New York, Western District Naturalization Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains naturalization records that were filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern Districts of New York. Records contain such information as name, date of naturalization/petition/declaration, birth date and age, former nationality, port and date of arrival, names of witnesses, etc. Images originally housed at The National Archives and Records Administration New York Regional Facility.


 * Directory of courts having jurisdiction in naturalization proceedings. U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1963

National Archives Catalog
Southern District  Western District  Northern District  Eastern District
 * Certificate of Naturalization Receipt Stubs, 1903 - 8/27/1993 U.S. District for the South District
 * Index to Petitions for Naturalization, 1824 - 1991U.S. District Court for the Southern District
 * Petitions for Naturalization, 1903 - 1991.U.S. District Court for the Western District
 * Lists of Granted, Continued, and Denied Naturalization Petitions, 10/4/1928 - 9/3/1992U.S. District Court for the Western District
 * Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 10/1/1906 - 4/29/1963.U.S. District for the Western District
 * Certificate of Naturalization Receipt Stubs, 1907 - 1926U.S. District Court for the Western District Court
 * Petitions for Naturalization, 1821 - 1906U.S. District Court for the Northern District Court
 * Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1865 - 1971.U.S. District for the Eastern District Court
 * Index to Correspondence Related to Merchant Seaman Who Were Investigated, 1917 - 1917.Department of the Navy. Third Naval District. Office of Aid for Information.
 * List of Naturalization Certificates, 1905 - 1906U.S. Civil Service Commission. District 2 Filed Service

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Research Helps
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 * New York Record Finder
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 * New York Genealogy
 * New York Naturalization and Citizenship

Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Newman, John J. American Naturalization Records;1790-1990: what they are and how to use them. Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998. FS Library 973 P47na
 * Szucs, Loretto Dennis They became Americans: finding naturalization records and ethnic origins Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, c1998 FS Library 973 P47t

Eastern District Northern District Southern District
 * New York, Eastern District. Declarations of intention for citizenship, 1929-1942 NAID 5700802
 * New York, Eastern District. Petitions for naturalization filed at Fort Hamilton during WWI, 1918-1920
 * New York, Eastern District. Final petition and citizenship papers (New York), 1865-1958
 * New York, Northern District. Petitions for naturalization and index, 1821-1906
 * Index to naturalization petitions of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-1957 : NARA RG21 publication M1164
 * New York, Southern District. List of naturalization certificates, Dockets and case files in naturalization Suites in Equity,1905-1917 NAID 5897456;6171867;93016096
 * New York, Southern District Circuit Court. Naturalization records
 * New York, Southern District. Petitions for naturalization from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York : NARA RG21 publication M1972, 1824-1945
 * New York, Southern District, Declarations of Intentions, 1924-1925
 * New York, Southern District, Alphabetical index to declarations of intentions : 1917-1950
 * Alphabetical index to petitions for naturalization of the U.S. District Court [and Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, 1824-1941 : NARA RG21 publication M1676]

Western District
 * New York, Western District. Petitions for naturalization and lists of granted, continued or denied petitions, 1903-1991 NAIDs 5710001; 5716574
 * New York, Western District, Alphabetical index to petitions for naturalization (New York), 1907-1966

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * New York, Eastern District Naturalization Petitions, Index, 1865-1957
 * New York, Southern District Index to Petitions for Naturalization, 1824-1941
 * New York, Southern District Naturalization Index, 1917-1950
 * New York, U.S. District and Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1991
 * New York, Western District, Naturalization Index, 1907-1966

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Directory of courts having jurisdiction in naturalization proceedings. U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1963

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