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<div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[United States Naturalization Online Genealogy Records]]</span></div>  
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=== Online Resources ===
=== Online Resources ===
   
   
*'''1795-1931''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2717/ Pennsylvania, Federal Naturalization Records, 1795-1931] at Ancestry ($), index and images
*'''1795-1931''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2717/ Pennsylvania, Federal Naturalization Records, 1795-1931] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3235 Pennsylvania Foreign Oaths of Allegiance, Vol. 2] at Ancestry ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3235 Pennsylvania Foreign Oaths of Allegiance, Vol. 2] at Ancestry ($)
*'''1727-1775''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48365 Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775]($), index  
*'''1727-1775''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48365 Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775]($), index  
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*'''1799-1906''' {{RecordSearch|3158041|Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Court of Common Pleas, Naturalization Records, 1799-1906}} at FamilySearch - [[Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Court of Common Pleas, Naturalization Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index  
*'''1799-1906''' {{RecordSearch|3158041|Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Court of Common Pleas, Naturalization Records, 1799-1906}} at FamilySearch - [[Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Court of Common Pleas, Naturalization Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index  
*'''1820-1930''' {{RecordSearch|5000034|Pennsylvania, Western District, Naturalizations, 1820-1930}} at FamilySearch — [[Pennsylvania, Western District, Naturalizations - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images; ''Also at: [https://www.fold3.com/publication/119/us-naturalizations-pa-western-1820-1930 fold3] ($)''
*'''1820-1930''' {{RecordSearch|5000034|Pennsylvania, Western District, Naturalizations, 1820-1930}} at FamilySearch — [[Pennsylvania, Western District, Naturalizations - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images; ''Also at: [https://www.fold3.com/publication/119/us-naturalizations-pa-western-1820-1930 fold3] ($)''
*'''1901-1991''' {{RecordSearch|5000058|Pennsylvania, Middle District Court, Naturalization Records, 1901-1991}} at FamilySearch — [[Pennsylvania, Middle District Court, Naturalization Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1901-1991''' {{RecordSearch|5000058|Pennsylvania, Middle District Court, Naturalization Records, 1901-1991}} at FamilySearch — [[Pennsylvania, Middle District Court, Naturalization Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1906-1990''' {{RecordSearch|3037614|Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Naturalization Card File Index, 1906-1990}} at FamilySearch - [[Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Naturalization Card File Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
*'''1906-1990''' {{RecordSearch|3037614|Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Naturalization Card File Index, 1906-1990}} at FamilySearch - [[Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Naturalization Card File Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
*'''1906-1930''' [http://www.fold3.com/title_118/pa_middle/ Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. Circuit and District Courts for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1906-1930] ($)
*'''1906-1930''' [http://www.fold3.com/title_118/pa_middle/ Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. Circuit and District Courts for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1906-1930] ($)
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*Pennsylvania Supreme Court. ''Naturalization Lists, 1740-1773''. {{FSC|18886|item|disp=FS Library film 1032845 items 5-7}}. These records are also found in Pennsylvania Archives series 2, vol. 2; many names in these lists are not found in Pennsylvania German Pioneers.  
*Pennsylvania Supreme Court. ''Naturalization Lists, 1740-1773''. {{FSC|18886|item|disp=FS Library film 1032845 items 5-7}}. These records are also found in Pennsylvania Archives series 2, vol. 2; many names in these lists are not found in Pennsylvania German Pioneers.  
*Giuseppi, M. S., ed. ''Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American And West Indian Colonies (Pursuant to Statute 13 George II, c. 7)''. (Originally published as Publications of the Huguenot Society of London, volume XXIV, London, 1921.) Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1969. {{FSC|280561|item|disp=FS Library book 973 P4gm 1969}}; {{FSC|280561|item|disp=FS Library film 908978 item 1}}. This book has an every name index. Online at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3291 Ancestry] ($); {{WorldCat|4246124|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.
*Giuseppi, M. S., ed. ''Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American And West Indian Colonies (Pursuant to Statute 13 George II, c. 7)''. (Originally published as Publications of the Huguenot Society of London, volume XXIV, London, 1921.) Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1969. {{FSC|280561|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 P4gm 1969}}; {{FSC|280561|item|disp=FS Library film 908978 item 1}}. This book has an every name index. Online at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3291 Ancestry] ($); {{WorldCat|4246124|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.


The General Assembly of Pennsylvania required oaths of allegiance during and shortly after the Revolutionary War period. The library has lists for some counties. For sets of lists, see:  
The General Assembly of Pennsylvania required oaths of allegiance during and shortly after the Revolutionary War period. The library has lists for some counties. For sets of lists, see:  


*''Names of Persons Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania Between the Years 1776 and 1794'', Pennsylvania, PA Archives. Second series, v. 3. p. 1-86. {{FSC|485590|item|disp=FS Library book 974.8 A39p, series 2 v. 3}} and {{FSC|486635|item|disp=FS Library film 823994 item 1}}.  
*''Names of Persons Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania Between the Years 1776 and 1794'', Pennsylvania, PA Archives. Second series, v. 3. p. 1-86. {{FSC|485590|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.8 A39p, series 2 v. 3}} and {{FSC|486635|item|disp=FS Library film 823994 item 1}}.  
*Westcott, Thompson. ''Names of Persons Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania Between the Years 1777 and 1789: With a History of the "Test Laws" of Pennsylvania,'' 1865. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1965. {{FSC|73639|item|disp=FS Library book 974.8 P4w}} and {{FSC|73639|item|disp=FS Library film 1033632 item 7}}. '''Online at:''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/536489 FamilySearch Digital Library].
*Westcott, Thompson. ''Names of Persons Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania Between the Years 1777 and 1789: With a History of the "Test Laws" of Pennsylvania,'' 1865. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1965. {{FSC|73639|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.8 P4w}} and {{FSC|73639|item|disp=FS Library film 1033632 item 7}}. '''Online at:''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/536489 FamilySearch Digital Library].


Later immigrants filed for naturalization in a variety of city, county, state, or federal courts, but most often in a county court. The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of many of these records. From Philadelphia County, for example, the library has:  
Later immigrants filed for naturalization in a variety of city, county, state, or federal courts, but most often in a county court. The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of many of these records. From Philadelphia County, for example, the library has:  
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Useful indexes to Philadelphia records are:  
Useful indexes to Philadelphia records are:  


*Filby, P. William, and Mary K. Meyer. ''Philadelphia Naturalization Records, an Index to Records of Aliens' Declarations of Intentions and/or Oaths of Allegiance, 1789-1880 . . .'' (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1982); {{FSC|130051|item|disp=FS Library book 974.811 P4p}}.
*Filby, P. William, and Mary K. Meyer. ''Philadelphia Naturalization Records, an Index to Records of Aliens' Declarations of Intentions and/or Oaths of Allegiance, 1789-1880 . . .'' (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1982); {{FSC|130051|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.811 P4p}}.


For a discussion of this index, see this magazine. Later issues list names missed in the index:  
For a discussion of this index, see this magazine. Later issues list names missed in the index:  
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