FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Pennsylvania/Tasks-Naturalization 1

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Task
Wiki Project Pennsylvania Tasks - Naturalization 1

Description
Add intro templates to 1) the Emigration and Immigration heading and 2) the Naturalization and Citizenship heading on the county page. This task is in 2 parts.

Part A - Emigration and Immigration heading
1. Directly below the Emigration and Immigration heading on the county page, add the following:



2. Now go to part B.

Part B - Naturalization heading
3. Below the Naturalization and Citizenship heading on the county page and before the heading (if it is listed), "Online Naturalization Indexes and Records", add the following:



Naturalization and Citizenship
Naturalization records can contain information about immigration and nativity. Prior to 1906, it is rare to find the town of origin in naturalization records. See Pennsylvania Naturalization for more information about the types of records and availability.

Naturalizations granted at the county level were kept by the office of the Prothonotary. Naturalizations could also be granted on the Federal Court level.

Naturalization records available for Berks County, Pennsylvania include the following:

Online Naturalization Indexes and Records


 * 1740-1773 – Pennsylvania Naturalizations, 1740-1773 on Ancestry.com - ($), incomplete for all counties
 * 1795-1952 – on FamilySearch.org - free, National Archives publication M1248, browsesable images of card index
 * 1795-1931 – on FamilySearch.org - free, National Archives publication M1522, browsesable images of petitions, no index, use index listed above
 * 1795-1930 – Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930 on Fold3.com - ($), indexed, National Archives publication M1522, incomplete for all counties
 * 1795-1930 - Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania located in Selected US Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974 database on Ancestry.com - ($), indexed, National Archives publication M1522

Original Naturalization Records on Microfilm


 * 1798–1915 Naturalization Papers - Index included: 1798-1915