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| CID = CID3037614 | | CID = CID3037614 | ||
| title = Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Naturalization Card File Index, 1906-1990 | | title = Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Naturalization Card File Index, 1906-1990 | ||
| location = Pittsburgh (Allegheny | | location = Pittsburgh (Allegheny) | ||
| LOC_01 = Pennsylvania | | LOC_01 = Pennsylvania | ||
| LOC_02 = Allegheny | | LOC_02 = Allegheny | ||
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| FS_URL_01 = [[GuidedResearch:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Guided Research]] | | FS_URL_01 = [[GuidedResearch:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Guided Research]] | ||
| FS_URL_02 = [[Pennsylvania Research Tips and Strategies#Pennsylvania Record Finder|Pennsylvania Record Finder]] | | FS_URL_02 = [[Pennsylvania Research Tips and Strategies#Pennsylvania Record Finder|Pennsylvania Record Finder]] | ||
| FS_URL_03 = [[Pennsylvania | | FS_URL_03 = [[Pennsylvania Research Tips and Strategies]] | ||
| FS_URL_04 = [[Step-by-Step Pennsylvania Research, 1880-Present | | FS_URL_04 = [[Step-by-Step Pennsylvania Research, 1880-Present]] | ||
| FS_URL_05 = [[Pennsylvania, United States Genealogy]] | | FS_URL_05 = [[Pennsylvania, United States Genealogy]] | ||
| FS_URL_06 = [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] | | FS_URL_06 = [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] | ||
| FS_URL_07 = [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship]] | | FS_URL_07 = [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship]] | ||
| FS_URL_08 = [[Pennsylvania | | FS_URL_08 = [[Pennsylvania Naturalization and Citizenship]] | ||
| FS_URL_09 = | | FS_URL_09 = [[Beginning Research in United States Naturalization Records]] | ||
| FS_URL_10 = | | FS_URL_10 = [[United States Naturalization Types]] | ||
| FS_URL_11 = | | FS_URL_11 = [[Naturalization Terms and Acronyms]] | ||
| FS_URL_12 = | | FS_URL_12 = [[United States Naturalization Laws]] | ||
| FS_URL_13 = | | FS_URL_13 = [[Tracing Immigrants Arrival Naturalization and Citizenship]] | ||
| FS_URL_14 = | | FS_URL_14 = | ||
| FS_URL_15 = | | FS_URL_15 = [[Pennsylvania Archives and Libraries]] | ||
| RW_URL_01 = [ | | Coverage = | ||
| Inventory = [[Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Naturalization Card File Index - Inventory|Inventory]] | |||
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| RW_URL_01 = [https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Naturalization-Immigration.aspx Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission] | |||
| RW_URL_02 = [https://www.archives.gov/files/research/naturalization/420-major-immigration-laws.pdf U.S. Laws Relating to Immigration and Naturalization] | | RW_URL_02 = [https://www.archives.gov/files/research/naturalization/420-major-immigration-laws.pdf U.S. Laws Relating to Immigration and Naturalization] | ||
| RW_URL_03 = | | RW_URL_03 = [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007074288 Hathi Trust Digital Library] | ||
| RW_URL_04 = | | RW_URL_04 = [https://www.alleghenycounty.us/court-records/wills/naturalization-records.aspx Allegheny Naturalization Record] | ||
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| custodian = | | custodian = United States District Court, Pittsburg, PA | ||
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== What is in This Collection? == | == What is in This Collection? == | ||
These records are a card index to the naturalization petitions found in the U.S. District Courts and Circuit Courts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the years 1906-1990. The names in this collection are not always in strict alphabetical order. Microfilm originals of these records are in the clerk's office of the U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh. For the actual petitions, check the author-title catalog under "United States. District Court (Pennsylvania: Western District), Naturalization Petitions, 1820-1931" and "United States. Circuit Court (Pennsylvania: Western District), Naturalization petitions and records, 1910-1911." | These records are a card index to the naturalization petitions found in the U.S. District Courts and Circuit Courts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the years 1906-1990. The names in this collection are not always in strict alphabetical order. Microfilm originals of these records are in the clerk's office of the U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh. For the actual petitions, check the author-title catalog under "United States. District Court (Pennsylvania: Western District), Naturalization Petitions, 1820-1931" and "United States. Circuit Court (Pennsylvania: Western District), Naturalization petitions and records, 1910-1911." See FamilySearch Collections - FamilySearch Catalog below. | ||
=== Image Visibility === | {{HR Add}} | ||
=== Index and Image Visibility === | |||
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== What Can These Records Tell Me? == | == What Can These Records Tell Me? == | ||
The following information may be found in these records: | The following information may be found in these records: | ||
*Name | *Name | ||
*Age | *Age | ||
*Date of birth | *Date of birth | ||
*Residence city and state | *Residence city and state | ||
== Collection Content == | == Collection Content == | ||
=== Sample Image === | === Sample Image === | ||
<gallery perrow="3" heights="120px" widths="160px"> | <gallery perrow="3" heights="120px" widths="160px"> | ||
Image:Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Naturalization Card File Index, 1906-1990.jpeg|1952 Naturalization Card | Image:Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Naturalization Card File Index, 1906-1990.jpeg|1952 Naturalization Card | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== Inventory === | |||
For a list of all the titles included in this Historical Records publication see [[Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Naturalization Card File Index - Inventory]] | |||
== How Do I Search This Collection? == | == How Do I Search This Collection? == | ||
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*Place of residence | *Place of residence | ||
*The approximate date of naturalization | *The approximate date of naturalization | ||
=== Search the Index === | === Search the Index === | ||
{{Search Collection Link | {{Search Collection Link | CID=CID3037614 }} | ||
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=== How Do I Analyze the Results? === | === How Do I Analyze the Results? === | ||
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. | Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. | ||
Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log | research log]]. | Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log | research log]]. | ||
== What Do I Do Next? == | == What Do I Do Next? == | ||
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | === I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | ||
*Add any new information to your records | |||
*Use the information to find vital records | *Use the information to find vital records | ||
*Use the information to find additional family members in census records | *Use the information to find additional family members in census records | ||
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*Standard spelling of names typically did not exist. Try variations of your ancestor’s name | *Standard spelling of names typically did not exist. Try variations of your ancestor’s name | ||
*Remember that sometimes individuals went by [http://usgenweb.org/research/nicknames.html nicknames] or alternated between using first and middle names, or even initials | *Remember that sometimes individuals went by [http://usgenweb.org/research/nicknames.html nicknames] or alternated between using first and middle names, or even initials | ||
=== Research Helps === | === Research Helps === | ||
The following articles will help you | The following articles will help you research your family in the state of [[Pennsylvania, United States Genealogy|Pennsylvania]]. | ||
* [[GuidedResearch:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Guided Research]] | * [[GuidedResearch:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Guided Research]] | ||
* [[Pennsylvania | * [[Pennsylvania Research Tips and Strategies]] | ||
* [[Step-by-Step Pennsylvania Research, 1880-Present | * [[Step-by-Step Pennsylvania Research, 1880-Present]] | ||
== | == Other FamilySearch Collections == | ||
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research. | |||
=== FamilySearch Catalog === | |||
*''American Naturalization Records, 1790-1990: what they are and how to use them'', John J. Newman. Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998. {{FSC|736837|title-id|disp=FS Library book 973 P47na}} | |||
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*''They became Americans: finding naturalization records and ethnic origins'', Loretto Dennis Szucs. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, 1998. {{FSC|719682title-id|disp=FS Library book 973 P47t}} | |||
*'''United States District Court. Western District''' | |||
*{{FSC|575534|item|disp=U.S. District Court. Western District, Naturalization card file index, 1906-1990}} | |||
*{{FSC|452615|item|disp=Indexes to registers and registers of declarations of intention and petitions for naturalization of the U. S. District and Circuit Courts for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1820-1906 : NARA RG21 publication M1208}} | |||
*{{FSC|558485|item|disp=U.S. District Court. Western District, Naturalization records, 1820-1935}} | |||
*{{FSC|587415|item|disp=U.S. District Court. Western District, Naturalization petitions and records, 1910-1911}} | |||
*''' Court of Common Pleas''' | |||
*{{FSC|594893|item|disp=Allegheny County, Court of Common Pleas, Naturalization docket, 1799-1906, and declarations of intentions, 1883-1906}} | |||
*{{FSC|558482|item|disp=Allegheny County, Court of common Pleas, Naturalization declarations of intention and petitions, 1798-1910}} | |||
*{{FSC|11114|item|disp=compiled by members of the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, ''A list of immigrants who applied for naturalization papers in the district courts of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania : 1798-1840'' 7 volumes. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, c1978-1982 FS Library 974.885 P4L}} v. 1. 1798-1840 -- v. 2. 1841-1855 -- v. 3. 1856-1869 -- v. 4. 1870-1879 -- v. 5. 1880-1887 -- v. 6. 1888-1891 -- v. 7. 1892-1906 | |||
=== FamilySearch Historical Records === | |||
*{{RecordSearch|1937344|Pennsylvania, Eastern District Naturalization Indexes, 1795-1952}} | |||
*{{RecordSearch|1913395|Pennsylvania, Eastern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1795-1931}} | |||
=== FamilySearch Digital Library === | |||
*{{FSC|477392|item|disp=''Directory of courts having jurisdiction in naturalization proceedings''U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1963}} | |||
*{{FSC|28413|item|disp=''The United States courts : their jurisdiction and work''Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office (United States), 1975}} | |||
== Citing This Collection == | |||
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. | |||
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{{Record_Citation}} | {{Record_Citation}} | ||