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Naturalization Indexes at National Archives–Kansas City, Missouri

From their website:

Iowa

Creston Naturalizations, Name index to naturalization records, including declarations and petitions, 1930-1951, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Southern (Creston) Division. Record Group 21.

Keokuk Naturalizations, Name index to miscellaneous records pertaining to naturalization, 1840-1888, U.S. District Court, District of Iowa, Southern (Keokuk) Division. Record Group 21. (The records indexed here include declarations submitted to the court as part of the petition process, a list of persons naturalized in the court, and other documents. We have no naturalization petitions from this court.)

Mason City Naturalizations, Name index to naturalization records, including petitions and declarations, 1942-1961, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, Central (Mason City) Division. Record Group 21.

Ottumwa Naturalizations, Name index to naturalization records, including petitions and declarations, 1916-1951, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Ottumwa Division. Record Group 21.

Kansas

Fort Scott Naturalizations, Name index to naturalization records, including petitions and declarations, 1915-1967, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, Fort Scott Division. Record Group 21.

Kansas City Naturalizations, Name index to naturalization records, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 1948-1970, Kansas City Division. Record Group 21.

Kansas Indian Naturalizations, Name index to Indians naturalized in Kansas, ca. 1865-1874, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Record Group 21.

Topeka Declarations 1852-1942 Name index to declarations of intention to naturalize (“first papers”), 1852-1942, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, Topeka Division. Record Group 21.

Topeka Overseas Naturalizations, Name index to overseas naturalization petitions, 1943-1954, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, Topeka Division. Record Group 21.

Topeka Petitions 1868-1984, Name index to naturalization petitions, 1868-1984, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, Topeka Division. Record Group 21.

Missouri

Cape Girardeau Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1908-1979, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Southeast Division, Cape Girardeau MO, Record Group 21.

Hannibal Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1907-1973, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Northern Division, Hannibal MO, Record Group 21.

Jefferson City Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1938-1982, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Central Division, Jefferson City MO, Record Group 21.

Joplin Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1931-ca. 1969, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Southwest Division, Joplin MO, Record Group 21.

Springfield Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1911-ca. 1983, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Southern Division, Springfield, MO, Record Group 21

St. Joseph Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1908-1976, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Northern Division, St. Joseph MO, Record Group 21.

Kansas City

The National Archives at Kansas City has a WPA card index to naturalizations (1848-1950) covering the greater Kansas City area, much of Kansas and Missouri, and parts of Oklahoma, we also have a certificate stub index to naturalizations in the U.S. District Court, Kansas City, Missouri (1914-1985). You can request a search online.

St. Louis

The National Archives at Kansas City has a card index for U.S. District Court and U.S. Circuit Court naturalization petitions filed in St. Louis (1890-1991). East St. Louis, Illinois records do not appear in this index. You can request a search online.

Name Index to Naturalizations, 1846 – 1890, U.S. Circuit and U.S. District Courts, Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division (St. Louis) at the National Archives at Kansas City. Record Group 21.

Nebraska

Chadron Division, Name Index to Naturalization Records, Including Declarations and Petitions, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, at the National Archives at Kansas City

Grand Island Petitions, Name index to naturalization petitions ca. 1930-1951, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Record Group 21.

Hastings Petitions, Name Index to Naturalization Petitions ca. 1931-1951, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Record Group 21.

Lincoln Petitions, Name index to naturalizations petitions ca. 1932-1980, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Record Group 21.

McCook Division, Name Index to Naturalization Records, Including Declarations and Petitions, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, at the National Archives at Kansas City

Norfolk Petitions, Name index to petitions ca. 1929-1942, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Record Group 21.

North Platte Petitions and Declarations, Name index to petitions and declarations of intent ca. 1930-1951, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Record Group 21.

Omaha Petitions, Name index to petitions ca. 1867-1991, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Record Group 21.

North Dakota

District of North Dakota, Name Index to North Dakota Naturalization Records, U.S. District and U.S. Circuit Courts

South Dakota & Dakota Territory

Dakota Territory and South Dakota, Name Index to Naturalization Records

Nebraska Tract Books

From the website:

A database (1860-1954 Tract Books Index) has been compiled that allows researchers to locate references within the 163 land tract books that list the first owners of land in Nebraska.

This database appears to include individuals who initiated land claims (usually homesteads) but did not complete them.