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Welcome to the Pikes Peak Genealogical Society in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Our mission is to preserve family history by indexing records; support research with free classes, lectures, special interest groups, one-on-one help; and contribute to public genealogy causes. We focus on El Paso and Teller counties in Colorado, but we support genealogical research everywhere.
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Naturalization and Citizenship
by Christine Cohen
7 p.m., Mountain Time, via Zoom
Naturalization is the process by which an alien becomes an American citizen. These records can provide a researcher with valuable information such as a person's birth date, birth location in the Old Country, occupation, immigration year, marital status, spouse information, and witnesses' names and addresses.
Naturalization and the individual steps to citizenship could be done at any court of record, of which there were five thousand in the United States. This presentation will help you learn where to look for U.S. naturalization and citizenship records, and how to use them.
Christine Cohen is currently the program director of the Whittier Area Genealogical Society, California. She is also a member of the Tualatin Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, and the Association of Professional Genealogists.
Her interest in genealogy began in 1977 with the airing of the TV miniseries “Roots.” Her enthusiasm grew when she was given a typed pedigree chart, commissioned by her maternal grandfather, of the family's Dutch heritage from the New Netherlands in the 1650s. A Californian native, Christine has a degree from UCLA in political science and has recently retired to pursue her genealogy interests full time.
Members: Zoom links and handouts will be emailed to you before the meeting. If you still need the monthly meeting link, log in with your user name and password, then click on "Monthly Meeting Zoom Link," the second button under Member Log In.
Guests are welcome to attend the meeting via Zoom. Please request an invitation from the PPGS President. Please note that members receive meeting handouts. If you are interested in joining PPGS go to PPGS Join / Renew.
Wednesday, June 10
6:30 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time, Zoom hangout begins
7 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time, Meeting begins
The Pikes Peak Genealogical Society meets on the second Wednesday of each month via Zoom. Guests are welcome.
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