Illinois, Northern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1994

Naturalization petitions from the District Court for the Chicago Division of the Northern District of Illinois, filmed at the Great Lakes Region of NARA at Chicago. Corresponds with NARA ARC #593882. This collection is being published as images become available.

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Illinois, Northern District Petitions for Naturalization

What is in This Collection?

This collection includes Naturalization petitions from the District Court for the Chicago Division of the Northern District of Illinois for the years 1906-1994. The records were filmed at the Great Lakes Region of NARA at Chicago; they correspond with NARA NAID #593882. This collection is being published as images become available.

The FamilySearch Library has records of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern and Southern Districts, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts. See Illinois-Naturalizationin the FamilySearch Catalog. For records not found in the FamilySearch Library collection, contact the National Archives, Chicago Branch.

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 Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1994.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Petition

  • Name of the petitioner
  • Residence
  • Country of birth
  • Place and date of arrival
  • Names of two witnesses
  • Petition number
  • Date of petition
  • Volume and page number of the petition

Declarations of intent and Naturalization Petitions

  • Name of the immigrant
  • Country of birth
  • Arrival date
  • Date of Declaration of Intent or Naturalization
  • Names of witnesses
  • Signature of judge or court official
  • Birth date
  • Birthplace
  • Age
  • Race
  • Last foreign residence
  • Current residence
  • Arrival place
  • Marital status
  • Name of spouse
  • Maiden name of wife
  • Birth date of spouse
  • Residence of spouse

Collection Content

Sample Images

Collection Details

Record Type: Migration
95,590 Records
95,591 Personas
2,046,215 Images

Location of Original Records

National Archives and Records Administration

Cite This Collection

"Illinois, Northern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1994." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 11 October 2024. Citing U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois, 3/3/1905, NAID 593882. Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009, RG 21. National Archives at Chicago.