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The 1930, 1920, 1910, 1900, and 1870 censuses all have columns pertaining to citizenship.
While the information is not always 100 percent correct, it does provide clues. Under the
question of whether or not an individual was naturalized, you are likely to see one of
three abbreviations:
AL — this abbreviation was used to signify that the individual was still an alien (was not
naturalized and had not begun the naturalization process).
PA — this abbreviation was used to signify that the individual had gone through the
declaration of intent and had filed his "first" papers.
NA — this abbreviation was used to signify that the individual had completed the
naturalization process and was a naturalized citizen.