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''[[United States of America|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Naturalization Records|U.S. Naturalizations]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Naturalization and Citizenship''' {{MA-sidebar}}
''[[United States of America|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Naturalization Records|U.S. Naturalizations]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Naturalization and Citizenship''' {{MA-sidebar}}
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== Availability  ==
 
=== Online Resources ===
 
*{{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.
*{{RecordSearch|1834334|Massachusetts, Naturalization Index, 1906-1966}} Index.
*[http://www.fold3.com/title_98/ma/ Index to Petitions and Records of Naturalizations of the U.S. and District Courts for the District of Massachusetts, 1907-1966] ($)
*[http://www.fold3.com/title_112/ma/ Petitions and Records of Naturalizations of the U.S. District and Circuit Courts of the District of Massachusetts, 1906-1929] ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2361 Massachusetts, Petitions and Records of Naturalizations, 1906-1929] ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2898 Massachusetts, Naturalization Records - Originals, 1906-1929] ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1192 U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes for Massachusetts, 1906-1911 - U.S. Circuit Court] ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1192 U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes for Massachusetts, 1906-1966 - U.S. District Court] ($)<br><br>
 
=== Availability  ===


Naturalization records were filed in the various county and district courts of [[Massachusetts Genealogy Guide|Massachusetts]]. The Family History Library has some microfilm copies of these records.
Naturalization records were filed in the various county and district courts of [[Massachusetts Genealogy Guide|Massachusetts]]. The Family History Library has some microfilm copies of these records.


== Soundex Index  ==
=== Soundex Index  ===


In the late 1930s, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) copied and indexed New England naturalization records for 1791 to 1906. The copies and index are at the [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/ National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)]. The [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] in Washington, D.C., and the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] have microfilm copies of the index:  
In the late 1930s, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) copied and indexed New England naturalization records for 1791 to 1906. The copies and index are at the [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/ National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)]. The [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] in Washington, D.C., and the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] have microfilm copies of the index:  
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*United States. District Court (Massachusetts). ''Naturalization Records, 1906–1917''. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1988. {{FHL|573146|item|disp=FHL films 1578248–302}} Microfilms of originals are also in the National Archives in Washington, DC. Most volumes are individually indexed. Petitions list court district, name, residence, occupation, date and place of petition, port and date of embarkment, port of arrival, vessel, citizenship date, spouse, children, and their birth dates and places.
*United States. District Court (Massachusetts). ''Naturalization Records, 1906–1917''. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1988. {{FHL|573146|item|disp=FHL films 1578248–302}} Microfilms of originals are also in the National Archives in Washington, DC. Most volumes are individually indexed. Petitions list court district, name, residence, occupation, date and place of petition, port and date of embarkment, port of arrival, vessel, citizenship date, spouse, children, and their birth dates and places.


== Post 1906 Records  ==
=== Post 1906 Records  ===


For information on naturalization records after 1906, use the [http://www.uscis.gov/genealogy Genealogy Program] at [http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services] or contact the Northeast Region of the National Archives:  
For information on naturalization records after 1906, use the [http://www.uscis.gov/genealogy Genealogy Program] at [http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services] or contact the Northeast Region of the National Archives:  
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Phone: (781) 663-0130<br>Fax: (781) 663-0154<br>E-mail: [mailto:waltham.archives@nara.gov <u>waltham.archives@nara.gov</u>]
Phone: (781) 663-0130<br>Fax: (781) 663-0154<br>E-mail: [mailto:waltham.archives@nara.gov <u>waltham.archives@nara.gov</u>]


== Web Sites  ==
=== Web Sites  ===


[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ussnei/NatlzMA.htm Massachusetts Naturalization Index]  
[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ussnei/NatlzMA.htm Massachusetts Naturalization Index]  
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