United States, Missouri, Naturalization Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains naturalization records from the United States Circuit and District Courts for the state of Missouri and includes such records as Declarations of Intention, Petitions for Naturalization, Military Petitions, Certificate Stubs, Indexes, etc. The original images are housed at The National Archives and Records Administration regional facility in Kansas City. The records are part of Record Group 21 Records of th District Courts of the United States.

 Collections Included in this Publication 
 * Western Division. Western District. Petitions for Naturalization, 9.17.1909-1.10.1991 NAID 570549
 * Eastern Division. Eastern District. Naturalization Certificate Stubs, 1/25/1907 - 5/7/1926 NAID 6882524
 * Eastern Division. Eastern District. Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1890 - 1/25/1991 NAID 784139

 Related National Archives Collection 
 * Western (Kansas City) Division. Index of Transferred and Inactive Naturalization Petitions, 1958–1963

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 3

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

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.

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

 * Add any new information to your records
 * If available, check the image for additional information
 * Analyze the entry to see if it provides additional clues to find other records of the person or their family

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

 * Try searching by surname only
 * The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of their name
 * Remember that spelling was generally not standardized until the early part of the 20th century

Research Helps
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 * Missouri Record Finder
 * Missouri Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research

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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


 * William D. White. Preliminary inventory of the records of the United States courts for the western district of Missouri (record group 21) Kansas City, Missouri : Federal Records Center, 1969 FS Library 977.8 A1 no. 85; DGS 7705455
 * Northern Division. Certificate stubs, 1907-1912
 * Northern Division. Certificate stubs, 1912-1926
 * Northern Division. Declaration of Intention, 1909-1929
 * Southern Division. Declaration of intention, 1895-1985
 * Southern Division. Naturalization petitions and record, 1911-1937; citizenship petitions, 1930-1936; naturalization certificate stubs, 1916-1927
 * St. Louis. Eastern Division. Declarations of intention, 1849-1911
 * Eastern District. Eastern Division. Petitions for naturalization, 1843-1991
 * Eastern District. Eastern Division. Naturalization petitions, depositions, and miscellaneous papers, naturalization certificate stubs, 1907-1991
 * Eastern District. Eastern Division. St. Louis, Petitions for naturalization, 1868-1991
 * Western District. Western Division. Declarations of intention, 1892-1936
 * Western District. Western Division. Declarations of intention, 1906-1909
 * Western District. Western Division. Declarations of intention, 1910-1911
 * Western District. Western Division. Declarations of intentions, 1882-1941 Circuit Court
 * Western District. Western Division. Naturalization petitions, 1906-1963
 * Western District. Western Division. Missouri, Military petitions, 1918
 * Western District. Southwestern Division. Naturalization related records, 1907-1935
 * Missouri, naturalization and citizenship
 * Missouri, St. Louis, naturalization records
 * Missouri, Jackson County, Kansas City, Naturalization records

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 02, Federal Courts, no. 24, Missouri St. Louis County, Missouri: Historical Records Survey, 1938

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