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=== Online Resources ===


== Availability  ==
*'''1795-1925''' {{RecordSearch|2185145|United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Passport Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1881-1983''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61207 New Mexico, Federal Naturalization Records, 1881-1983], index & images ($).
*'''1882-1983''' {{RecordSearch|2187007|New Mexico Naturalization Records, 1882-1983}} at FamilySearch - [[New Mexico, Naturalization Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1918''' {{RecordSearch|1858291|United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
*'''1944-2003''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=62493 U.S., Index to Alien Case Files, 1944-2003] at Ancestry — index($)


The Spanish Archives and the Mexican Archives contain naturalization records for the years that Spain and Mexico governed the area. The Mexican Archives also has some naturalization papers from the 1870s to 1912.
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For records after 1850,&nbsp;contact the county clerk or the clerk of the nearest district court of New Mexico. The Family History Library does not have copies of these records. Declarations and petitions filed between 1882 and 1917 in the seven U.S. judicial district courts for the Territory of New Mexico are at the [[National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver)|National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver)]].
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== Post-1906 Records  ==
=== Availability ===


In 1906 the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) was created, forms were standardized and duplicate copies of naturalization records were created by the courts and sent to the INS. For access to these&nbsp;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].&nbsp;
The Spanish Archives and the Mexican Archives contain naturalization records for the years that Spain and Mexico governed the area. The Mexican Archives also has some naturalization papers from the 1870s to 1912.  


== Websites  ==
For records after 1850, contact the county clerk or the clerk of the nearest district court of New Mexico. The FamilySearch Library does not have copies of these records. Declarations and petitions filed between 1882 and 1917 in the seven U.S. judicial district courts for the Territory of New Mexico are at the [[National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver)|National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver)]].
 
=== Post-1906 Records  ===
 
In 1906 the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) was created, forms were standardized and duplicate copies of naturalization records were created by the courts and sent to the INS. For access to these records, use the [https://www.uscis.gov/genealogy Genealogy Program] at [http://www.uscis.gov www.uscis.gov].
 
== Websites  ===


*[http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives]. See [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/085.html "Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service"]
*[http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives]. See [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/085.html "Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service"]
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*[[National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver)]]. See also the [http://www.archives.gov/rocky-mountain/ National Archives at Denver] website.
*[[National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver)]]. See also the [http://www.archives.gov/rocky-mountain/ National Archives at Denver] website.


== References ==
=== References ===


*''[[New Mexico Genealogy|New Mexico]] Research Outline. ''Salt Lake City,&nbsp;Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family&nbsp;History&nbsp;Department, 1998, 2001. (NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into the FamilySearch Wiki and is being updated as time permits.)
*''[[New Mexico Genealogy|New Mexico]] Research Outline. ''Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. (NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into the FamilySearch Wiki and is being updated as time permits.)


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The Spanish Archives and the Mexican Archives contain naturalization records for the years that Spain and Mexico governed the area. The Mexican Archives also has some naturalization papers from the 1870s to 1912.

For records after 1850, contact the county clerk or the clerk of the nearest district court of New Mexico. The FamilySearch Library does not have copies of these records. Declarations and petitions filed between 1882 and 1917 in the seven U.S. judicial district courts for the Territory of New Mexico are at the National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver).

Post-1906 Records[edit | edit source]

In 1906 the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) was created, forms were standardized and duplicate copies of naturalization records were created by the courts and sent to the INS. For access to these records, use the Genealogy Program at www.uscis.gov.

Websites =[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  • New Mexico Research Outline. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. (NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into the FamilySearch Wiki and is being updated as time permits.)