Naturalization Records

Naturalization Records

Naturalization records typically include affidavits, reports for naturalization, declarations of intent to become United States citizens, and notices of application for admission of citizenship. The reports are narrative accounts made by applicants summarizing their journey to the United States....

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    World War II Separation Notices: Army I

    World War II Separation Notices: Army I

    The World War II Separation Notices Collection documents demographics, civilian life, and military service history for more than 250,000 men and women from across the state. After leaving the U.S. military, individuals received official documentation noting separation from their branch of...

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      World War II Separation Notices: Navy

      World War II Separation Notices: Navy

      The World War II Separation Notices Collection documents demographics, civilian life, and military service history for more than 250,000 men and women from across the state. After leaving the U.S. military, individuals received official documentation noting separation from their branch of...

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        World War II Separation Notices: U.S. Marine Corps

        World War II Separation Notices: U.S. Marine Corps

        The World War II Separation Notices Collection documents demographics, civilian life, and military service history for more than 250,000 men and women from across the state. After leaving the U.S. military, individuals received official documentation noting separation from their branch of...

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          World War II: War Dead Questionnaires

          World War II: War Dead Questionnaires

          This collection consists of Questionnaires completed by the next-of-kin of Virginians killed in military service during World War II. The three-page questionnaire records personal and military data including birth date and place, date of birth of children, education, date and place of...

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            Virginia Untold: Deeds of Emancipation and Manumission

            Virginia Untold: Deeds of Emancipation and Manumission

            Virginia Untold provides digital access to records that document some of the lived experiences of enslaved and free Black people in the Library of Virginia’s collections. Please help improve the discoverability of these sources by transcribing one of the project's many record types, deeds of...

            Virginia Untold: Free Registers (indexing)

            Virginia Untold: Free Registers (indexing)

            Virginia Untold provides digital access to records that document some of the lived experiences of enslaved and free Black people in the Library of Virginia’s collections. Please help improve the discoverability of these sources by transcribing one of the project's many record types, registers...

            Local Government Records: Coroners' Inquisitions

            Local Government Records: Coroners' Inquisitions

            Coroners’ Inquisitions contain investigations into the deaths of individuals who died by a sudden, violent, unnatural or suspicious manner, or died without medical attendance. Causes of death found in these records include murder [including racial violence], infanticide, suicide, domestic...