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Online resources[edit | edit source]

1907-1991 Rhode Island Naturalization Records 1907-1991 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1795-1925 United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1791-1906 United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at: MyHeritage($),
1787-1906 United States, New England, Petitions for Naturalization, 1787-1906, Northeast Region (including Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images
1802-1845 Rhode Island, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1802-1945, index & images ($).
1890-1992 Rhode Island, Indexes to Naturalization Records, 1890-1992 ($)
1918 United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1906-1991 Rhode Island, District Court Naturalization Indexes, 1906-1991 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images
1944-2003 U.S., Index to Alien Case Files, 1944-2003 at Ancestry — index, ($)

United States Naturalization Online Genealogy Records

Naturalization is the process of granting citizenship privileges and responsibilities to foreign-born residents. Naturalization papers are an important source of information about an immigrant's nation of origin, his foreign and "Americanized" names, residence, and date of arrival. Information in post-1906 records is more detailed and may include birth dates, birth places, and other information about the immigrant and members of his family.

Availability[edit | edit source]

Naturalization records have been filed in the town, county and district courts. Papers filed since 1729 are often found in the records of the superior courts of judicature and courts of common pleas in Rhode Island.

1906-1991 Rhode Island, District Court Naturalization Indexes, 1906-1991 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of some files, including declarations from Newport County (1888 to 1905) and Washington County (1881 to 1900). To locate county naturalization records go to the Place-names Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

RHODE ISLAND, [COUNTY] - NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP

In the late 1930s, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) copied and indexed New England naturalization records for 1791 to 1906. The copies and index are at the National Archives Northeast Region (Boston). The National Archives in Washington, D.C., and the FamilySearch Library have microfilm copies of the index:

United States, Immigration and Naturalization Service. Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906. Washington, D.C.: The National Archives, 1983. FS Library films 1429671-787.
Some of the records are more recent than 1906. The index gives the name and location of the court, the date of naturalization, and the volume and page number (or certificate number) of the naturalization record.
Also online at *FamilySearch Historical Records at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

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The National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)has records of the:

U.S. District Court (1842-44, 1888-1945)
U.S. Circuit Court (1846-84, 1893-1906)

Post-1906 Records[edit | edit source]

Copies of the district court naturalization records since 1906 have been sent to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly INS). The INS case files may include the original applications and may contain affidavits, copies of vital record certificates, photographs, emigration materials, and other information.

United States Citizenship and Immigration Service To access these case files, use the Genealogy option at the website.

National Archives—New England Region

Websites[edit | edit source]

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 *'''1791-1906''' {{RecordSearch|1840474|United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images; ''Also at: [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10694/us-naturalization-records-new-england-1791-1906 MyHeritage]($),
 *'''1787-1906''' {{RecordSearch|2064580|United States, New England, Petitions for Naturalization, 1787-1906, Northeast Region (including Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont)}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, New England, Petitions for Naturalization - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images
-*'''1802-1845''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61208 Rhode Island, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1802-1945], index and images, ($).
+*'''1802-1845''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61208 Rhode Island, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1802-1945], index & images ($).
 *'''1890-1992''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2897 Rhode Island, Indexes to Naturalization Records, 1890-1992] ($)
 *'''1918''' {{RecordSearch|1858291|United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images