OK, The best place to get ALL of the info on Naturalization Records is the book by Christina K. Schaefer called Guide to naturalization Records of the United States. A very BASIC list is that before 1906 there were only minimal requirements:
Name of applicant Residence of applicant name of witness address of witness Length of residence of applicant statement of applicant’s character. So if you are looking to find the “home country” you will not find it prior to 1906 on the Deposition or Naturalization document. As Cheri stated, they usually just renounce their allegiance to the King of Portugal etc. Also, the first papers can be filed in ANY court, Superior, Circuit, Muni and in any town. The Final papers then can be filed in any court or town so that the 1st papers may be filed in say NY and the final in CA! This is what makes finding the papers before 1906 so hard. After 1906 the Feds got involved and the Petition for Naturalization has MANY questions and is very valuable. So when asking at the courthouse for the Naturalization Papers of your person, as for ALL papers pertaining to the Naturalization. The Declaration of Intention is the best for getting the most info. You really need to read the above mentioned book because the laws on Naturalization and just who was Naturalized under a certain person changes. In some years all boys under the age of 18 were Naturalized under the Father, in other years it was under 16, in others if a son was 18 he could be Nat. under his Father or petition himself. REMEMBER, a woman was the nationality that her husband was! So, as my grandmother learned, she was born in the US and married an Alien in 1916 and BECAME his Nationality! She reapplied for Citizenship in 1937 and became a citizen once more. Rosemarie Rosemarie From: Cheri Mello Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 8:01 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Petition for naturalizations before 1880 Pam S, Once I get all my files transferred over, I can double check, but if I remember right, naturalization records before 1900 ask you to renounce your allegiance to your former country. They may or may not say where the man was from (women usually not included until 1920). Someone who has the information at their fingertips may be able to shed more light. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
