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The same office holds records created after 1917. These records are more detailed and include a person’s family name, given name, date and place of birth, date of entry into Canada, and sometimes the spouse’s or children’s names. To obtain naturalization records, a resident or citizen of Canada must submit an Access to Information Request Form, available at Canadian post offices. | The same office holds records created after 1917. These records are more detailed and include a person’s family name, given name, date and place of birth, date of entry into Canada, and sometimes the spouse’s or children’s names. To obtain naturalization records, a resident or citizen of Canada must submit an Access to Information Request Form, available at Canadian post offices. | ||
Obee published an index of naturalizations mentioned in the ''Canada Gazette'' between 1915 and 1951: | |||
*Obee, Dave. ''Naturalization and Citizenship Indexes in the Canada Gazette, 1915-1951: A Finding Aid''. Victoria, British Columbia : Dave Obee, c1999. {{FHL|837659|item|disp=FHL Book 971 P42o}} | |||
Naturalization records of Canadians who moved to the United States may be an excellent source for the town or city where your ancestor was born (especially records after 1906). See [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship]]. A high percentage of those named in the Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791–1906 are of Canadian origin. Film numbers of the 117 microfilms (Family History Library microfilms 1429671{{FHL|19737|title-id|disp=–1429787}}) are in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under any New England state, such as: | Naturalization records of Canadians who moved to the United States may be an excellent source for the town or city where your ancestor was born (especially records after 1906). See [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship]]. A high percentage of those named in the Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791–1906 are of Canadian origin. Film numbers of the 117 microfilms (Family History Library microfilms 1429671{{FHL|19737|title-id|disp=–1429787}}) are in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under any New England state, such as: | ||