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Guide to locating | Guide to locating citizenship or naturalization records for ancestry, family history, and genealogy research. | ||
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==What | ==What Citizenship or Naturalization Records Are== | ||
===United States===*Naturalization is the '''''legal process''''' our immigrant ancestors went through to become citizens of the United States. Becoming naturalized meant our foreign-born ancestors could vote, run for a government office, serve on a jury, pay taxes, receive the protection of the law. | ===United States=== | ||
*Naturalization is the '''''legal process''''' our immigrant ancestors went through to become citizens of the United States. Becoming naturalized meant our foreign-born ancestors could vote, run for a government office, serve on a jury, pay taxes, receive the protection of the law. | |||
*The choice by an ancestor to become a citizen of the United States affected their lives and is an essential part of their story that you will want to document. | *The choice by an ancestor to become a citizen of the United States affected their lives and is an essential part of their story that you will want to document. | ||
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*Information in '''early passports''' included the individual’s name, a description of the individual, and their age. Later passports included a birth place and birth date, naturalization information, and arrival information if foreign born. | *Information in '''early passports''' included the individual’s name, a description of the individual, and their age. Later passports included a birth place and birth date, naturalization information, and arrival information if foreign born. | ||
===Other Countries=== | ===Other Countries=== | ||
While most countries had a process for immigrants to become citizens, some countries (such as Germany) kept citizenship listings for all their citizens and provided proof of citizenship documents for all. Interestingly, citizenship for families in Switzerland was held by town as documented in the [http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/famn/?lg=e Register of Swiss Surnames]. | |||
==Found in Citizenship and Naturalization Records== | |||
===United States=== | |||
*Before 1906, a '''declaration of intent''' will give name, the home country, and the date. | |||
*A petition will give name, date and place of birth, occupation, date and port of arrival, and names of witnesses (frequently relatives). | |||
*Starting in 1907, the information in the '''petition''' became much more detailed, including: | |||
:Name | |||
:Date and place of birth | |||
:Spouses's name | |||
:Date and place of birth | |||
:Date of arrival | |||
:Port of arrival | |||
:Ship's name | |||
:All children's names and ages, and whether foreign born or U.S. | |||
*Information in early '''passports''' included the individual’s name, a description of the individual, and their age. Later passports included a birth place and birth date, naturalization information, and arrival information if foreign born. | |||
===Other Countries=== | |||
Content varies for other countries, but may include some or most of the above items. | |||
==How to Find Citizenship and Naturalization Records== | |||
==How | |||
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|<span style="color:DarkViolet"> ''' | |<span style="color:DarkViolet"> ''' Some citizenship/naturalization records are online. You should consult the Wiki article on citizenship records for each country to understand how to find and search its citizenship records that are held in other repositories but not published online.</span> | ||
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===Sidebar Links to Wiki Articles=== | ===United Sates Nationwide Collections=== | ||
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10024/us-naturalization-records?s=275764761 U.S. Naturalization Records], index & images ($) | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1174 U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925] index & images ($). Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10720/united-states-passport-applications-1795-1925?s=275764761 MyHeritage.comn], index & images ($) | |||
*[https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/aliens Alien Registration, 1940-1944] | |||
===Sidebar Links to Wiki Articles for U.S. Individual States and Other Country Collections=== | |||
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<center> <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''See the links to | <center> <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''See the links to citizenship records information in the right sidebar in this typical Wiki main page.'''</span><center> | ||
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[[Category:Naturalization and Citizenship Records by Country]] | |||
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