Michigan Naturalization and Citizenship

United States Naturalization Online Genealogy Records

Online Resources

 * Michiganology Naturalization
 * Michigan, Index to Eastern District Naturalizations, 1837-1903 ($) Index
 * 1837-1993 at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Michigan, Federal Naturalization Records, 1887-1931 ($) index and images
 * U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes for Michigan, 1907-1995 Index and images ($)
 * 1944-2003 U.S., Index to Alien Case Files, 1944-2003 at Ancestry — index, ($)

Availability
The circuit and district courts had authority to naturalize foreigners, but the actual documents are in the custody of each county clerk.

The FamilySearch Library has the following major collections of naturalization records for Michigan:


 * Michigan. Circuit Court. (Wayne County). Declarations of Intention, 1874–1936. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1993. . Includes indexes.
 * Michigan. Circuit Court. (Wayne County). Naturalization Records, 1815–1928. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976, 1977. Includes indexes.
 * Michigan. Circuit Court. (Wayne County). Naturalization Records, 1837–1935. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992. Includes indexes. Includes some Superior Court records.
 * United States. District Court. (Michigan: Eastern District). Declarations of Intentions, 1911–1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986.
 * United States. District Court. (Michigan: Eastern District). Naturalization Records, 1913–1928. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986.
 * United States. District Court. (Michigan: Western District: Northern Division). Naturalization Records, 1887–1915. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986. .)
 * United States. District Court. (Michigan: Western District: Southern Division). Naturalization Records, 1907–1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986.
 * The Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog lists additional records like these under:


 * MICHIGAN - NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP


 * MICHIGAN, [COUNTY] - NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP

Post 1906 Records
For declarations and petitions filed after 1906, contact the National Archives and Records Administration—Chicago, Illinois Branch or access the Genealogy Program at www.uscis.gov. Websites

National Archives at Chicago and Dayton