How to use Naturalization Records to Find Your Family's First American
By Frederick Werts of Findmypast.com 26 June 2016
Immigrant ancestors can be a little tricky to trace, but one great resource to use are naturalization petitions. Many immigrants applied for citizenship, and that process generated
some very useful genealogical records.
Looking at this article can help in your research segnificantly.
Immigrant ancestors can be a little tricky to trace, but one great resource to use are naturalization petitions. Many immigrants applied for citizenship, and that process generated
some very useful genealogical records.
Looking at this article can help in your research segnificantly.
Almost every family's American tale begins with an immigrant.
Who was the one who made the journey that forever altered your family's history?
If you don't know, now is the time to find out! All of our immigration and travel, US marriage and US, UK, and Irish censuses are free until July 6th.
Immigrant ancestors can be a little tricky to trace, but one great resource to use are naturalization petitions. Many immigrants applied for citizenship, and that process generated some very useful genealogical records.
Let's take a look naturalization records and what you can find.
Who was the one who made the journey that forever altered your family's history?
If you don't know, now is the time to find out! All of our immigration and travel, US marriage and US, UK, and Irish censuses are free until July 6th.
Immigrant ancestors can be a little tricky to trace, but one great resource to use are naturalization petitions. Many immigrants applied for citizenship, and that process generated some very useful genealogical records.
Let's take a look naturalization records and what you can find.
Generally, each transcript will contain:
- Generally, each transcript will contain:
- First name
- Last name
- Any aliases
- Birth date
- Birth location
- Age at event
- Event type (petition of naturalization, declaration of intention oroath of allegiance)
- Event year
- Event location
- Relations (spouse, children, parents, siblings
- Use the following link to Search Naturalization
- and to see what findmypast offers
- http://search.findmypast.com/search-united-states-records-in-immigration-and-travel/and_naturalizations_ga=1.157132595.980571599.14531
Images will have additional information, such as the certificate of arrival, which will indicate when the immigrant arrived and how they traveled to America.
Some forms will contain other interesting notes and even photographs(typically found in the declaration of intention forms).
Don't miss out: The naturalization process was a multi-year, multi-step process, and most applications have at least two documents.
Learn more about immigration and travel records by opening each of these linked topics.
Use the above links. And also use the following link to take you to the original article at findmypast. It is an excellent article with additional informational.
To see the total article in FindmyPast - use the following ink!
https://blog.findmypast.com/how-to-use-naturalization-records-to-find-your-familys-first-american-1884854941.html?slide=enDMay
Some forms will contain other interesting notes and even photographs(typically found in the declaration of intention forms).
Don't miss out: The naturalization process was a multi-year, multi-step process, and most applications have at least two documents.
Learn more about immigration and travel records by opening each of these linked topics.
- Search guide: Travel and immigration records
- Passenger list search tips
- Naturalization petitions search tips (you are here)
- Passport application search tips
- A brief history of US immigration policy
- How Findmypast helped identify my immigrant ancestors
Use the above links. And also use the following link to take you to the original article at findmypast. It is an excellent article with additional informational.
To see the total article in FindmyPast - use the following ink!
https://blog.findmypast.com/how-to-use-naturalization-records-to-find-your-familys-first-american-1884854941.html?slide=enDMay