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<div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[United States Naturalization Online Genealogy Records]]</span></div> | |||
=== Online Resources === | === Online Resources === | ||
*'''1795-1925''' | *'''1795-1925''' {{RecordSearch|2185145|United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925}} at FamilySearch - index & images - [[United States, Passport Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61212 Virginia, Federal Naturalization Records, 1901-1938] | *'''1840-1957''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1193 U.S., Naturalization Records, 1840-1957] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | ||
*{{RecordSearch|1877093|Virginia, Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929}} | *'''1901-1938''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61212 Virginia, Federal Naturalization Records, 1901-1938] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | ||
*'''1906-1929''' {{RecordSearch|1877093|Virginia, Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929}} at FamilySearch - images - [[Virginia Naturalization Petitions - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] | |||
*{{RecordSearch|1858291|United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918}} at [ | *'''1918''' {{RecordSearch|1858291|United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918}} at FamilySearch - index - [[United States, Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] | ||
*'''1944-2003''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=62493 U.S., Index to Alien Case Files, 1944-2003] at Ancestry — index ($) | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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In the colonial era, the general assembly and the governor granted citizenship to aliens. Some of these records have been published in the sources listed in [[Virginia Public Records]]. | In the colonial era, the general assembly and the governor granted citizenship to aliens. Some of these records have been published in the sources listed in [[Virginia Public Records]]. | ||
Later naturalization records could be filed in a city, county, state, or federal court. Naturalization information is usually found in the orders and minutes of the various local courts of [[Virginia Genealogy|Virginia]] that were kept by the county clerk in each courthouse. | Later naturalization records could be filed in a city, county, state, or federal court. Naturalization information is usually found in the orders and minutes of the various local courts of [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]] that were kept by the county clerk in each courthouse. | ||
Most of the surviving original county court record books before 1865 have been transferred to the [[Library of Virginia]]. The [ | Most of the surviving original county court record books before 1865 have been transferred to the [[Library of Virginia]]. The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has microfilm copies of most of these. They are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog Place Search under VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - COURT RECORDS. Copies of declarations, petitions, and certificates still at the county courthouse can be obtained by contacting the clerk's office. | ||
Records of the Eastern U.S. District Court held at Richmond and Alexandria, and the Western U.S. District Court, held at Charlottesville and Big Stone Gap, are at the National Archives—Mid-Atlantic Region. The | Records of the Eastern U.S. District Court held at Richmond and Alexandria, and the Western U.S. District Court, held at Charlottesville and Big Stone Gap, are at the National Archives—Mid-Atlantic Region. The FamilySearch Library has filmed naturalizations for the Eastern District for 1867-1938 and Western District for 1908-1929. The Library of Virginia has some U.S. court records for 1790-1861. | ||
== Pre-1906 Records == | == Pre-1906 Records == | ||
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A good place to start colonial Virginia naturalizations searches is: | A good place to start colonial Virginia naturalizations searches is: | ||
*Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. ''Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607-1775''. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2005. {{ | *Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. ''Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607-1775''. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2005. {{FSC|1210002|item|disp=FS Library Book 970 P4b}} | ||
N.B. It was not necessary for British and Irish immigrants to Colonial America to become naturalized, as the colonies belonged to Great Britain. | N.B. It was not necessary for British and Irish immigrants to Colonial America to become naturalized, as the colonies belonged to Great Britain. | ||
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Giuseppi published records found in England, which include Virginia references: | Giuseppi published records found in England, which include Virginia references: | ||
*Giuseppi, Montague S . ''Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies (Pursuant to Statute 13 George II, c. 7) . ''London: Huguenot Society Publishing , 1921 . | *Giuseppi, Montague S . ''Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies (Pursuant to Statute 13 George II, c. 7).'' London: Huguenot Society Publishing , 1921. {{FSC|255107|item|disp=FS Library Book 972.92 P4gm 1964}}. Online at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3291 Ancestry] ($). | ||
*Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. "Naturalizations and Denizations in Colonial Virginia," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly,'' Vol. 73 (1985):109-116. Digital version at [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ National Genealogical Society website] ($); {{ | *Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. "Naturalizations and Denizations in Colonial Virginia," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly,'' Vol. 73 (1985):109-116. Digital version at [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ National Genealogical Society website] ($); {{FSC|39597|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 B2ng v. 73 (1985)}}. | ||
== Post-1906 Records == | == Post-1906 Records == | ||
For naturalization records after September 1906, | For naturalization records after September 1906, access the [https://www.uscis.gov/genealogy Genealogy Program] at [http://www.uscis.gov www.uscis.gov]. | ||
FamilySearch has begun to digitize its Virginia naturalization collection, see: [[Virginia Naturalization Petitions | FamilySearch has begun to digitize its Virginia naturalization collection, see: [[Virginia Naturalization Petitions - FamilySearch Historical Records]]. | ||
== Online resources == | == Online resources == | ||
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