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''[[United States of America|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship|U.S. Naturalizations]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Georgia Genealogy (state)|Georgia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Naturalizations''' {{GA-sidebar}}
''[[United States of America|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship|U.S. Naturalizations]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Georgia Genealogy (state)|Georgia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Naturalizations''' {{GA-sidebar}}
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== Online Resources ==
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2500 Georgia, Naturalization Records, 1793-1991] ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2767 Savannah, Georgia, Naturalization Records, 1790-1910] ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1554 Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - District Courts in the Southeast, 1790-1958 – covers Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee] ($)<br><br>
Naturalizations were primarily recorded in local superior, district, or city court minutes in [[Georgia Genealogy (state)|Georgia]]. The records include aliens' declarations, registers of citizenship, petitions, minors' papers, affidavits, and court orders. Most of these documents are preserved on microfilm at the Georgia Department of Archives and History. The Family History Library has copies of a few of these records.  
Naturalizations were primarily recorded in local superior, district, or city court minutes in [[Georgia Genealogy (state)|Georgia]]. The records include aliens' declarations, registers of citizenship, petitions, minors' papers, affidavits, and court orders. Most of these documents are preserved on microfilm at the Georgia Department of Archives and History. The Family History Library has copies of a few of these records.  




=== Pre-1906 Records ===
== Pre-1906 Records ==


*To locate naturalization records in Georgia at the Family History Library:
*To locate naturalization records in Georgia at the Family History Library:
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*Federal court naturalizations are discussed in Marion Hemperley, "Federal Naturalization Oaths: Savannah Georgia, 1790-1860," in the ''Georgia Historical Quarterly'', Volume 51, number 4 (1967): pp. 454-87. {{FHL|1301653|item|disp=FHL book 975.8 B2g v. 51}}
*Federal court naturalizations are discussed in Marion Hemperley, "Federal Naturalization Oaths: Savannah Georgia, 1790-1860," in the ''Georgia Historical Quarterly'', Volume 51, number 4 (1967): pp. 454-87. {{FHL|1301653|item|disp=FHL book 975.8 B2g v. 51}}


=== Post-1906 Records ===
== Post-1906 Records ==


In 1906 the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) was created, forms were standardized and duplicate records created by the court were sent to the INS. To access these records, use the [http://www.uscis.gov/genealogy Genealogy Program] from the USCIS website. You may also contact the [[National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta)|National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta)]] at [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/ http://www.archives.gov/southeast/]&nbsp;for records of the U.S. District Court (1906-1948) and the U.S. Circuit Court (1903-6).  
In 1906 the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) was created, forms were standardized and duplicate records created by the court were sent to the INS. To access these records, use the [http://www.uscis.gov/genealogy Genealogy Program] from the USCIS website. You may also contact the [[National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta)|National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta)]] at [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/ http://www.archives.gov/southeast/]&nbsp;for records of the U.S. District Court (1906-1948) and the U.S. Circuit Court (1903-6).  
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