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WikiProject Pennsylvania Progress Chart  Pennsylvania Wiki Project Task - Naturalization FHLC

Task
Wiki Project Pennsylvania Tasks - Naturalization FHLC

Description
List naturalization records from the FHLC onto the county page.

Instructions
1. To locate naturalization records in the FHLC, do a place name search in the FHLC by typing in your county. If you need more instructions on how to search the FHLC, go to Family History Library Catalog Place-name Search.

2. Once you have the correct county, look under the topic of "Naturalization and Citizenship." Review the entries for any original probate records. Do not put in naturalization book indexes or abstracts. We will link to these in another task. If there are no original naturalization records in the FHLC, you have completed the task.

3. If there are original naturalization records listed for your county, copy and paste the following after any online naturalization records listed:


 * Original Naturalization Records on Microfilm

4. From the FHLC, add each original naturalization record under the new heading you created in #3. Please remember the following as you create the entry:


 * i. Bullet each entry you make.
 * ii. Put the dates the records cover at the beginning of the entry after the bullet. Then list the title of the collection.
 * iii. The date should be bolded.
 * iv. You can put the index at the end of the entry (see example).
 * v. Put the sources in chronological order.
 * vi. Use the FHLC template to list the film number.

Example:


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

Example of Task
Original Naturalization Records on Microfilm


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

Example of Completed Naturalization Records Section
WikiProject Pennsylvania Progress Chart  Pennsylvania Wiki Project Task - Naturalization Online

Task
Wiki Project Pennsylvania Tasks - Naturalization Online

Description
List naturalization indexes and records found online. This task is in 3 parts.

Part A
1. Go to Online Searchable Pennsylvania Naturalization Records &amp; Indexes

2. Add the following: Online Naturalization Indexes and Records

3. For ALL COUNTIES - Add the following:



4. Go to part B.

Part B
1. District Court Records - locate your county either in the Eastern, Middle, or Western District Court. Your county will only be in one.

For Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery Northampton - add the following in wikitext to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



For Adams, Bradford, Cameron, Carbon, centre, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lebanon,Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, Wyoming, York - add in wikitext the following to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



For counties Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington and Westmoreland - add in wikitext the following to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



2. Go to part C.

Part C
1. Miscellaneous Counties: review to see if your county is listed. Copy and paste in wikitext the applicable database. If you county is not listed, you have completed the task.

For Cambria County - also add the following in wikitext to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



For Centre County - also add the following in wikitext to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



For Chester County - also add the following in wikitext to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



For Delaware County - also add the following in wikitext to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



For Philadelphia County - add the following in wikitext to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



For Tioga County - also add the following in wikitext to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



For York County - also add the following in wikitext to the list of databases in chronological and alphabetical order:



Example of Task
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records


 * 1740-1773 – Pennsylvania Naturalizations, 1740-1773 on Ancestry.com - ($), incomplete for all counties
 * 1789-1880 – Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930 on Fold3.com

Example of Completed Naturalization Records Section
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
 * 1789-1880 – Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930 on Fold3.com

Original Naturalization Records on Microfilm


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