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''[[North America]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New Hampshire Genealogy|New Hampshire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Naturalization and Citizenship''' {{NH-sidebar}} | ''[[North America]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New Hampshire Genealogy|New Hampshire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Naturalization and Citizenship''' {{NH-sidebar}} | ||
=== Online resources === | |||
*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138472 New Hampshire, Naturalization and Probate Records, 1643-1948], images/no index | |||
*{{RecordSearch|2040051|New Hampshire, County Naturalization Records, 1771-2001}} Images only. | |||
*{{RecordSearch|1840474|United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906}} | |||
*{{RecordSearch|2064580|United States, New England, Petitions for Naturalization, 1787-1906, Northeast Region (including Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont)}} Browse Only.<br> | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61206 New Hampshire, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1832-1945], index and images, ($). | |||
{{Click|Image:UNa_ORP.png|United States Naturalization Online Genealogy Records|left}}<br><br><br><br><br> | {{Click|Image:UNa_ORP.png|United States Naturalization Online Genealogy Records|left}}<br><br><br><br><br> | ||
== History == | === History === | ||
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 place of origin, foreign and Americanized names, residence, and date of arrival. | 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 place of origin, foreign and Americanized names, residence, and date of arrival. | ||
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Immigrants to the United States have never been required to apply for citizenship. Of those who applied, many did not complete the requirements for citizenship. Evidence that an immigrant completed citizenship requirements can be found in censuses, court minutes, homestead records, passports, voting registers, and military papers. | Immigrants to the United States have never been required to apply for citizenship. Of those who applied, many did not complete the requirements for citizenship. Evidence that an immigrant completed citizenship requirements can be found in censuses, court minutes, homestead records, passports, voting registers, and military papers. | ||
== Availability == | === Availability === | ||
Even if an immigrant ancestor did not become a citizen, he or she may have filed a declaration, or first papers. These declaration records still exist and contain some genealogical information. | Even if an immigrant ancestor did not become a citizen, he or she may have filed a declaration, or first papers. These declaration records still exist and contain some genealogical information. | ||
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NEW HAMPSHIRE, [COUNTY]- NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP | NEW HAMPSHIRE, [COUNTY]- NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP | ||
== Post 1906 Records == | === Post 1906 Records === | ||
For naturalization records after September 1906, use the [http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=d21f3711ca5ca110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=d21f3711ca5ca110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD Genealogy Program] at the [http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis United States Citizenship and Immigration Services] (formerly INS), or the [[National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)]]. | For naturalization records after September 1906, use the [http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=d21f3711ca5ca110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=d21f3711ca5ca110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD Genealogy Program] at the [http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis United States Citizenship and Immigration Services] (formerly INS), or the [[National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)]]. | ||