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| In the colonial era, residents of Tennessee could appear before any court of record and declare their allegiance to the Commonwealth of North Carolina. | | In the colonial era, residents of Tennessee could appear before any court of record and declare their allegiance to the Commonwealth of North Carolina. |
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| A 1790 federal law allowed immigrants to declare their allegiance to the United States before any U.S. circuit or district court, state supreme court, or a local court of record. | | A 1790 federal law allowed immigrants to declare their allegiance to the United States before any U.S. circuit or district court, state supreme court, or a local court of record. |
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| If your ancestor lived in or near large cities, or near a city where the U.S. courts convened, you may find naturalization records in the U.S. District Court before 1906.
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| For the rural areas of Tennessee, naturalization records could be kept by the circuit court clerk, county court clerk or the court of common pleas clerk in each county. Often the records were mixed in with other court proceedings making them difficult to find. A few counties kept separate records for naturalization. After 1906, all naturalizations were handled in Federal District Courts.
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| == Research Guides ==
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| The following research guide, prepared by a Certified Genealogist, includes a useful guide for Tennessee naturalizations:
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| *<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1278698261680_488">Bamman, Gale Williams. "Research in Tennessee," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 81, No. 2 (Jun. 1993): 120. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=39597 FHL US/CAN Book 973 B2ng v. 81 (1993)].</span>
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| The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the records of some Tennessee counties. Naturalization records can be found using the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:
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| TENNESSEE - NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP
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| TENNESSEE, [COUNTY] - COURT RECORDS
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| TENNESSEE, [COUNTY] - NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP
| | For the rural areas of Tennessee, naturalization records could be kept by the circuit court clerk, county court clerk or the court of common pleas clerk in each county. Often the records were mixed in with other court proceedings making them difficult to find. A few counties kept separate records for naturalization. After 1906, all naturalizations were handled in Federal District Courts.<ref>Bamman, Gale Williams. "Research in Tennessee," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 81, No. 2 (Jun. 1993): 120. FHL US/CAN Book 973 B2ng v. 81 (1993)</ref> <br> |
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| For naturalizations that took place in Davidson County, see:
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| Smith, Mary Sue. Davidson County, Tennessee Naturalization Records, 1803–1906. Nashville, Tennessee: Byron Sistler, 1997. (Family History Library book 976.855 P4s.) <br>
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