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[[Portal:United States Naturalization|Portal:United States Naturalization ]]>[[ | [[Portal:United States Naturalization|Portal:United States Naturalization ]]>[[Georgia (state)|Georgia]] | ||
== Availability == | == Availability == | ||
Naturalizations were primarily recorded in local superior, district, or city court minutes in [[ | Naturalizations were primarily recorded in local superior, district, or city court minutes in [[Georgia (state)|Georgia]]. 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. From Savannah and Chatham County, for example, the library has files of the Savannah City Court (1904-1906), and the superior court (1801-1910), and a combined index (1792-1908). The records include aliens' declarations, registers of citizenship, petitions, minors' papers, affidavits, and court orders. | ||
*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. | *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. | ||