THEY BECAME AMERICANS: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins by: Loretto Dennis Szucs
Citizenship documents are eagerly sought after for both their sentimental nature and the important information they hold. Yet, they can be difficult to locate and fully understand. Complex and constantly changing naturalization laws have resulted in a great deal of confusion!
They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins addresses the complexities of naturalization records in a straightforward discussion. Dozens of illustrations and example documents enhance the reading and simplify your search for these unique sources of American genealogy!
From the seventeenth century to the present, millions upon millions of people immigrated to the United States. The resultant naturalization process created a significant number of historical records about individuals and groups. Unfortunately, these records are anything but uniform in nature! An immigrant's desire to become a citizen of the United States might have been recorded on a formal document requiring detailed biographical information. Or it may have been handwritten on a piece of paper with nothing more than the immigrant's name and the date of the event!
Immigrants made major contributions to the development of the United States, but many were never formally naturalized! Yet even in cases where naturalization documents are not available, there are plenty of fascinating alternatives that will help to determine an immigrant's Old World origins! Let author Loretto Szucs guide you to these varied and unusual sources in They Became Americans!
Regardless of the difficulties associated with them, naturalization records rank among the most useful and fascinating record sources available to the general public. Don't lose this great opportunity to expand and aid the search for your ancestors!
Softbound, 260 pp., ISBN 0-916489-71-X
