Montana Naturalization and Citizenship

Online Resources
Wiki articles describing online FamilySearch collections are found at:
 * Norske i Montana Naturalization
 * Selected U.S. Naturalization Records for Montana- Original Documents, 1790-1974 ($)
 * Images only, incomplete for all counties.
 * Images only.
 * Montana, Federal Naturalization Records, 1880-1920, index and images, ($).
 * Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - U.S. District Courts for the State of Montana, 1891-1929 ($)


 * Montana, Cascade County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Montana, Granite County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Montana, Flathead County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Montana, Rosebud County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Availability
Naturalization records have generally been filed in the county and district courts of Montana. You can write to the clerk of the court and request a search of indexes to certificates of arrival, petitions, declarations, and final naturalization papers.

The Family History Library has copies of some Montana naturalizations. The National Archives—Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle)has documents for:


 * The four territorial district courts (1868-89). (Indexes on Family History Library film items 1-8.)
 * U.S. district courts in Butte (1894-1929), Great Falls (1924-26), Helena (1892-1929). (Family History Library films and .)
 * The U.S. Circuit Court (1891-98). (Family History Library films items 9-10 and  items 1-20.)

Post-1906 Records
In 1906 the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) was created, forms were standardized and duplicate copies of naturalization records were sent to the INS. You can access these records through the Genealogy Program at www.uscis.gov.