,
Declarations of Intent (hosted at
St. Louis County Library)
- St Louis (before1906)
- US Circuit Court Declarations of
Intention
- US District Court Declarations
of Intention
- US Circuit Court
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Naturalization Index
- Stubs from Naturalization
Certificates
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Chariton County Naturalization Records
(Part of the
MOGenWeb)
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Green County Naturalization Records
(hosted at
Ozarks Digital Library)
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Perry County, Missouri Naturalization
Records (Part of the
MOGenWeb)
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St. Charles County Naturalization
Records (hosted at
St. Charles County Historical Society)
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
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Arizona (formed from New Mexico
Territory)
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Santa Ana
- Sandoval, Naturalization
Petitions, Post 1906
- New York
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New York Oaths, 1664 (hosted at
Genealogy Quest)
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Index to Brooklyn Naturalization Records,
Kings County Clerk's Office (hosted at
Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc)
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Albany County Clerk, New York
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Westchester County New York Archives
- Naturalization Records,
1808-1927
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Ulster County Clerk Archives Division
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New York Declarations and Naturalization
Index (hosted at
Sampubco)
- Southern District
- Post 1906 Naturalization
Petitions
- Allegany County - Old
- Declarations of Intention, 1906
- Petitions for Naturalization,
1906
- Broome County
- Petitions for Naturalization
1906
- Cattaraugus
- Petitions for
Naturalization, 1906
- Cayuga
- Petitions for
Naturalization, 1906
- Chautauqua
- Petitions for
Naturalization, 1906
- Chenango
- Declarations of Intention,
1906
- Petitions for
Naturalization, 1906
- Greene
- Declarations of Intentions,
1906
- Jefferson
- Declarations of Intentions,
1906
- Wyoming
- Declarations of Intention
1906
- Petitions for
Naturalizations, 1906
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
-
Alexandria Library
- Index to Naturalization
Petitions, US District Court,
Eastern District of Virginia,
Alexandria, 1909-1929
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Washington
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
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