Naturalization
in the Territory
and State of New Mexico
The naturalization procedure produced a variety of records from county and district courts throughout the state. Many of the loose papers within this collection are correspondence concerning applications for naturalization or other information that did not neatly fit into the record books. The loose paper files contain records from 1852 to 1960 and are only a small portion of the naturalization records at the state archives. Documents that may be found include:
Information of help to genealogists in the original naturalization consists of:
• place of origin;
• birth date and place;
• where the petitioner embarked to the United States;
• date and place of arrival;
• date and place he declared his intention, with the certificate of intention on the back of the certificate;
• name of the applicant’s wife, her date and place of birth;
• names children under 18 years old, their birth dates and place of birth;
• reverse side contains naturalization number and date.
About the authors: NMGS board members Karen Daniel and Elizabeth Albright each had begun independent extractions of New Mexico Naturalization records. When they learned this, they combined their efforts. This is the first book that is completed.
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