Georgia Naturalization and Citizenship: Difference between revisions
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GEORGIA, [COUNTY]- NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP | :GEORGIA, [COUNTY]- NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP | ||
For example county naturalization are available for the following counties: Camden, Chatham, DeKalb, Dodge, Franklin, Fulton, Muscogee, Sumter, White. | For example county naturalization are available for the following counties: Camden, Chatham, DeKalb, Dodge, Franklin, Fulton, Muscogee, Sumter, White. | ||
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- Savannah, Georgia, Naturalization Records, 1790-1910 at Ancestry ($) index and images
- Georgia, Naturalization Records, 1893-1991 at Ancestry ($) index and images
Naturalizations were primarily recorded in local superior, district, or city court minutes in 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 for the following counties Camden, Chatham, Savannah City Court, De Kalb, Dodge, Franklin, Fulton, Muscogee, Sumter and White.
Pre-1906 Records[edit | edit source]
- To locate naturalization records in Georgia at the Family History Library use the place search.
Place Search in the FamilySearch Catalog under:
- GEORGIA- NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP
- GEORGIA, [COUNTY]- COURT RECORDS
- GEORGIA, [COUNTY]- NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP
For example county naturalization are available for the following counties: Camden, Chatham, DeKalb, Dodge, Franklin, Fulton, Muscogee, Sumter, White.
- 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 book 975.8 B2g v. 51
Post-1906 Records[edit | edit source]
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 Genealogy Program from the USCIS website. You may also contact the National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta) at http://www.archives.gov/southeast/ for records of the U.S. District Court (1906-1948) and the U.S. Circuit Court (1903-6).