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Depending on the court, their records can be housed in the court it originated or the National Archives Northeast Region (Boston). Many naturalization records are microfilmed and are at National Archive regional branches and the Family History Library. More and more microfilmed records are being digitized and are now available online. | Depending on the court, their records can be housed in the court it originated or the National Archives Northeast Region (Boston). Many naturalization records are microfilmed and are at National Archive regional branches and the Family History Library. More and more microfilmed records are being digitized and are now available online. | ||
[http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_tools_nysa_path_nat.shtml Pathfinder to New York Naturalization Records] - provided by the New York State Archives | [http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_tools_nysa_path_nat.shtml Pathfinder to New York Naturalization Records] - provided by the New York State Archives <br> | ||
==== Websites ==== | ==== Websites ==== | ||
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::*Petitions for Naturalization, 1846-1876; 1906-1911 <br> | ::*Petitions for Naturalization, 1846-1876; 1906-1911 <br> | ||
U.S. District Court for the Southern District included counties: [[Bronx County, New York|Bronx]], [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess]], [[New York (Manhattan) County, New York|New York (Manhattan)]], [[Orange County, New York|Orange]], [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam]], [[Rockland County, New York|Rockland]], [[Sullivan County, New York|Sullivan]], [[Ulster County, New York|Ulster]], and [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]] counties. <br> | |||
Use FHL Film 1522691 to access Index to Petitions (1824-1941) in the film collection at the Family History Library, or FamilySearch.org to access the index on Fold3.com. Also indexed on Italiangen.org – Naturalization Records. Use FHL Film 1468586 to access Declaration of Intentions: 1845-1911 in the film collection at the Family History Library Declarations of Intention, 1924-1925 Use FHL Film 1487354 to access Alphabetical Index to Declarations of Intentions: 1917-1950 (NARA M1675) in the film collection at the Family History Library, or FamilySearch.org to access the index on Fold3.com. Also indexed in the U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) for the years 1917-1950 on Ancestry.com Alphabetical Index to Petitions for Naturalization: 1846-1876, 1906-1911 ( Use FHL Film 1522858 Items 2-3 to access Declaration of Intentions: 1845-1911 in the film collection at the Family History Library. Also indexed on Italiangen.org – Naturalization Records. | |||
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York<br> | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York<br> | ||
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::*Petitions for Naturalization, 1865-1991<br> | ::*Petitions for Naturalization, 1865-1991<br> | ||
::*Transfer Petitions for Naturalization, 1952-1992<br> | ::*Transfer Petitions for Naturalization, 1952-1992<br> | ||
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District included counties: [[Brooklyn, New York|Kings (Brooklyn)]], [[Queens County, New York|Queens]], [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]], [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk]], and [[Richmond (Staten Island) County, New York|Richmond (Staten Island)]] counties. <br> ''Records and Indexes:'' <br> | |||
:Final Petition and Citizenship Papers, 1865-1958, Index 1925-1957 <br> | |||
::*{{RecordSearch|1840491|On Historical Records}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch.org] - free, images and index; <br> | |||
::*[http://www.italiangen.org/EDNSEARCH.asp ItalianGen.org] - index only; <br> | |||
::*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1192 Ancestry.com] - index only <br> | |||
::*[http://www.archives.gov/northeast/nyc/finding-aids/naturalization-holdings.html National Archives NARA M1164] on microfilm - images and index; <br> | |||
::*{{FHL|988724|disp=FHL film 2209515 (first of 1,573)}}; <br> | |||
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York<br> | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York<br> | ||
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::*Military Petitions-World War I, World War II and Korean War Petitions for Naturalization, 1903-1966<br> | ::*Military Petitions-World War I, World War II and Korean War Petitions for Naturalization, 1903-1966<br> | ||
::*Repatriations, 1937-1970<br> | ::*Repatriations, 1937-1970<br> | ||
<br> U.S. District Court for the Western District included counties: [[Allegany County, New York|Allegany]], [[Cattaraugus County, New York|Cattaraugus]], [[Chautauqua County, New York|Chautauqua]], [[Chemung County, New York|Chemung]], [[Erie County, New York|Erie]], [[Genesee County, New York|Genesee]], [[Livingston County, New York|Livingston]], [[Monroe County, New York|Monroe]], [[Niagara County, New York|Niagara]], [[Ontario County, New York|Ontario]], [[Orleans County, New York|Orleans]], [[Schuyler County, New York|Schuyler]], [[Seneca County, New York|Seneca]], [[Steuben County, New York|Steuben]], [[Wayne County, New York|Wayne]], [[Wyoming County, New York|Wyoming]], and [[Yates County, New York|Yates]] counties.<ref>"Western District Federal Court Naturalization," ''Italian Genealogical Group,'' accessed 2 December 2011, http://www.italiangen.org/WDN.STM.</ref><br> | |||
Alphabetical Index to Petitions for Naturalization, 1907-1966 Use FHL Film 1487354 to access Alphabetical Index to Petitions for Naturalization, 1907-1966, (NARA M1677) in the film collection at the Family History Library, or FamilySearch.org to access the index on Fold3.com. Also indexed in the U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) for the years 1906-1966 on Ancestry.com and for the years 1903 to 1966 on Italiangen.org – Naturalization Records. The Italiangen.org Index gives the petition number but not the county of residence. | |||
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York<br> | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York<br> | ||
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:Records:<br> | :Records:<br> | ||
::*Petitions for Naturalization, 1821-1855; 1906<br> | ::*Petitions for Naturalization, 1821-1855; 1906<br> | ||
U.S. District Court for the Northern District included counties: [[Albany County, New York|Albany]], [[Broome County, New York|Broome]], [[Cayuga County, New York|Cayuga]], [[Chenango County, New York|Chenango]], [[Clinton County, New York|Clinton]], [[Columbia County, New York|Columbia]], [[Cortland County, New York|Cortland]], [[Delaware County, New York|Delaware]], [[Essex County, New York|Essex]], [[Franklin County, New York|Franklin]], [[Fulton County, New York|Fulton]], [[Greene County, New York|Greene]], [[Hamilton County, New York|Hamilton]], [[Herkimer County, New York|Herkimer]], [[Madison County, New York|Madison]], [[Montgomery County, New York|Montgomery]], [[Oneida County, New York|Oneida]], [[Onondaga County, New York|Onondaga]], [[Otsego County, New York|Otsego]], [[Oswego County, New York|Oswego]], [[Rensselaer County, New York|Rensselaer]], [[Saratoga County, New York|Saratoga]], [[Schenectady County, New York|Schenectady]], [[Schoharie County, New York|Schoharie]], [[Tioga County, New York|Tioga]], [[Tompkins County, New York|Tompkins]], [[Ulster County, New York|Ulster]], [[Warren County, New York|Warren]], and [[Washington County, New York|Washington]] Counties. | |||
No naturalizations from the Northern District of New York are available at the Family History Library and none are imaged on Fold3.com or Ancestry.com. Italiangen.org has Northern District Court of NY Naturalization Project, which is an index to Naturalization Records between 1821 and 1855 from the Northern District Courts. The index contains 208 records which were filed by date and does not contain the petition number or county of residence of the petitioner. | |||
==== Family History Library ==== | ==== Family History Library ==== | ||
''New York City Records''<br> | ''New York City Records''<br> | ||
*Works Projects Administration (W.P.A.) Index([[Soundex|Soundex]]) to Naturalization Records, 1792–1906: | *Works Projects Administration (W.P.A.) Index([[Soundex|Soundex]]) to Naturalization Records, 1792–1906: | ||
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:Queens County Surrogate's Court (1888–1898)<br> | :Queens County Surrogate's Court (1888–1898)<br> | ||
:Richmond County Court (1869–1906) (on 294 FHL films) | :Richmond County Court (1869–1906) (on 294 FHL films) | ||
*New York County Index to Naturalization Records, 1792–1906: | *New York County Index to Naturalization Records, 1792–1906: | ||
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==== United States Citizenship and Immigration Services - Post 1906 ==== | ==== United States Citizenship and Immigration Services - Post 1906 ==== | ||
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