Naturalization

Tips for Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors

The stories of our immigrant ancestors are inspiring and fascinating - the genealogical records that help us piece together how, when, and why our ancestors immigrated to America are some of the most sought-after for good reason. 

New York Naturalization Records Online

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Naturalization records document the process our immigrant ancestors went through to become a United States citizen.  

For some of our ancestors, becoming a U.S. citizen was a long-sought goal, and there is no better way to preserve this achievement forever than finding the documents that formalized it.  

William Stevens' A-File: A Case Study

The purpose of this article is to explore the plethora of information that may be just a letter away at the Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), if a family member was an alien residing in the United States in 1940

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