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 == Before Searching For Naturalization Records You Must Know...<br>  ==
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+=== Determining if you Ancestor Naturalized ===
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+Before you search for your ancestor’s naturalization records, you should have an idea of when they immigrated to the United States.
-=== Determining if you Ancestor Naturalized<br>  ===
+Evidence that an immigrant completed citizenship requirements can be found in censuses, court minutes, homestead records, passports, voting registers, and military papers.&nbsp;Even if an immigrant ancestor did not complete the process and become a citizen, he may have begun the process and filed a declaration of intention
-<br>Before you search for your ancestor’s naturalization records, you should have an idea of when they immigrated to the United States.
+If you immigrant lived until after 1900, you should locate them on as many censuses as you can:
-Evidence that an immigrant completed citizenship requirements can be found in censuses, court minutes, homestead records, passports, voting registers, and military papers.&nbsp;Even if an immigrant ancestor did not complete the process and become a citizen, he may have begun the process and filed a declaration of intention<br>
-<br>If you immigrant lived until after 1900, you should locate them on as many censuses as you can:
 ==== Census Records – 1900 to 1930<br>  ====
-<br>The 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 Censuses each ask the year an immigrant arrived to the United States. It also asks if the individual was naturalized or not. The codes for naturalization are as follows:<br>PA: this abbreviation means the individual began the naturalized process and has submitted a declaration of intention.<br>NA: this abbreviation means that the individual has completed the naturalization process and is a US Citizen. Both a declaration of intention and a petition should be located for the individual.<br>AL: this abbreviation means the immigrant had not yet naturalized or even begun the process. Not every immigrant naturalized.<br>NR: this abbreviation means the census taker did not report the citizenship information.
+The 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 Censuses each ask the year an immigrant arrived to the United States. It also asks if the individual was naturalized or not. The codes for naturalization are as follows:<br>PA: this abbreviation means the individual began the naturalized process and has submitted a declaration of intention.<br>NA: this abbreviation means that the individual has completed the naturalization process and is a US Citizen. Both a declaration of intention and a petition should be located for the individual.<br>AL: this abbreviation means the immigrant had not yet naturalized or even begun the process. Not every immigrant naturalized.<br>NR: this abbreviation means the census taker did not report the citizenship information.
 ==== 1920 Census<br>  ====
-<br>The 1920 Census also asks the year the individual naturalized.
+The 1920 Census also asks the year the individual naturalized.
-<br>It is also helpful to know if your ancestor naturalized. Documents found in your family’s possession may indicate if your ancestor naturalized.
+It is also helpful to know if your ancestor naturalized. Documents found in your family’s possession may indicate if your ancestor naturalized.
 ==== Certificate of Naturalization or Certificate of Citizenship:<br>  ====
-<br>Certificate of Naturalization or Certificate of Citizenship indicates that your ancestor completed the process and was a naturalized citizen of the United States.
+Certificate of Naturalization or Certificate of Citizenship indicates that your ancestor completed the process and was a naturalized citizen of the United States.
 ==== Passport: <br>  ====
-<br>If you ancestor had a United States passport, your ancestor completed the naturalization process and was a US Citizen.
+If you ancestor had a United States passport, your ancestor completed the naturalization process and was a US Citizen.
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 == TIPS for Success<br>  ==