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[[Portal:United States Naturalization|Portal:United States Naturalization ]]>[[Montana|Montana]]
=== Availability  ===
 
== Availability  ==


Naturalization records have generally been filed in the county and district courts of [[Portal:Montana|Montana]]. You can write to the clerk of the court and request a search of indexes to certificates of arrival, petitions, declarations, and final naturalization papers.  
Naturalization records have generally been filed in the county and district courts of [[Portal:Montana|Montana]]. You can write to the clerk of the court and request a search of indexes to certificates of arrival, petitions, declarations, and final naturalization papers.  
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*The four territorial district courts (1868-89). (Indexes on Family History Library film 1490886 items 1-8.)  
*The four territorial district courts (1868-89). (Indexes on Family History Library film 1490886 items 1-8.)  
*U.S. district courts in Butte (1894-1929), Great Falls (1924-26), Helena (1892-1929). (Family History Library films 1492066 items 1-4 and 1490886 items 11-27.)  
*U.S. district courts in Butte (1894-1929), Great Falls (1924-26), Helena (1892-1929). (FHL films 1492066 items 1-4 and 1490886 items 11-27.)  
*The U.S. Circuit Court (1891-98). (Family History Library films 1490886 items 9-10 and 1492068 items 1-20.)
*The U.S. Circuit Court (1891-98). (Family History Library films 1490886 items 9-10 and 1492068 items 1-20.)


== Post-1906 Records  ==
=== Post-1906 Records  ===
 
''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Montana.ASP Montana Research Outline]''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. 
 
 
In 1906 the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now United States Citizenship&nbsp;and Immigration Services)&nbsp;was created, forms were standardized and courts sent duplicate copies of naturalization records to the INS. To access these records, use the [http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=d21f3711ca5ca110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=d21f3711ca5ca110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD Genealogy Program] at [http://www.uscis.gov www.uscis.gov], fill it out and send it to the address listed on the form.&nbsp; <!--{12082743044371} --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->
 
== References  ==
 
''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Montana.ASP Montana Research Outline]''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.&nbsp;


In 1906 the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now United States Citizenship&nbsp;and Immigration Services)&nbsp;was created, forms were standardized and courts sent duplicate copies of naturalization records to the INS. To access these records, download a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) form from [http://www.uscis.gov www.uscis.gov], fill it out and send it to the address listed on the form.&nbsp; <!--{12082743044371} --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->


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