New Mexico, Naturalization Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains New Mexico Naturalization Records from 1882-1983 located at the Regional National Archives in Denver.
 * First Judicial District of New Mexico - Santa Fe, Declaration of Intention Record Books,1882-1917, NAID 895239
 * First Judicial District of New Mexico - Santa Fe, Naturalization Record Books,1898-1906, NAID # 895351
 * First Judicial District of New Mexico - Santa Fe, Petitions for Naturalization,1906-1917, NAID # 895790
 * First Judicial District of New Mexico - Santa Fe, Certificates of Naturalization,1907-1917,NAID # 895976
 * Fourth Judicial District of New Mexico - Las Vegas, Declarations of Intention for Naturalization,1906-1909, NAID# 1078527
 * Fourth Judicial District of New Mexico - Las Vegas, Petitions for Naturalization,1906-1912,NAID # 1078528
 * U.S. District Court - District of New Mexico, Naturalization Records,1962-1983,NAID # 4102816
 * U.S. District Court - District of New Mexico, Naturalization Declarations and Petitions,1912-1963,NAID # 1055070

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:

Naturalization • 3

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The approximate immigration and naturalization dates
 * The ancestor’s residence

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
If these are indexes, the original records may contain additional information than was not indexed, or the information might have been indexed incorrectly. You may want to search for the original record at the National Archives.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Use the information found in the record to find border crossing records or ship’s manifests
 * Use the record to learn your ancestor’s foreign and “Americanized” names, if they were different
 * Use the record to learn the place of origin then search there for vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death
 * Search for death or burial information in cemetery records
 * Search for an obituary in local newspapers
 * Use the information found in the record to find land records
 * Use the information found in the record to find probate records
 * Search for additional family members in census records
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family
 * Church records in New Mexico may help provide information about family members

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching other localities
 * Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names.
 * Look for the Declaration of Intent soon after the immigrant arrived. Then look for the Naturalization Petition five years later, when the residency requirement would have been met. Look for naturalization records in federal courts, then in state, county, or city courts. An individual may have filed the first and final papers in different courts and sometimes in a different state if the person moved. Immigrants who were younger than 18 when they arrived did not need to file a Declaration of Intent as part of the process

Research Helps

 * New Mexico Guided Research
 * New Mexico Record Finder
 * New Mexico Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step New Mexico Research, 1880-Present
 * Beginning Research in United States Naturalization Records

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * U.S. District Court, Bernalillo County, naturalization records, 1913-1983
 * U.S. District Court, New Mexico Territory, 1st Judicial District. Rio Arriba County, naturalization records, 1908-1917
 * U.S. District Court, San Miguel County, naturalization records, 1906-1912
 * U.S. District Court. Santa Fe County, naturalization records, 1882-1965
 * Fourth Judicial District Court. Various naturalization records (New Mexico), 1852-1951.
 * extracted and compiled by Karen Stein Daniel and Elizabeth Louise Albright. Naturalization records by New Mexico courts. 3 volumes. Albuquerque, New Mexico : New Mexico Genealogical Society, 2005-2009. FHL 978.9 P4dk

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * New Mexico Alien Arrivals, 1917-1954

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service. Directory of courts having jurisdiction in naturalization proceedings. U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1963.

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.