Ancestry has partnered with the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to preserve important documents and help people discover more about their family history. Ancestry has digitized and indexed millions of NARA records online.
U.S. Citizenship & Naturalization Records
Learn how and when your family moved from one country to another, even tracing their paths across oceans, through naturalization records.
Naturalization and citizenship records can provide important details about an immigrant’s life in the United States. A typical petition for naturalization contains details about your ancestor, including where they lived, their occupation, and family members.
U.S. Passenger and Crew Lists
Search for your ancestors among passenger records and find details about their journeys, including their names, ages, ports of departure, and dates of arrival.
Passenger lists document who was on a ship, where they departed from, and other details about their journey. Keep your search broad since immigrants didn’t always depart from their homeland. These records can also help uncover your ancestors’ intended destination in the U.S., leading you to passport applications and naturalization records.
U.S. Military Records
Find your family’s heroes and uncover information about their military service in millions of NARA records from all major U.S. wars and conflicts.
Throughout history, millions of courageous men and women have served and protected our country in times of conflict. Were your ancestors among them? Explore military records spanning the centuries, from before the Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War.
U.S. Border Crossings and Passports
Border crossing records can provide valuable details such as an ancestor’s last residence, occupation, and family members. Passport records may also include immigration and naturalization details; some records even include photographs. Using the information you find in a passport, you can search for your ancestors’ citizenship details.