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 == Colonial Naturalization  ==
-Few naturalizations were required in the colonial period since most immigrants came from the British Isles. The legislature and the Governor and Council naturalized some foreigners, but most persons were naturalized in the&nbsp;later colonial period under a 1740 Act of Parliment.&nbsp;
+Few naturalizations were required in the colonial period since most immigrants came from the British Isles. The legislature and the Governor and Council naturalized some foreigners, but most persons were naturalized in the&nbsp;later colonial period under a 1740 Act of Parliment.&nbsp;The majority of those naturalized came from European countries such as France, Switzerland, and Germany.
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+Many early naturalizations&nbsp;were granted in the form of laws by the legislature.&nbsp;Those naturalizations can be found transcribed&nbsp;in&nbsp;the following five-volume set:
-Early naturalizations&nbsp;were granted in the form of laws. Most&nbsp;of those&nbsp;who were naturalized came from&nbsp;European countries such as France, Switzerland, and Germany.&nbsp;Early naturalizations granted by the legistature have been transcribed in the following five-volume set:
+*''Laws of the Royal Colony of New Jersey 1703-1775''. Trenton, New Jersey: New Jersey State Library, Archives and History Bureau, 1977.&nbsp;
-*''Laws of the Royal County of New Jersey 1703-1775''. Trenton, New Jersey: New Jersey State Library, Archives and History Bureau, 1977.&nbsp;
+The Maryland State Archives has several indexes to colonial naturalizations found in Provincial and General Court, General Assembly, and Governor and Council records of 1634 to 1776. Naturalizations of colonial German immigrants, including lists previously published in the Archives of Maryland&nbsp;are in:
-The Maryland State Archives has several indexes to colonial naturalizations found in Provincial and General Court, General Assembly, and Governor and Council records of 1634 to 1776. Naturalizations of colonial German immigrants, including lists previously published in the Archives of Maryland (see the "[[Maryland Public Records|Public Records]]" section of this outline), are in:
 *Wyand, Jeffrey A., and Florence L. Wyand, ''Colonial Maryland Naturalizations.'' Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1975. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=246974&disp=Colonial+Maryland+naturalizations%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.2 W5w].) This source may include religion, birth date and place, death date and place, or residence.