Arkansas, Naturalization Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

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What is in This Collection?
This collection contains naturalization records, declarations of intention, and other naturalization records from Little Rock (Pulaski County) and Fort Smith (Sebastian County). It includes five National Archive (NARA) collections from Little Rock: Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1906-1946 (NARA ID 645717); Petitions for Naturalizations, 1903-1982 (NARA ID 645737); Petitions by Military Servicemen, 1918-1954 (NARA ID 3361338); Lists of Granted, Denied, and Continued Petitions, 1926-1965 (NARA ID 3361862); and Repatriation Oaths of Allegiance, 1941-1950 (NARA ID 7351424). It also contains three NARA collections from Fort Smith: Declarations, Petitions, and Oaths of Admission, 1872-1906 (NARA ID 3255388); Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1907-1987 (NARA ID 604722); and Petitions for Naturalization, 1911-1964 (NARA ID 604723). Originally captured at the NARA Regional Archives in Fort Worth, Texas.

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