Nebraska, Box Butte County Naturalization Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States Nebraska Box Butte County

What is in the Collection?
This collection includes digital images of naturalization and citizenship records from Box Butte County for the years 1885-2015.

What Can these Records Tell Me?
The information given for each petition includes the following:


 * Full name of petitioner
 * Current address
 * Country of birth
 * Date and place of arrival
 * Names of two witnesses
 * Date of petition
 * Petition number
 * Other facts of reacord
 * Volume and page number of petition

Declaration of Intent and Naturalization Petitions may include any of the following:


 * Name of immigrant
 * Country of birth
 * Arrival date
 * Date of Declaration of Intent or Naturalization
 * Names of witnesses
 * Signature of judge or court official
 * Birth date
 * Birthplace
 * Age
 * Race
 * Last foreign residence
 * Current residence
 * Arrival place
 * Marital status
 * Name of spouse
 * Maiden name of wife
 * Birth date of spouse
 * Residence of spouse

How Do I Search the Collection?
To begin your search it is helpful to know:
 * Your Ancestor’s name both in America and country of origin
 * Approximate dates of immigration and naturalization
 * Ancestor’s residence

Compare the information on the image to what you already know about your ancestor to determine if it is the correct family or person. You may need to compare several images before you find your ancestor.

To browse the images in this collection: ⇒ Select the 'Record Category' category ⇒ Select the 'Record Type, Volume, and Year Range' category

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What Do I Do Next?
Whenever possible, view the original records to verify the information and to find additional information that might not be reported. These pieces of information can lead you to additional records and family members.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Use the information to find other records such as emigrations, port records, ship’s manifests, birth, christening, census, and land records.
 * Learn foreign and “Americanized” names
 * Use the information to find additional family members.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
 * Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.

I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking for, What Now?

 * Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
 * Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records.
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search.
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images.
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for these names as well.
 * Search the indexes and records of Nebraska, United States Genealogy.
 * Search in the Nebraska Archives and Libraries.

Citing this Collection
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