Naturalization Records and Indexes

Online Searchable Naturalization Indexes & Records

Note: the databases listed here are free to search except those marked "requires payment." General... Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974 at Ancestry (requires payment) includes digitized naturalization records for some Federal courts in Alabama, California (Los Angeles & San Diego), Colorado, Florida (Key West, Miami & Tampa), Georgia (mostly Atlanta), Kentucky (Louisville), Louisiana (1838-1861), Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, New York (Southern District - Manhattan and the Bronx), North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Pittsburgh), South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia (Western District - Charlottesville, and Eastern District - Alexandria), and Washington (King, Pierce, Thurston, & Snohomish Counties); coverage varies by state; click the link for more details and to see which courts and time frames are included U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995 at Ancestry (requires payment) includes Naturalization indexes for some Federal courts in Alaska, California (San Francisco area), Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (Detroit), New York, Ohio (Cleveland), Oregon, and Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh area); coverage varies by state; click the link for more details and to see which courts are included Alabama... Jefferson County: Surname Index to Jefferson County, AL Naturalization Records 1887-1911 includes Birmingham Madison County, Alabama Naturalization Records 1818-1846 Madison County, Alabama Naturalization Certificates 1847-1906 Alaska... Alaska Naturalization Records Index (large PDF file) from courts of Juneau, Petersburg, Skagway, Wrangell, Nome and Cordova - circa early to mid-20th Century California... Online California Naturalization Records and Indexes for assorted counties including Los Angeles  Colorado... Denver Area: Declarations of Intention Index - Denver District Federal Court 17 April 1877 to 3 December 1929 Douglas County: Index of Declaration of Intention for Citizenship 1871-1938 Huerfano County Naturalizations 1882-1929 La Plata County: Durango Naturalization Records - Index of Petitioners 1882-1921 Mineral County Naturalization Records includes Declarations of Intention (1893-1905) and Final Certificates of Naturalization (1893-1905) Pitkin County Naturalization Records Index 1888-1908 Weld County Master Index indexes naturalization records & many other genealogy records Colorado Historical Records Index from the Colorado State Archives; includes... Clear Creek County Naturalization Records Index 1867-1906 Larimer County Naturalization Index 1885-1958 Las Animas County Naturalizations Index 1878-1906 Connecticut... See the New England section below Delaware... Delaware Naturalization Records Database (for all counties: Sussex, Kent & New Castle) Delaware Naturalization Records 1796-1959 (at Ancestry/requires payment) Florida... Florida Petitions for Naturalization 1913-1991 (at Ancestry/requires payment) for the U.S. District Court for the Miami Division of the Southern District of Florida Idaho... Idaho Naturalization Index downloadable PDF file; for Ada, Alturas, Bingham, Boise, Canyon, Clearwater, Elmore, Idaho, Nez Perce, Oneida, Teton, and Twin Falls counties, and the Idaho Supreme Court Franklin County Declarations of Intention 1913-1928 Oneida County Naturalization Records Illinois... Online Searchable Illinois Naturalization Indexes assorted counties Indiana... Indiana Naturalization Records Indexes includes naturalization indexes for these Indiana counties: Blackford, Carroll, Dubois, Elkhart, Floyd, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Kosciusko, Lawrence, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Owen, Parke, Pike, Putnam, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Shelby, St. Joseph, Starke, Sullivan, Switzerland, Union, Wayne and Whitley Indiana Statewide Naturalization Index, prior to 1951 from the Indiana State Archives (not all counties included; the listing above has more counties) Franklin County Naturalization Records 1826-1839 Howard County Naturalizations Prior to 1907 Jefferson County Alien & Citizenship Records 1819-1848 Lake County Naturalizations Index Madison County: Naturalizations at the Madison County Courthouse 1890-1958 Orange County Naturalization Index For some Northwestern Indiana counties see: Online & Microfilmed Naturalization Index for Assorted Illinois, Indiana, Iowa & Wisconsin Counties (requires payment) Iowa... Cerro Gordo County: Mason City Naturalization Index - Petitions and Declarations, 1942-1961 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, Central Division Jasper County Naturalization Index 1887-1895 Lee County: Keokuk - Index to Miscellaneous Records Pertaining to Naturalization, 1840-1888 U.S. District Court, District of Iowa, Southern Division Linn County, Iowa Superior Court Naturalizations Union County: Creston Naturalization Index - Declarations and Petitions, 1930-1951 U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Southern Division Wapello County: Ottumwa Naturalization Index - Petitions and Declarations, 1916-1951 U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Ottumwa Division For some Eastern Iowa counties see: Online & Microfilmed Naturalization Index for Assorted Illinois, Indiana, Iowa & Wisconsin Counties (requires payment) Kansas... Assorted Kansas Naturalization Indexes, U.S. District Court includes... Fort Scott Naturalization Index to petitions and declarations, 1915-1967 Kansas City Naturalizations: name index to naturalization records, 1948-1970 Kansas Indian Naturalizations, name index to Indians naturalized in Kansas, ca. 1865-1874 Topeka Naturalization Index to declarations of intention ("first papers"), 1852-1942 Topeka Index to overseas naturalization petitions, 1943-1954 Topeka Index to naturalization petitions, 1868-1984 Franklin County Naturalizations Index Johnson County Naturalization Index Osage County Naturalization Petitions Index Phillips County Naturalization Records 1876 to 1906 Rawlins County Index to Final Naturalization Records Rawlins County Index to First Naturalization Records Sedgwick County Naturalizations 1870 to September 26, 1906 Sedgwick County Declaration of Intentions 1870 to September 26, 1906 Kansas World War One Alien Registrations index of German and Austrian Aliens who were living in Kansas (November 1917 to April 1918) Kentucky... Kentucky: Pendleton County Naturalization Records Louisiana... Records of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans Division: Petitions, 1838-1861 (at Fold3) online digitized records from National Archives Microfilm Publication P2233 (searches are free - downloading the images requires payment) Maine... See the New England section below Maryland... Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1906-1930 (at Fold3) scanned images from National Archives Microfilm Publication M1640 - searchable by name (searches are free; requires payment for copies of the records, which can be obtained online) Indexes to Naturalization Petitions to the U.S. Circuit and District Courts for Maryland, 1797-1951 (at Fold3) searchable scanned index cards from NARA publication M1168 (searches are free; requires payment for copies of the index cards, which can be obtained online) Massachusetts... Petitions and Records of Naturalizations of the U.S. District and Circuit Courts of the District of Massachusetts, 1906-1929 (at Fold3) scanned images from National Archives microfilm publication M1368 - searchable by name (searches are free; requires payment for copies of the records) Index to Naturalization Petitions and Records for the District of Massachusetts, within the U.S. District Court, 1906-1966, and the U.S. Circuit Court, 1906-1911 (at Fold3) from National Archives Microfilm Publication NARA M1545 - searchable by name (searches are free; requires payment for copies of the records) Michigan... Indexes to Naturalization Records in the Michigan State Archives includes the following counties: Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Barry, Bay, Chippewa, Clare, Clinton, Crawford, Delta, Dickinson, Eaton, Genesee, Grand Traverse, Huron, Iosco, Iron, Isabella, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lake, Lapeer, Lenawee, Mackinac, Macomb, Marquette, Mason, Newaygo, Ontonagon, Otsego, Ottawa, St. Clair & Sanilac County Index to Naturalization papers of the U.S. Circuit Court, Eastern District of Michigan, Detroit (Wayne County), 1837-1903 [requires payment] Iosco County, Michigan Naturalization Index 1885-1910 at Ancestry, but free to search Sanilac County: Sandusky District Library Naturalization Records Index Tuscola County Naturalizations 1850-1880 Minnesota... Minnesota Naturalization Records Index 1854-1957 [requires payment] (about 865,000 total records) Iron Range Research Center - Genealogy Records Database indexes some naturalization records and alien registration records for some Minnesota counties (copies of the records can be ordered for a fee) Minneapolis and St. Paul... Hennepin County: Minneapolis Naturalization Indexes 1890-1965 index to naturalization petitions filed in the U.S. Circuit Court and U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, 1890-1965, and the declarations of intention filed in the U.S. Circuit Court, 1890-1911 Ramsey County: Name Index to St. Paul, Minnesota Naturalization Records 1859-1916 filed in St. Paul, Minnesota Federal courts Fergus Falls, Minnesota: Name Index to Naturalizations (1897-1944) (including Petitions and Declarations, U.S. District Court and U.S. Circuit Court, Sixth Division of Minnesota) Mankato Petitions, Name Index to Petitions ca. 1907-1929 (U.S. District Court) Winona Naturalizations, Name index to petitions and declarations of intention 1895-1924 (District courts) Missouri... Missouri Naturalization Records Index 1816-1955 (partial) includes about twenty Missouri counties - more are being worked on Missouri Naturalization Indexes from the Kansas City National Archives Branch includes U.S. District Court indexes for: Cape Girardeau Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1908-1979 Hannibal Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1907-1973 Jefferson City Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1938-1982 Joplin Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1931-ca. 1969 Springfield Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1911-ca. 1983 St. Joseph Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1908-1976 Chariton County Naturalization Records Greene County Circuit Court Index to Naturalization Records 1868-1906 Perry County Naturalization Records 1820-1849 St. Charles County Naturalization Records Index 1834-1949 click on "Searchable Indexes" when you get there St. Louis... For details on St. Louis Naturalization Index Cards 1816-1906 & St. Louis Circuit & District Court Naturalization Indexes 1853-1928 see... Guide to Finding St. Louis Naturalization Records Nebraska... Assorted Nebraska Naturalization Indexes, U.S. District Court includes... Chadron Division, Name Index to Naturalization Records, Including Declarations and Petitions, 1930s-1940s Grand Island Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1930-1951 Hastings Petitions, Name Index to Naturalization Petitions ca. 1931-1951 Lincoln Petitions, Name index to naturalizations petitions ca. 1932-1980 McCook Division, Name Index to Naturalization Records, Including Declarations and Petitions, 1930s-1940s Norfolk Petitions, Name index to petitions ca. 1929-1942 North Platte Petitions and Declarations, Name index to petitions and declarations of intent ca. 1930-1951 Omaha Petitions, Name index to petitions ca. 1867-1991 Cedar County Naturalization Records Dodge County Naturalization Records 1880-1906 scroll down to the Naturalization listing York County District Court Records - (Declaration of) Intention to Naturalize 1870-1929 New England... Online and Microfilmed Index to New England Naturalization Petitions 1791-1906 includes courts in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Vermont (requires payment) New Hampshire... See the New England section above New Jersey... Atlantic County Immigration Index - Mostly Declarations of Intention includes digitized images Monmouth County: Naturalizations Index 1804-1906 Passaic County: Naturalization Records Search New York... Online New York Naturalization Records and Indexes assorted counties, including New York City North Dakota... North Dakota Naturalization Records Database for state courts Name Index to North Dakota Naturalization Records for Federal courts - U.S. District and U.S. Circuit Courts, District of North Dakota Ohio... Cleveland Area: Naturalization Petition and Record Books for the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, Cleveland, 1907-1946 (at Fold3) includes digitized images from National Archives Microfilm Publication M1995 (searches are free; requires payment to download the images) this database is about 98% complete Cuyahoga County Naturalization Indexes includes Common Pleas Court 1818-1931 & Probate Court 1859-1901 Hamilton County Ohio (Cincinatti) Citizenship Records, 1837-1916 includes transcriptions of original and restored Declarations of Intention to Naturalize and Naturalization papers filed in Hamilton County between circa 1837 and 1916. While a great number of these records were lost, "a significant number survived and others were restored." Lake County, Ohio Naturalization Index Lawrence County Naturalization Indexes 1819-1906 some years missing Miami County Naturalization Records 1860-1872 Stark County Naturalization Records Index (about Sept 1906 and later) includes downloadable PDF images of the naturalization papers Summit County Ohio Naturalization Records Search includes PDF images Warren County, Ohio Naturalizations, 1821-1925 Also See: Finding Naturalization Records in Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Ohio Oregon... Oregon Naturalizations assorted years & counties: Benton, Clackamas, Curry, Hood River, Jackson, Josephine, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook, Umatilla, Wasco & Yamhill Pennsylvania... Online Pennsylvania Naturalization Records, Indexes and Finding Aids includes some county listings and some Federal courts Rhode Island... See the New England section above South Carolina... South Carolina Naturalizations 1783-1850 (at Ancestry - requires payment) scanned searchable book South Dakota... Index to South Dakota Naturalization Records for state and local courts Name Index to Naturalization Records from Dakota Territory and South Dakota most listings are for Federal courts Tennessee... Knox County Naturalization Index 1792-1907 includes Knoxville Shelby County Naturalization Records 1856-1906 (partial) includes Memphis Index to Naturalization Papers, Federal Court, Western District of Tennessee at Memphis 1906-1967 (partial) Texas... Frio County Naturalization Applications 1877-1906 Gillespie County: Index to Naturalization Records Travis County Naturalization Records Index to c. Sept. 1906 Williamson County Naturalization Index scroll down to "Naturalization records" Utah... Utah Naturalization and Citizenship Records 1858-1959 (at Ancestry/requires payment) Utah State Archives Assorted Naturalization Indexes for the Fourth District Court, and Box Elder County, Juab County and Wasatch County (scroll down to the various links for the online indexes) Vermont... See the New England section above Virginia... Virginia: Index to Naturalization Petitions, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria, 1909-1929 Washington... State of Washington Naturalization Records For the following Washington Counties: Adams, Benton, Chelan, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Whatcom and Yakima County, and the Washington Supreme Court Register (also be sure to look around the site for other Washington State records) Wisconsin... Online & Microfilmed Naturalization Index for Assorted Illinois, Indiana, Iowa & Wisconsin Counties (requires payment) for Wisconsin this index includes these counties: Adams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Kewaunee, Lafayette, Langlade, Manitowoc, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Shawano, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago and Wood. University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Area Research Center: Naturalization Records Index (copies of the records can be ordered for a fee) includes naturalization indexes from c. 1840s-1970s for... Dodge County Circuit Court Green Lake County Circuit Court Marquette County Circuit Court Oshkosh Municipal Court Winnebago County Circuit Court Brown County, Wisconsin Citizenship Index, 1829-1984 from the University of Wisconsin Green Bay Area Research Center Winnebago County Declarations of Intention Index 1906-1913 Wyoming... Laramie County, Wyoming Naturalization Records, 1867-1920 [requires payment] Sheridan County Declarations of Intention 1894-1920 Sheridan County Naturalizations 1895-1908 Canada... Canadian Naturalization Records Database 1915-1951 (search by name for 1915-1936; search by date for 1936-1951) Upper Canada and Canada West Naturalization Records 1828-1850