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*Scott, Kenneth, ''British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979), pp. 58-241. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49091 On Ancestry.com]; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5711802 At various libraries;] {{FHL|78653|item|disp=FHL book 973 W4s}} – New York residents make up 50% of this source and includes alien registeration under the Federal law of 6 July 1812. States where they lived, how long they had been in the United States, and other details. It can be used to tell an ancestor’s citizenship status and where he might have been naturalized. <br> | *Scott, Kenneth, ''British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979), pp. 58-241. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49091 On Ancestry.com]; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5711802 At various libraries;] {{FHL|78653|item|disp=FHL book 973 W4s}} – New York residents make up 50% of this source and includes alien registeration under the Federal law of 6 July 1812. States where they lived, how long they had been in the United States, and other details. It can be used to tell an ancestor’s citizenship status and where he might have been naturalized. <br> | ||
'''Alien Public Office Holders'''<br> From 1807 to 1817, New York City kept a register documenting the citizenship status of residents appointed to public office. Moorhouse published abstracts of these records: | |||
*Moorhouse, Ann. "Citizenship Testimonials 1807-1817," ''The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record,'' Vol. 112, No. 1 (Jan. 1981):46-49. Digital version at [http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/public-elibrary New York Family History] ($); {{FHL|161380|item|disp=FHL Book 974.7 B2n v. 112}}. | |||
=== How to Find Naturalization Records === | === How to Find Naturalization Records === | ||