Naturalizations, Morgan County IL
Naturalizations
Morgan County IL
Early on, say before 1880, to be naturalized, the
person
went to a Federal Court. Sometime after 1900, a person no longer had to
go to a Federal Courthouse to be naturalized; the local county
courthouse
was the place to go.
Many times MINOR children were naturalized with their parents and there
are no separate records for them. And, in the earliest years, women did
not have naturalization records.
Elsie Wasser said, "Anyone who entered the U.S. under the age of 21
years was eligible to receive his Naturalization on the same day he
applied
for citizenship."
The naturalization process took several years, because:
This means that the papers that you need MAY
NOT be
located in the area where the individual was living at the time that he
or she became a citizen.
Ships Passengers List indexes are on microfilm
All ports
except New York have been indexed. Ellis
Island 1892-1924 has been indexed. Massive numbers of immigrants
came
thru
New York so the Ellis Island index dates limits the New York search.
Your local LDS (Latter Day Saints) FHC (Family
History
Center) has a catalog of all recorded Ships Passenger List indexes on
microfilm
held in Salt Lake City. You can order these films at your local LDS FHC
for a small amount of money. You cannot remove the film from the FHC.
Check
your phone book for a local LDS FHC. LDS catalog now online at http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchcatalog.asp
St Louis Public Library
(downstairs)
on Olive Street north of Union Station has the indexes for Ships
Passenger
Lists
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Possible Help at the National Archives
Regional
Center in Kansas City.
I checked NARA
records
at
Kansas
City
NARA Records at Kansas City:
Record Group 21
RECORDS OF THE DISTRICT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES Record group
description
includes, "naturalization papers" - declarations of intention,
petitions for naturalization, depositions, and certificates of
naturalization;
Record Group 36
RECORDS OF THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE Related Microfilm Publications
M174, "Letters Received by the Secretary of the Treasury From
Collectors
of Customs ("G", "H", "I" Series), 1833-1869";
M175, "Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Treasury to Collectors
of Customs at All Ports, 1789-1847, and at Small Ports, 1847-1878 ("G"
Series)";
M178, "Correspondence of the Secretary of the Treasury With Collectors
of Customs, 1789- 1833";
M334, "Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at
Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports (Excluding New York), 1820-1874";
M575, "Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports
on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and at Ports on the Great Lakes,
1820-1873";
M1357, "Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston,
Texas, 1896- 1906";
M1358, "Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston,
Texas, 1906-1951";
M1359, "Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston, Texas,
1896-1951";
T527, "Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving At New Orleans,
Louisiana, 1853-1899";
T905, "Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana,
1903-1945".
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