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Subject: [NYNASSAU] Nassau Naturalization Index Is Now Online
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 00:18:27 EST
The Italian Genealogical Group, along with members German Genealogy Group,
the Jewish Genealogical Society of Long Island and the Irish History Forum,
has recently completed the project of computerizing:
Nassau County, NY Naturalization Records
http://www.italiangen.org/databases.stm
This database joins the Suffolk County Naturalization Records database to
cover all of Long Island outside of the NYC line.
These naturalization records are of extreme importance not only to
genealogical researchers but also to others trying to find either historical
or personal information. The Nassau County Clerk's office is the custodian of
the records and since they are now computerized can easily answer requests to
their office for naturalization information.
The complete database has over 65,000 names, in 279 volumes, from as
early as 1899 up to 1986 when the Federal government assumed control of the
naturalization process.
Among these records are names of military personnel who petitioned the
government for citizenship while at Camp Mills and Aviation Field #2, both
U.S. Army bases. They were situated in the area that is now Mineola/Garden
City, Long Island. There were thousands of men trained there during 1917 to
1918 and while the majority of the men were from the New York metropolitan
area, there were also many from as far away as the states of California and
Washington.
This database has importance not only to New Yorkers but also to many
from all over the United States. Particularly for soldiers who were processed
for discharge at the end of World War I in November 1918. These men were very
often not from the New York area. It is suggested that if you can't find a
relative, who became a citizen during the World War I period, no matter where
they lived originally, check the Camp Mills and Aviation Field #2
naturalization records.
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