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When you have located your ancestor’s naturalization record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. | When you have located your ancestor’s naturalization record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. | ||
=== 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 naturalization records to: | *Use naturalization records to: | ||
*Learn an immigrant’s place of origin | **Learn an immigrant’s place of origin | ||
*Confirm their date of arrival | **Confirm their date of arrival | ||
*Learn foreign and “Americanized” names | **Learn foreign and “Americanized” names | ||
*Find records in his or her country of origin such as emigrations, port records, or ship’s manifests | **Find records in his or her country of origin such as emigrations, port records, or ship’s manifests | ||
*Look for the Declaration of Intent soon after the immigrant arrived, and then look for the Naturalization Petition five years later, when the residency requirement would have been met. Look for naturalization records in federal courts and then in state, county, or city courts | **Look for the Declaration of Intent soon after the immigrant arrived, and then look for the Naturalization Petition five years later, when the residency requirement would have been met. Look for naturalization records in federal courts and then in state, county, or city courts | ||
*An individual may have filed the first and final papers in different courts and sometimes in a different state if the person moved Immigrants who were younger than 18 when they arrived did not need to file a Declaration of Intent as part of the process. | *An individual may have filed the first and final papers in different courts and sometimes in a different state if the person moved Immigrants who were younger than 18 when they arrived did not need to file a Declaration of Intent as part of the process. | ||
*If your ancestor had a common name, be sure to look at all the entries for a name before you decide which is correct | *If your ancestor had a common name, be sure to look at all the entries for a name before you decide which is correct | ||
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*The witnesses named on naturalization records may have been older relatives of the person in the naturalization process. Search for their naturalizations | *The witnesses named on naturalization records may have been older relatives of the person in the naturalization process. Search for their naturalizations | ||
*You may want to obtain the naturalization records of every person who shares your ancestor’s surname if they lived in the same county or nearby. You may not know how or if they are related, but the information could lead you to more information about your own ancestors | *You may want to obtain the naturalization records of every person who shares your ancestor’s surname if they lived in the same county or nearby. You may not know how or if they are related, but the information could lead you to more information about your own ancestors | ||
=== I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now? === | === I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now? === | ||
*Check for variant spellings. Realize that the indexes may contain inaccuracies, such as altered spellings and misinterpretations | *Check for variant spellings. Realize that the indexes may contain inaccuracies, such as altered spellings and misinterpretations | ||