the United States District Courts or Circuit Courts) are in the custody of the Courts or the National Archives, and are usually stored at one of the Regional Archives or Federal Records Centers. Petitions filed in Federal Court (i.e.The law of Septemrequired all women, regardless of their marital status, to file separately. The dates of their arrival will seldom appear on their spouses' petitions. When searching, you should be aware that an immigrant had to maintain continuous residence for a minimum of five years before being eligible for citizenship.įrom 1855 to 1922, married women derived citizenship through their husbands, and would not have to file separate papers. To conduct a search, you will need to know your ancestor's name, place of residence, and the approximate time period when the petition for naturalization was filed.
Indexes are available for most of these records. Beginning in October 1906, the petition includes the date of arrival, vessel name, and port of entry. Documents after 1892 however usually provide a date of arrival. Nineteenth century petitions for citizenship/naturalization seldom provide arrival information. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database has information on nearly 35,000 slaving voyages. In museums' special collections containing manifests of slave ships or in libraries' published compilations of documents related to the slave trade in America. The National Archives department that holds microfilm copies of manifests of slave ships arriving in the ports of Savannah, Mobile, and New Orleans, 1789-1808 If you know the steamship on which your immigrant ancestor traveled, check Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports 1789-1919, a National Archives publication, and/or the Morton Allen Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals.Įven though your ancestor was not listed by name in the cargo manifest, circumstantial evidence of the ship can be obtained if you know where, when, and by whom the enslaved person was first purchased. You might also want to check naturalization petitions after 1892 and Federal census schedules for 1900, 1910, 1920, or 1930 which may list the year of immigration. Some specialized indexes have been compiled by nationality, port of entry or port of departure. Visit the website of the National Archives ( For those wishing to extend their search and continue to trace their family history, the Genealogy/ Personal History section of the National Archives is comprehensive, and contains an extensive listing of different records useful for genealogical research. You can also access immigration records for family members who passed through Castle Garden in The Battery (1855-1892) and those who passed through the Ellis Island Immigration Station (1892-1954). The National Archives in New York City is located at 1 Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004. You will need to check with each office to find out exactly what records they hold, and what programs they offer. (86), there are regional offices throughout the country. In addition to the national headquarters in Washington, D.C. Visit a Local Office of the National Archives: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) maintains a very comprehensive website, and has vast holdings in several locations throughout the country.
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