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Naturalization Records are very important to your genealogical research but are often overlooked.
Looking for naturalization records for an ancestor in Arkansas? Try the free Index to Arkansas Naturalization Records 1809 to 1906 on NaturalizationRecords.com
Naturalization is the process by which an alien from one country becomes a citizen of another country. The naturalization process did not have to happen in one court, or in one location. It was not mandatory and not all aliens became citizens, and not all completed the process once they started it. Naturalization Records are very important to your genealogical research but are often overlooked.
I created a simplified design and navigation system that will hopefully allow visitors to find their ancestors in these records much more quickly.
I have links, original documents, and my transcribed indexes of names for Naturalization Records, Passports, Alien Registrations and much more.
Here are a few links to get you started:
U.S.A. Naturalizations
Canada Naturalizations
American Passport Applications
American Alien Registrations
Canadian Passports
Canadian Oaths of Allegiance
Canadian Sessional Papers
I took me 6 months to redesign and move the site to it's new home, followed by a month of checking and double-checking for broken links. Fingers crossed, but I think I found and fixed them all.
Please take a peek, and if you do find something wrong, I'd appreciate you dropping me a note at olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com so I can fix any problems I might have missed.
Enjoy your visit!
The Archives of Michigan new site, Michiganology.org, is now live! They have many upcoming items of interest to genealogists. For example this is what they say about Michigan death records which are currently searchable from 1921 to 1947:Over the next months this collection will grow to include death certificates from 1897 to 1952. Death certificates from 1897 to 1943 will display full images while 1944 to 1952 will only provide index information. Once these certificates are older than seventy-five years, the images will be added.
I discovered more secrets including an alias that Robert used when he married Olive. I learned much more about his three wives (Jessie Cathie Elliot, Cecilia Wallace, and Olive May Peer) and the children they bore with Robert. 
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| Flowers Charles USA Naturalization 1871 |
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| UK Naturalization Record 1865 |
Missing Friends The Missing Friends Project
is abstracting the names of those who immigrated from UK to America or
Canada and who were inquired about by family in various 19th Century
newspapers. Passenger Books of J & J Cooke, Shipping Agents sailings from Londonderry Ireland to Quebec, St. John New Brunswick, New Orleans Louisiana and Pennsylvania from 1847 to 1871 Pennsylvania Baggage Lists 1809 New York Almshouse Records 1819 to 1840 contain the names of the ship each person sailed on, plus dates of arrival. Includes arrivals in Canadian ports Emigrants from England in New York City Almshouse 1818-1830 - 254 names of English immigrants to Canada & USA including the name of the ship they sailed on. New York Almshouse Records 1855 to 1858 contain the name of the ship and the arrival date and port for each person. List of those who died while in Staten Island Quarantine May 1849 - Dec. 1850 (not available at this time but coming back online soon) Names of Emigrants from 1845-1847 from the Records of James Allison, Emigrant Agent at Montreal Quebec Canada Return of Emigrants Landed at the Port of Kingston Ontario, Canada (1861-1882) Peter Robinson Settlers sailing 1823 & 1825 Ireland to Canada English to America 1617-1778 Child Apprentices in America from Christ's Hospital, London England
(not available at this time but coming back online soon) English Immigrants to USA 1773-1776 Poor Irish to England Includes Ports of Departure & Arrival plus number of years in England or Scotland. Over 1,600 names
Irish Emigration Lists, 1833-1839 Lists of Emigrants Extracted from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs from Counties Londonderry and Antrim Passenger Lists from the New York Times (Arrivals & Departures)1851-1929
(coming back soon) New Netherland Ships Passenger Lists Project
Lists of those sailing from The Netherlands to New Netherland (now New
York) 1654-1664 came from the West India Company Account Book and
consist only of names of those who owed for their passage. There is no
published record of those who
paid for passage before leaving. Olive Tree Genealogy has reconstructed
several passenger lists
for these ships using other primary sources.
Naturalization Records
Naturalization Records in the USA & Canada. Includes searchable
Naturalization Records, Declarations of Intent, Certificates of
Citizenship
USA Passport Applications USA Alien Registrations
USA Oaths of Allegiance
USA Voters Registrations
Canadian Passport Records
Dear Olive Tree,
I need assistance locating immigration/migration records for my gr-gr-grandfather Henry Arthur Bolton and my gr-gr-grandmother Emily Meyrick.The problem is, I don't know exactly when Henry immigrated to Canada from England, or when he migrated from Canada to the United States. In the US census records his immigration date changes; 1900 census states 1875, 1910 census states 1871, 1920 census states 1872.What I do know is he married Emily Jane Meyrick on October 14 1886 is Worcester Massachusetts. His marriage record states his parents names as George and Elizabeth. At the time of his marriage his age is listed as 25.He died in Massachusetts May 14, 1942 (My grandmother was 19 years old)
An 1862 law allowed honorably discharged Army veterans of any war to
petition for naturalization, without having filed a declaration of
intent, after only 1 year of residence in the United States.  |
| Naturalization Certificate for Robert Taylor |
