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        One of the ultimate goals for locating the immigrant ancestor is finding the record of how they came to America. New York Ellis Island, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Galveston, New Orleans, were all major ports of entry for those seeking a new life.   As such, Immigration and Naturalization Records are very important to your genealogical research but are often overlooked.  Immigration records help the family historian to understand the movements of their ancestry as they relocated to different parts of the world.   How much information is found on an immigration or naturalization record usually depends on what year the event occurred.   These types of records can help you find the date of immigration and or naturalization, ship's passenger list, port of arrival, and the place of birth for your ancestor.  Some records include occupations, names and ages of minor children and more.   We want to know where our ancestors came from. We want to know when they arrived in North America and when they became citizens. Naturalization and Immigration records are the answer. Sometimes these records for an ancestor are the only way to discover the family origins.

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 ALABAMA:

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 ALASKA:

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 ARIZONA:

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 ARKANSAS:

·    Arkansas Naturalization Records Index 1809-1906

·    Arkansas: Migration & Ship Passenger Lists

 CALIFORNIA:

·    California, San Francisco Passenger Lists, 1893-1953

·    California, San Diego Naturalization Index, 1868-1958

·    California, Los Angeles Passenger Lists, 1907-1948

·    Northern U.S. Dist. Court Naturalization Index, 1852-1989

·    California: Migration & Ship Passenger Lists

·    San Francisco, CA: W.War I Enemy Alien Registration Affidavits, 1918

·    Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976

 COLORADO:

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 CONNECTICUT:

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 DELAWARE:

·    New Castle County, Delaware, Naturalizations

 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington, DC:

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 FLORIDA:

·   Florida, Tampa, Passenger Lists, 1898-1945

·   Florida, Key West Passenger Lists, 1898-1957

 GEORGIA:

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 HAWAII:

·   Citizenship - Naturalization

·   Citizenship - Denization

·   Citizenship - Passports

·   Chinese Passenger Manifest Index, A-Z

·   Japanese Passenger Manifests Index, A-L

·   Japanese Passenger Manifests Index, M-Z

·   Portuguese Passenger Manifests Index, A-Z

·   Hawaii: Migration & Ship Passenger Lists

·   Honolulu Index to Passengers, Not Including Filipinos, 1900-1952

·   Hawaii, Honolulu Passenger Lists, 1900-1953

 IDAHO:

·   Idaho: Naturalization Index

·   Clark County, Idaho Naturalization Petitions (1906 and after)

·   Idaho, Eastport, Arrival Manifests, 1924-1956

·   Idaho, County Naturalizations, 1861-1974

 ILLINOIS:

·    Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950

·    Illinois, Northern Dist. Naturalization Petitions, 1906-91

·    Cook County, Naturalization Declarations of Intention

·    East St. Louis City Court Naturalization Papers Index (1874–1906)

·    Illinois, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1962

·    Chicago, Illinois: Naturalization Index, 1926-1979

 INDIANA:

·    Index: Hendricks Co. Declarations of Intent- 1852-1906

·    Index: Hendricks Co.,  to Final Oaths (1856- 1906)

·    Naturalization Records: Listed by County 

·    Allen County Applications for Naturalization, 1844-1906

·    IN, Naturalization Records & Indexes, 1848-1992

 IOWA:

·    Iowa 1942-1946, Alien Personal History and Statements

·    Naturalizations - First Papers mainly Polk Co IA

 KANSAS:

·    Naturalization Records In Kansas Territorial Records

 KENTUCKY:

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 LOUISIANA:

·    Louisiana, Eastern District Naturalization Petitions, 1838-1861

·    New Orleans Ship Passenger List Index:Jan.-Jul. 1851

·    Immigrant Ships Arriving at New Orleans, Jan. 1 - July 7, 1851

·    Louisiana, Naturalization Records, 1831-1906

·    New Orleans, LA: Passenger Lists, 1820-1945

 MAINE:

·    Maine, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1990

·    Maine Passenger Lists

 MARYLAND:

·    Maryland: Migration & Ship Passenger Lists

·    Maryland, Naturalization Indexes, 1797-1951

·    Maryland, Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1931

·    Baltimore, MD, Airplane Passenger & Crew Lists, 1954-57

·    Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948

 MASSACHUSETTS:

·    Massachusetts Passenger Manifest Index (1848-1891)

·    Massachusetts, Naturalization Index, 1906-1966

·    Missing Irish Immigrant Ads., Boston Pilot 1831-1921

·    Massachusetts: Migration & Ship Passenger Lists

·    Scotch Prisoners Sent to Massachusetts, 1752

·    Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1891

·    Boston, MA, Passenger Lists, 1891-1943

 MICHIGAN:

·    Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Detroit, 1906-1954

·    Iosco Co., Michigan Naturalization Index, 1885-1910

 MINNESOTA:

·      1918 Minnesota Alien Registration Records

·      Alien Personal History & Statements,1942-46

·      Minnesota, Naturalization Card Index, 1930-1988

 MISSISSIPPI:

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 MISSOURI:

·   Naturalization Records Database 1816-1955

·   Alien Personal History and Statements, Missouri 1942-1946

·   Missouri, County Naturalization Records, 1883-1927

 MONTANA:

·    Montana: Migration & Ship Passenger Lists

·    Montana, County Naturalizations, 1856-1979

 NEBRASKA:

·    Alien Personal History and Statements, Nebraska 1942-1946

 NEVADA:

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 NEW HAMPSHIRE:

·    New Hampshire, County Naturalization Records, 1771-2001

·    NH, Naturalization & Probate Records, 1643-1948

 NEW JERSEY:

·     New Jersey, County Naturalization Records, 1749-1986

 NEW MEXICO:

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 NEW YORK:

·    NY City Immigrants (Austria, Galicia, Poland), 1890

·    NY City Immigrants (Austria, Galicia, Poland), 1891

·    New York, Eastern District Naturalization Petitions, 1865-1957

·    New York, Western District, Naturalization Index, 1907-1966

·    New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891

·    New York City Passenger & Crew Lists, 1825-1996

·    New York: Migration & Ship Passenger Lists

·    New York, County Naturalization Records, 1791-1980

·    New York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists, 1820-1846

·    New York, Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924

·    Southern District Index to Petitions for Naturalization, 1824-1941

·    New York, Southern District Naturalization Index, 1917-1950

·    Southern Dist. Court of NY Naturalization Records Index, 1824-1959

·    Kings Co., NY (Brooklyn) Naturalization Index 1907-24

 NORTH CAROLINA:

·    North Carolina: Migration & Ship Passenger Lists

·    Wilmington & Morehead City, NC: Passenger & Crew Lists, 1908-58

 NORTH DAKOTA:

·    North Dakota Naturalization Records Index

·    Alien Personal History and Statements, North Dakota, 1942-1946

 OHIO:

·    Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977

·    Ohio, Southern District Naturalization Index, 1852-1991

 OKLAHOMA:

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 OREGON:

·    Oregon Historical Records Index – Naturalization

 PENNSYLVANIA:

·    PA Immigrants, 1770- 1775

·    Pennsylvania German Pioneers

·    PA Oaths of Allegiance, 1727 - 1775

·    Philadelphia German Immigration, 1700-75

·    Philadelphia, Files of Chinese Immigrants, 1900-1923

·    PA Eastern District: Petitions for Naturalization, 1795-1931

·    Pennsylvania, Eastern District Naturalization Indexes, 1795-1952

·    Pennsylvania: Migration & Ship Passenger Lists

·    Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1882

·    Philadelphia, PA, Quaker Arrivals: (1682-1705);  (1706-24);  (1725-51)

·    Philadelphia, PA Passenger Lists, 1883-1945

 RHODE ISLAND:

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 SOUTH CAROLINA:

·     South Carolina: Migration & Ship Passenger Lists

 SOUTH DAKOTA:

·    South Dakota Naturalization Records Index: First Papers

·    South Dakota Naturalization Records Index: Second Papers

·    South Dakota: Migration & Ship Passenger Lists

·    South Dakota, County Naturalization Records, 1865-1972

 TENNESSEE:

·     Naturalization Records 1856-1906 –Shelby County

 TEXAS:

·    Texas, Naturalization Records, 1906-1989

·    Texas: Migration & Ship Passenger Lists

·    Texas, Laredo Arrival Manifests, 1903-1955

·    El Paso, TX: Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of El Paso, 1905-27

 UTAH:

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 VERMONT:

·    Brattleboro Area Irish Naturalizations, 1868

 VIRGINIA:

·    Virginia Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929

·    Virginia: Migration & Ship Passenger Lists

 WASHINGTON:

·    Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957

·    WA, State & County Naturalization Records:1850-1982

 WEST VIRGINIA:

·    West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991

 WISCONSIN:

·    Wisconsin, County Naturalization Records, 1807-1992

·    Dane Co., WI Naturalization Records, 1887-1945

·    Milwaukee, WI, Naturalization Index, 1848-1990

 WYOMING:

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 UNITED STATES:

·         Border Crossings From Canada to United States, 1895-1956

·         Border Crossings From Mexico to United States, 1903-1957

·         Germans to America Index, 1850-1897

·         Index to Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic and Gulf Ports, 1820-1874

·         Italians to America Index, 1855-1900

·         Japanese Immigrants to the United States 1887-1924

·         Jewish Immigrant Passage Records, 1890-1949

·         Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisments, 1831-1920

·         Naturalization Records – at Rootsweb

·         New England Irish Pioneers

·         New England Naturalization Index, 1791-1906 

·         New England, Petitions for Naturalization, 1787-1931

·         New England, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1911-1954

·         Passenger Lists – at Rootsweb

·         Russians to America Index, 1834-1897

·         Selected U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992

 UNITED KINGDOM:

NORTHERN IRELAND:

·    Passenger Lists from N. Ireland and Ireland to America

GERMANY:

·    Wuerttemberg, Germany Emigration Index

·    Brandenburg, Prussia Emigration Records

·    Baden, Germany Emigration Index, 1866-1911

AUSTRALIA:

·    New South Wales, Australia 1828 - 1842: Bounty Immigrants List

·    Australian Convict Index 1788-1868

IRELAND:

·    Passenger Lists from N. Ireland and Ireland to America

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See our web-page entitled “Immigrant Ancestors: Research and Resources”, which has been designed to provide a researcher with the following:  (1) Search Strategies for Tracing Immigrant Origins; and  (2) What You need to known about Immigration, Naturalization Laws and Records such as, The History of Immigration in the U.S. – This webpage features information and links to Timelines, trends and stories about the history of immigration in the United States.  Timeline and Overview of Naturalization Requirements – This webpage can be of great assistance in understanding when residency U.S. residency requirements changed.  It also provides excellent information about who would be eligible to become naturalized as well as the status of the wives and children of fathers and husbands.  Alien Registration Records - Alien registration records are an excellent source of family history information on U.S. immigrants who never became naturalized citizens. Learn more about the genealogical value of alien registration records, how to determine if an alien registration record exists for your ancestor, and how to obtain a copy of your ancestor's alien registration record.  Timeline of Immigration Laws – Family Tree Magazine has put together a chart that provides any researcher with a quick and easy way to check on the progression of U.S. immigration laws.  U.S. Naturalization Acts – Specific and comprehensive information about the most important naturalization laws enacted by the U.S. Congress between 1790 and 1906.

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