World Archives Project: California, U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972

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About this project

This project, US Naturalization Originals - CA (Los Angeles and San Diego) comprises a wide variety of naturalization records spanning the period from 1876 to 1940.

Project Partners

This collection is sponsored by the following partners:

Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles

California State Genealogical Alliance

Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society

San Diego Genealogical Society

South Orange County California Genealogical Society

Southern California Genealogical Society

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World Archives Keying Standards
Naturalization Originals Message Board

Examples of Records that should NOT be keyed

The following records should be classified as 'Cover page, Section Header, etc' forms and should not be keyed. Images marked as Cover pages will be maintained in the final database - images with no data will not be saved.

Declaration/Petitions with partial covering of petition. The declaration also would not be keyed as it shows a page underneath it.
Certificate of Arrival:


Indexes:


Backs of forms:


Book Covers:


Oath of Allegiance:


Images such as film leaders, trailers, camera operator cards, etc (images that don't contain record information), should be marked as Image with no data forms.


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Naturalization Form

Naturalization Form

This form type is for all images that have information about someone applying for citizenship in the United States, whether the image is of a Declaration of Intention, Petition for Naturalization or Certificate of Citizenship.


This image is showing a declaration of intention and a petition for naturalization. Only the petition would be keyed as the declaration is laying on top of other forms.

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This declaration of intention would be keyed as a naturalization form.

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