Naturalization

Overview

The County Clerk maintains naturalization records for the years 1907 through 1924. These records include the following: certificate of arrival, declaration of intention and petitions. A copy of these records is available for a fee of $20, payable to the Kings County Clerk in cash, certified check or money orders.

A search of these records may be done by mail or in person.

If you do a search in person, the only fee you pay for is the copying fee of $.25 per page for the use of public copying machines.

To conduct a search by mail, the fee for the search is $10, and the fee for the copy is $10, for a total of $20. However if you have the volume and page number, the fee is only $10. This fee is payable to the Kings County Clerk by money order or certified check. You can obtain the volume and page number by doing research on the following website: www.jgsny.org.

Mail your request, including the fee, person's name and the years to be searched, with a stamped self-addressed envelope to:

The Kings County Clerk Room 189, Record Room
360 Adams Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

All other naturalization records are maintained by the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at: 1-800-375-5283.