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Citizenship may have been granted to individuals based on family relationship. Children under 21 years of age (until 1940) and wives of citizens (until 1922) automatically became citizens when their father or husband became a citizen. An alien woman who married a United States citizen became a United States citizen. From 1855 to 1922 a woman took the citizenship of her husband. | Citizenship may have been granted to individuals based on family relationship. Children under 21 years of age (until 1940) and wives of citizens (until 1922) automatically became citizens when their father or husband became a citizen. An alien woman who married a United States citizen became a United States citizen. From 1855 to 1922 a woman took the citizenship of her husband. | ||
'''Marrying an Alien''' | '''Marrying an Alien''' | ||
From 1907 to 1922, a woman born in the United States who married an alien lost her U.S. citizenship and became an alien. For more information, read Marion L. Smith's article, [http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1998/summer/women-and-naturalization-1.html Women and Naturalization, ca. 1802-1940]. | From 1907 to 1922, a woman born in the United States who married an alien lost her U.S. citizenship and became an alien. For more information, read Marion L. Smith's article, [http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1998/summer/women-and-naturalization-1.html Women and Naturalization, ca. 1802-1940]. | ||
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=== Colonial Records === | === Colonial Records === | ||
Most of the colonial lists of denizations and oaths of allegiance have been published and are indexed in P. William Filby's Passenger and Immigration Lists Index. It is online at [http://www.ancestry.com www.ancestry.com]. | Most of the colonial lists of denizations and oaths of allegiance have been published and are indexed in P. William Filby's Passenger and Immigration Lists Index. It is online at [http://www.ancestry.com www.ancestry.com]. | ||
== Records Before September 1906 == | == Records Before September 1906 == | ||