AUSTRALIAN NATURALIZATION
Australian Jewish Records
CANADIAN NATURALIZATION
Canadian Naturalization Records
Department of Citizenship and Immigration of Canada
If you are a Canadian Citizen you can request information under the Access to Information Act. You need to fill out a very short application, available at any library and mail it to:
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Public Rights Administration
300 Slater St, 3rd Floor, Section D
Ottawa, ON K1A 1L1
1940 Canadian National Registration File
Census Pension Searches Unit
Census Operations Division
Statistics Canada
B1E-34, Jean Talon Building
Tunney's Pasture
Ottawa, ON K1A 0T6
Payment must be included with your request. Call them for an application request form and their current fees. The number is 613-951-9483.
The information requested on the form is:
The given name of the person for whom you are seeking the file, their date/place of birth, their parents given names, their parents date/place of birth, their siblings given names, their siblings date/place of birth, their spouse's name, their marriage date/place, their children's full names and MOST IMPORTANTLY - WHERE THEY WERE LIVING IN 1940. You're also asked why you are requesting the information.
You must include proof of death. A copy of the obituary or a photograph of the tombstone is okay. If the person was born over 100 years ago they do not require proof of death.
If they do not find a file for your person they will refund their fees! It takes approximately 6 weeks to receive the information.
FRENCH
Centre de Recherche des Archives Nationales
11, rue des Quatre Fils
75003 Paris, France
Tel. 01 40 27 4 19
US NATURALIZATION
There are THREE documents to obtain for Naturalization:
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Declaration of Intent filed first and called First Papers. Here renouncement to a foreign government and intent to become a United States citizen were pledged. This was usually two years before application to become a citizen was done. Even if the alien never became a citizen, the Intent Papers should be on file. For more information see Tina's Research Tips.
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Petition for Naturalization was the second step filed with the court. The alien would have to had met residency requirements of five years in the United States, one year in the state, and declared intention to become citizens.
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Final Papers or Certificate granting citizenship. Be sure to get all three. The first two contain the most information, such as, full name, date of birth, place of origin, date of arrival, ship arrived on, who their sponsor was, where they were living at the time of petition.
The Declaration of Intent lists the persons name with a description of their looks (hair, complexion, scars, etc.). It lists home country, nationality, marriage date and spouse, the children with their birth dates, the date they arrived at their destination, the ship sailed on, if known, and the port.
The Petition for Naturalization lists birth date and where born, spouse and where born, race, nationality, children with dates of birth, port of departure and arrival.
Citizenship/Naturalization Papers
To write for citizenship/naturalization papers (from September 26, 1906)
Immigration & Naturalization Service
FOIA/PA Officer
Chester Arthur Building
425 I Street N.W.
ULLICO Building, 2nd Floor
Washington D.C. 20536
Phone: 202-514-3278 Fax: 202-514-3902 800-870-3676
Ask for Form G-639 or in a letter "RE: Freedom of Information Act," give name, date of birth, and place of birth, date of Naturalization if you know it.
US MILITARY NATURALIZATION
If your ancestor was naturalized on a military base, the papers would be at that county's court house. They are in a separate book from the other naturalizations, so be sure to ask them to look in the military naturalization records.
Naturalization of Members of the US Armed Forces During WW I
MISCELLANEOUS
Changing Immigrant Names
An informative article by the INS.
Cyndi’s List - Immigration and Naturalization
Citizenship Documents Issued by the INS since 1906
Examples of Naturalization Papers
Gen Swap’s Naturalization Records
How to Obtain Naturalization Records for Cook County, IL
Information on Naturalization Records
NARA - How to Obtain Naturalization Records in One Hour
Step by step instructions on how to use the NARA facility at 201 Varrick Street, NY.
NARA - Naturalization Records
Naturalization Records - State of Michigan
To order Naturalization records online:
Click on “Reseacher Services”
Click on “General Reference Services”
Click on “On-line Requests”
Click on “On-Line Reference Request Form”
US Naturalization and Citizenship Records
Utah Naturalization and Citizenship Records
Women and Naturalization 1802-1940
ONLINE DATABASES AND INDEXES
Cuyahoga Co., Ohio Naturalization Index 1818-1931
Includes Cleveland, OH.
Illinois - City of East St. Louis (St. Clair Co.) Naturalization Index, 1874–1906
Illinois - Index of Petitions for Naturalization, 1867-1931, Iroquois Co.
Illinois - Persons Who Became Naturalized Citizens of the U.S. in the Courts of Iroquois Co.
Alpha listing.
Illinois - Ogle Co. Court Naturalization Papers Index, 1872-1906
Illinois - St. Clair Co. Naturalizations, 1838-1844
Indiana Naturalizations - Naturalization Databases
Dubois, Elkhart, Hancock, Jefferson and Monroe Counties are currently online.
Indiana State Archives Naturalization Database - Prior to 1951
Kings County (Brooklyn), NY Index to Naturalization Records 1907-1924
Online database of over 245,000 individuals who were either naturalized or filed a Declaration of Intention.
Madison County, IN Naturalization Records Index 1890-1958
Albany County, NY Naturalization Records Index 1821-1906
Also contains records for the surnames A-F through 1991.
North Dakota Naturalization Records Index
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