Guide to Naturalization Records of the United States

by Christina K. Schaefer

State by state, county by county, city by city, the Guide to Naturalization Records identifies all repositories of naturalization records, systematically indicating the types of records held, their dates of coverage, and the location of original and microfilm records. The Guide also pinpoints the whereabouts of federal court records in all National Archives facilities, and identifies every single piece of information on naturalizations that is available on microfilm through the National Archives or the Family History Library System, including the call numbers used by each institution.

408 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Julie]

Browsed through the book at the library. The introduction is very good and provides a nice overview of the naturalization process as wells as the types of records you might expect to find.

When I was looking for specific places, I found that the information was not as thorough as I would have liked. Many times for a county it would say something like, not microfilmed, originals as such and such courthouse. This is not very helpful, since it doesn't specify what records are at the courthouse and leads one to believe that ALL types are available. In several instances, I know this is not the case and that some counties only have some record types. I also noticed that some counties were missing, although I'm not sure why.