New Hampshire, County Naturalization Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
This collection contains naturalization records from the following counties:


 * Belknap
 * Carroll
 * Cheshire
 * Coos
 * Grafton
 * Hillsborough
 * Merrimack
 * Rockingham
 * Strafford
 * Sullivan

Citation for This Collection
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Information about creating source citations for FamilySearch Historical Collections is found in the wiki article Help:How to Create Source Citations For FamilySearch Historical Records Collections.

Record Content


The information found in Naturalization Records vaires by county and individual record. You may find any of the following:


 * Full Name of Petitioner
 * Name of court
 * Date of Emigration
 * Place of residence
 * Occupation
 * Date and Place of Birth
 * Date of Declaration
 * Date of Marriage
 * Spouses Full name (Sometimes Maiden Name)
 * Spouses Birth date and place
 * Names and Birth places of children
 * Name of Judge
 * Name of Witnesses

How to Use the Record
To search the collection, select "Browse through images".

On the initial collection page: ⇒Select the “County” ⇒Select the “Record Type, Record Description” which will take you to the images.

Look at the images one by one comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine which one is your ancestor. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to make this determination.

Related Websites
Naturalization Records

Related Wiki Articles
New Hampshire Naturalization and Citizenship

Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections
When you copy information from a record, you should list where you found the information. This will help you or others to find the record again. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records. A suggested format for keeping track of records that you have searched is found in the wiki article Help:How to Cite FamilySearch Collections.

Citation Example for a Record Found in a Historical Record Collection
“Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 28 February, 2012), La Plata &gt; San Ponciano &gt; Matrimonios 1884-1886 &gt; image 71 of 389 images, Artemio Avendano and Clemtina Peralta, 1884; citing Parroquia de San Ponciano en la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Matrimonios. San Ponciano, La Plata.

When the citation has been replaced with a citation specific to the collection being described, the heading should be changed to “Citation Example for a Record Found in This Collection” in Heading style 3.