FInd Naturalization Papers for an Ancestor

 

Are you looking for Naturalization records for an ancestor? NaturalizationRecords.com can help with free online databases and links to other databases that may be free or pay-to-view.

United States

Choose from the following: Naturalizations before 1906 ~ Naturalizations after 1906 ~ Court & Record Locations ~ Naturalization Process ~ Military Naturalizations ~ Women & Naturalization ~ Passports – Special Cases ~ Denizations

Canada

Choose from Naturalization Records Before 1854 ~ Naturalization Records 1854-1917 ~ Naturalization Records After 1917 ~ National Registration File 1918 ~ National Registration File 1940 ~ Sessional Papers ~ Passports ~ Border Crossings ~ Oaths of Allegiance

 

United Kingdom

Naturalisation certificates and declarations of British nationality (1870-1912)

Naturalisation case papers (1801-1871)

Naturalisation case papers (1872-1934) and duplicate naturalisation certificates (1870-1982)

 

Australia & New Zealand

New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Naturalization, 1849-1903

New South Wales (NSW) Naturalization Index 1834-1903 

Victoria Australia Index to Naturalisation Certificates, 1851-1928

Queensland, Australia, Naturalisation Index, 1851-1904

 

 

Looking for Ancestor Naturalization Records?

Are you looking for Naturalization records for an ancestor? Those records can provide so many clues and so much information on an ancestor - such as place of birth, name of ship they arrived on, date of birth and more. That's where my NaturalizationRecords.com website can help you!

Naturalization Certificate for Robert Taylor

I spent all of last week updating and adding links to online Naturalization records, Passport records and Oaths of Allegiance for USA and Canada. I also added a section for United Kingdom Naturalizations and Passports

If you do happen to find a bad link that I missed, please take a moment and let me know. All I need is the URL of the page where the bad link is found, and the name of the link. I'll do the rest!

A few of the online databases that I have transcribed and published on NaturalizationRecords.com for all genealogists to use freely are:

• Arkansas Naturalization Index 1809-1906 
• Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern (Savannah) Division of the Southern District of Georgia, 1789 - ?
• Minnesota Naturalizations 337 individuals naturalized between 1943-1972
• New Jersey Supreme Court & Burlington County Court, Clerks Office for Naturalization records 1818-1898 P Surnames
• Naturalization Petitions Indexes for New York 1834-1850 Index to Books 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
• Naturalization Petitions Indexes for New York 1834-1850 Index to Books 10, 11, 12  
• Naturalization Petitions Indexes for New York 1850-1860 Index to Books 13-21  
• Declarations of Intent, New York 1827-1895, Justice's Court, Albany, New York, Index to Book 2 & 3 (1832-1836)
• Declarations of Intent, New York 1827-1895, Justice's Court, Albany, New York, Index to Book 4, 5 & 6 (1837-1843)
• Declarations of Intent, New York 1827-1895, Justice's Court, Albany, New York, Index to Book 7 & 8 (1843-1850)
• Declarations of Intent, New York 1827-1895, Justice's Court, Albany, New York, Index to Books 9-12 (1850-1856)
• Declarations of Intent, New York 1827-1895, Justice's Court, Albany, New York, Index to Books 13 -15 (1856 - 1897)
• Denization (Naturalization) of Palatines German refugees in England waiting to come to New York 1708
• Naturalization Declarations Rensselaer County New York    
• Register of Passports from 14 November 1834 to 1843 an Index for all states in USA
• Index to Special Passports 1829-1887 an Index for all states in USA
• Index to Special Passports 1887-1894 an Index for all states in USA 
Register of Passport Applications 1809-1817  
• Index to Emergency & Special Passport Applications 1830-1831 

Death Photography From the 19th Century

This story, and photos, may be upsetting for some of my readers. But it shows very well how times and customs change over the centuries and over the culture of the geographic location.

In the 19th Century it was a common practice in many countries, including England and the United States, to photograph a deceased loved one. Often the family member who had died was placed with the rest of the family for one final family photograph. Children especially were often memorialized in this fashion.

Taken from life: The unsettling art of death photography is a fascinating look at this custom from BBC News journalist Bethan Bell.

Photo credit: Screenshot from BBC News article at http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36389581

Review of Alex's Wake: The Tragic Voyage of the St. Louis....

Alex's Wake: The Tragic Voyage of the St. Louis to Flee Nazi Germany—and a Grandson’s Journey of Love and Remembrance by Martin Goldsmith.

This is the story of Alex and Helmut Goldschmidt  two of more than 900 Jewish refugees who fled Nazi Germany aboard the St. Louis in 1939. Decades later, Alex's grandson Martin Goldsmith tells the poignant tale of how the ship was denied entry into Canada, United States and Cuba. The ship returned to Europe where Alex and Helmut were sent to Auschwitz where they died.

To write his story Mr. Goldsmith traveled in his grandfather's footsteps to revisit those horrific days. It is a moving and sad story of reconnecting with the past and taking a powerful journey with his grandfather and grandfather's brother.

This wonderful book is available on Amazon at  Alex's Wake: The Tragic Voyage of the St. Louis to Flee Nazi Germany— and a Grandson’s Journey of Love and Remembrance

FREE 170 Million Wills & Probate Records on Ancestry!

Wow! Ancestry.com just published over 100 million wills written in the United States in the last 300 years for genealogists to search. More than 170 million pages from the largest collection of wills and probate records in the United States is now available online exclusively on Ancestry. 

With searchable records included from all 50 states spread over 337 years (1668-2005), this unprecedented collection launches a new category of records for family history research never before available online at this scale the United States.   

Until now, these records have only been available offline. Ancestry spent more than two years bringing this collection online, working with hundreds of different archives from individual state and local courts across the country and making a $10M investment to license and digitize the records. The documents cover well over 100 million people, including the deceased as well as their family, friends and others involved in the probate process. Ancestry expects to continue to grow the collection, with additional records available over the next several years.

To celebrate the launch of the new U.S. Wills and Probates collection on Ancestry,, the collection along with all U.S. birth, marriage and death records, will be available to explore for FREE, September 2 (12pm MT) through September 7 (10pm MT). 


Here are the records available as of today:

• Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1727-2008
• North Dakota and South Dakota, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1985
• Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932
• New Mexico, Wills and Probate Records, 1801-1993
• Nevada, Wills and Probate Records, 1906-1925
• Nebraska, Wills and Probate Records, 1806-1989
• Maryland, Wills and Probate Records, 1604-1878
• Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989
• New York County, New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1658-1880 (NYSA) 
• New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999
• Alabama, Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999
• Alaska, Wills and Probate Records, 1883-1978
• Arizona, Wills and Probate Records, 1803-1995
• Arkansas, Wills and Probate Records, 1783-1998
• California, Wills and Probate Records, 1782-1999
• Colorado, Wills and Probate Records, 1875-1974
• Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 
• Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971  
• Florida, Wills and Probate Records, 1810-1974
• Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992  
• Hawaii, Wills and Probate Records, 1822-1962  
• Idaho, Wills and Probate Records, 1857-1989
• Illinois, Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999
• Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999
• Iowa, Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997
• Kansas, Wills and Probate Records, 1803-1987
• Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989
• Louisiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1756-1984
• Maine, Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999
• Maryland, Wills and Probate Records, 1604-1878
• Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991
• Michigan, Wills and Probate Records, 1784-1980
• Minnesota, Wills and Probate Records, 1801-1999
• Mississippi, Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982
• Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988
• Montana, Wills and Probate Records, 1831-1952
• Nebraska, Wills and Probate Records, 1806-1989
• Nevada, Wills and Probate Records, 1906-1925
• New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982
• New Jersey, Wills and Probate Records, 1656-1999
• New Mexico, Wills and Probate Records, 1801-1993
• North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998
• North Dakota and South Dakota, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1985
• Oklahoma, Wills and Probate Records, 1801-2008
• Oregon, Wills and Probate Records, 1833-1963
• Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993
• Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932
• South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980
• Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1727-2008
• Texas, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-2000
• Utah, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1985
• Vermont, Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999
• Washington, D.C., Wills and Probate Records, 1737-1952
• Washington, Wills and Probate Records, 1807-1997
• West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1978
• Wisconsin, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1987

Got Norwegian Ancestors? Check out this immigration map

190 years ago the first emigrants left Norway and Stavanger to start a new and better life in US. The journey took around three mounts and 9th October the first Norwegians immigrants enter New York. 

Expedia’s Nordic Migration map charts the mass movement of Nordics to the United States from the mid 19th century up to the second half of the 20th century. This is an interactive map where you choose the country and click the arrow to watch the timeline of where settlements occurred over time.

Births of Children of slaves, 1804-1835 in New Jersey

An interesting database came online recently on the New Jersey State Archives website. It's called Births of Children of slaves, 1804-1835  in New Jersey

According to the website

The records in this series are the direct result of "An act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery" passed by the New Jersey Legislature on 15 February 1804 (P.L. 1804, chap. CIV, p. 251). This law pronounced every child born to a slave mother after 4 July 1804 "free" at birth, but bound as a servant to the owner of the mother until the age of twenty-five for males and twenty-one for females. Any person entitled by the law to such bound service was required to file with the county clerk, within nine months of the birth of the child, a written certificate containing the name of the slave owner and the name, age and sex of the child. The clerk in turn was directed to record the information in a special book for this purpose. The penalty for neglecting to deliver such a certificate was $5 plus an additional $1 for each month of delinquency. The law also allowed for the abandonment of such children by the owners of their mothers at the age of one year. In this case, the child would become a ward of the local overseers of the poor; the slave owner was required to file a notification of abandonment with the county clerk.

Update of New Records from FamilySearch

FamilySearch Adds More Than 4.3 Million Indexed Records and Images to Chile, China, Denmark, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, and the United States

FamilySearch has added more than 4.3 million indexed records and images to collections from Chile, China, Denmark, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 687,546 indexed records and images from the new Chile, Cemetery Records, 1821–2013, collection; the 541,382 images from the Portugal, Beja, Civil Registration and Miscellaneous Records, 1609–1950, collection; and the 579,293 indexed records and images from U.S., BillionGraves Index, collection . Search these diverse collections and more than 3.5 billion other records for free at FamilySearch.org.

Searchable historic records are made available on FamilySearch.org through the help of thousands of volunteers from around the world. These volunteers transcribe (index) information from digital copies of handwritten records to make them easily searchable online. More volunteers are needed (particularly those who can read foreign languages) to keep pace with the large number of digital images being published online at FamilySearch.org. Learn more about volunteering to help provide free access to the worldís historic genealogical records online at FamilySearch.org.

FamilySearch Update

FamilySearch has added more than 2.9 million indexed records and images to collections from Brazil, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Peru, Spain, and the United States. 

Notable collection updates include the 609,536 indexed images from the new Canada, Quebec, Notarial Records, 1800–1920, collection; the 240,983 images from the New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1848–1991, collection; and the 464,001 indexed records from U.S., New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925–1957, collection. 

See FamilySearch Blog for the full list of updates.

FamilySearch Update: Collections from Brazil, Canada, England, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, and the United States

FamilySearch Adds Close to 11.1 Million Indexed Records and Images to Collections from Brazil, Canada, England, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, and the United States

FamilySearch has added close to 11.1 million indexed records and images to collections from Barbados, BillionGraves, Brazil, Canada, England, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.

Notable collection updates include the 1,703,529 indexed records from the U.S., Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846–1910, collection; the 766,368 indexed records and images from the new Canadian Headstones, collection; and the 2,917,490 indexed records from the England, Kent, Register of Electors, 1570–1907, collection. Search these diverse collections and more than 3.5 billion other records for free at FamilySearch.org.