Naturalization Records

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Naturalization is the legal process our immigrant ancestors went through to become citizens of the United States. Becoming naturalized meant our foreign-born ancestors could vote, run for a government office, serve on a jury, pay taxes, receive the protection of the law.

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How to Find Naturalization Records. Naturalization records are created when a non-citizen applies to become a naturalized United States citizen. You may need an additional copy of your own naturalization records, or you may be searching...

Genealogy and naturalization - a guide to research.

A summary of the basic types of U.S. naturalization records for genealogy research.

If you have immigrant ancestors, you need to know how to locate naturalization records. Find and analyze these records using our expert tips.

Naturalization records in the United States are a prime source of information for the immigrant ancestors in your family tree. Learn how to determine if your ancestor was naturalized, plus what you can learn from naturalization and citizenship records and where you can find them.

Immigration and nationality records changed over time. For this reason there is no one set of instructions to guide family history research. What records exist and how to find them dep

Naturalization is the process by which an alien becomes an American citizen. These records can provide a researcher with information such as a person's birth date and location, occupation, immigration year, marital status and spouse information, witnesses' names and addresses, and more.