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   U.S. Naturalization Records
   Types of Naturalization
   U.S. Research Collection: U. S. Passenger Lists
   Public Record Office Current Guide



  U.S. Naturalization Records
  1. http://www.rootsweb.com/~bifhsusa/natrec.html
  2. Naturalization Before the American Revolution
  3. Colonial Naturalization Law
  4. Colonial Naturalization Procedures before 1740
  5. Colonial Naturalization Procedures after 1740
  6. Locating Colonial Naturalization Records
    1. Report and Registry 1798-1828
    2. Declaration of Intention, "First Papers" 1795 to present.
    3. Petition, "Second Papers" or "Final Papers.
    4. Certificate of Arrival, 1906 - Present.
    5. Oath of Allegiance
    6. Affidavits of Witnesses
    7. Court Order
    8. Naturalization Certificate


  Types of Naturalization
  1. http://www.rootsweb.com/~bifhsusa/natrec.html
  2. Major Sources of information regarding naturalization laws and procedures
  3. How do you know if your ancestor was naturalized
  4. Locating Naturalization Records 1790 - 1906
  5. Locating Naturalization Records After 1906


  U.S. Research Collection: U. S. Passenger Lists
  1. http://www.rootsweb.com/~bifhsusa/passlist.html
  2. U.S. Research Collection: U. S. Passenger Lists
  3. What will a passenger list tell me?
  4. How to use passenger lists
  5. How do you know which is the most likely port of entry for your immigrant?
  6. The Port of New York
  7. Passenger Lists in the Los Angeles Family History Center
  8. U.S. Research Collection: Getting Started in the Family History Center
    1. Items found thru the Family History Center
    2. The International Genealogical Index (IGI)
    3. Ancestral File(tm)
    4. General British Isles
    5. Bibliography - How to Do British Isles Research
    6. Finding Aids
    7. Kew Lists
    8. National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United Kingdom and Ireland - NIDS


Public Record Office Current Guide
  1. General Reference
  2. http://www.rootsweb.com/~bifhsusa/resgeneral.html
  3. Finding Places: Maps and Gazetteers
  4. Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland
  5. Landranger Map Series
  6. National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland
  7. Ordnance Survey Gazetteer of Great Britain



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