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Task
Wiki Project Pennsylvania Tasks - Naturalization 2

Description
List naturalization indexes and records found online on the county page. This task is in 3 parts.

Part A
1. Go to Online Searchable Pennsylvania Naturalization Records &amp; Indexes

2. Add the following: Online Naturalization Indexes and Records

3. For ALL COUNTIES - Add the following:



4. Go to part B.

Part B
1. District Court Records - locate your county either in the Eastern, Middle, or Western District Court. Your county will only be in one.

For Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery Northampton - add the following in wikitext to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



For Adams, Bradford, Cameron, Carbon, centre, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lebanon,Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, Wyoming, York - add in wikitext the following to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



For counties Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington and Westmoreland - add in wikitext the following to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



2. Go to part C.

Part C
1. Miscellaneous Counties: review to see if your county is listed. Copy and paste in wikitext the applicable database. If you county is not listed, you have completed the task.

For Cambria County - also add the following in wikitext to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



For Centre County - also add the following in wikitext to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



For Chester County - also add the following in wikitext to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



For Delaware County - also add the following in wikitext to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



For Philadelphia County - add the following in wikitext to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



For Tioga County - also add the following in wikitext to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



For York County - also add the following in wikitext to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



Example of Task
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records


 * 1740-1773 – Pennsylvania Naturalizations, 1740-1773 on Ancestry.com - ($), incomplete for all counties
 * 1789-1880 – Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930 on Fold3.com

Example of Completed Naturalization Records Section
Naturalization records can contain information about immigration and nativity. Prior to 1906, it is rare to find the town of origin in naturalization records. See Pennsylvania Naturalization for more information about the types of records and availability.

Naturalizations granted at the county level were kept by the office of the Prothonotary. Naturalizations could also be granted on the Federal Court level.

Naturalization records available for Berks County, Pennsylvania include the following:

Online Naturalization Indexes and Records


 * 1740-1773 – Pennsylvania Naturalizations, 1740-1773 on Ancestry.com - ($), incomplete for all counties
 * 1789-1880 – Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930 on Fold3.com

Original Naturalization Records on Microfilm


 * 1798–1915 Naturalization Papers - Index included: 1798-1915