Illinois, Northern District (Eastern Division), Naturalization Index, 1926-1979
This collection consists of a card index to naturalization records for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois, in Chicago, ARC Identifier 1165908. This collection is being published as images become available.
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Illinois, Northern District (Eastern Division), Naturalization Index
What is in This Collection?
This collection contains index & images of a card index to naturalization petitions for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois, Chicago NAID 1165908. The card index was compiled from the series, "Naturalization Petition and Record Books, 1906 - ca. 1975" NAID 281842, "Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1991" NAID 593882, and "Overseas Naturalization Petition Books, 1942-1956" NAID 1183015.
This collection indexes the following records:
- Naturalization Petition and Record Books, 1906-ca. 1975, NAID 281842
- Petition for Naturalization,1906-1991,NAID 593882
- Military Naturalization Petition and Record Books, 1918-1922,NAID 1182054
- Naturalization Petitions,1872-1902,NAID 1225038
- Municipal and county naturalization records in northern Illinois, northwestern Indiana, eastern Iowa and southern Wisconsin
See United States Naturalization and Citizenship for more information on the naturalization process and the records which were created.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
To Browse This Collection
| You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Illinois, Northern District (Eastern Division), Naturalization Index, 1926-1979. |
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
- Person's name
- Age
- Residence
- Court of naturalization
- Date of naturalization
- Petition number
- Changes of name
Collection Content
Sample Image
1920 Soundex Index Card
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Collection Details
Location of Original Records
National Archives and Records Administration
"Illinois, Northern District (Eastern Division), Naturalization Index, 1926-1979." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 29 April 2026. Citing District Court. National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, Chicago.
