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=== Online Resources === | === Online Resources === | ||
*'''1820-1951''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61949/ Mississippi, U.S., State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951] at Ancestry index | *'''1820-1951''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61949/ Mississippi, U.S., State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951] at Ancestry index & images ($) | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2502 Mississippi, Naturalization Records, 1907-2008] ($) | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2502 Mississippi, Naturalization Records, 1907-2008] ($) | ||
*'''1944-2003''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=62493 U.S., Index to Alien Case Files, 1944-2003] at Ancestry — index($) | |||
=== Availability === | === Availability === | ||
Naturalization records have usually been filed in the county, circuit (county, not U.S.), or U.S. district courts. Few [[Mississippi Genealogy|Mississippi]] counties kept separate naturalization files or books. Usually such records are found in the general records of the local courts. The | Naturalization records have usually been filed in the county, circuit (county, not U.S.), or U.S. district courts. Few [[Mississippi Genealogy|Mississippi]] counties kept separate naturalization files or books. Usually such records are found in the general records of the local courts. The FamilySearch Library has a good collection of Mississippi court records. Other clues to application for citizenship are found in the minutes of the same courts. For naturalization records at the FamilySearch Library, us the Place Search in the FamilySearch Catalog under: | ||
:MISSISSIPPI- NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP | :MISSISSIPPI- NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP | ||
:MISSISSIPPI, [COUNTY]- COURT RECORDS | :MISSISSIPPI, [COUNTY]- COURT RECORDS | ||
:MISSISSIPPI, [COUNTY]- NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP | :MISSISSIPPI, [COUNTY]- NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP | ||
Naturalization Records are available for the following counties: Adams, Claiborne, Clay, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Jackson, Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Pike, and Wilkinson. | |||
=== Post-1906 Records === | === Post-1906 Records === | ||
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=== National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta) === | === National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta) === | ||
The [[National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta)]] also has records of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (1906-1943). The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has a copy of the WPA Index to Naturalization Records Mississippi Courts, 1798-1906, which lists over 5,000 naturalizations {{ | The [[National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta)]] also has records of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (1906-1943). The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has a copy of the WPA Index to Naturalization Records Mississippi Courts, 1798-1906, which lists over 5,000 naturalizations {{FSC|650056|item|disp=FS Library Film 1704224}}. | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||
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