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== Records  ==
== Records  ==


Starting in the 1780s, the [[South Carolina]] legislature also granted citizenship. Many of these petitions are in the records of the General Assembly at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Only one small volume of records, 1788 to 1839, is at both the South Carolina Department of Archives and History and the Family History Library (Family History Library film {{FHL|476811|title-id|disp=022673}}, the index is on film {{FHL|476811|title-id|disp=022662}}).
*Starting in the 1780s, the [[South Carolina]] legislature also granted citizenship. Many of these petitions are in the records of the General Assembly at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Only one small volume of records, 1788 to 1839, is at both the South Carolina Department of Archives and History and the Family History Library. {{FHL|476811|item|disp=FHL film 022673}}, the index is on film {{FHL|476811|item|disp=FHL film 022662.}}  


*Holcomb, Brent H. ''South Carolina Naturalizations 1783-1850. ''Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1985. [http://www.genealogical.com/ '''Free Name Search''']<ref name="name">Name Search at Genealogical.com is a comprehensive name index to 638 books and CDs published or reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company (now Genealogical.com). For a complete list of the works included, see [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Publications_in_Name_Search_at_Genealogical.com Publications in Name Search at Genealogical.com]</ref>; publisher's bookstore: [http://www.genealogical.com/products/South_Carolina_Naturalizations_1783_1850/2777.html Genealogical.com]; {{FHL|145866|item|disp=FHL Book 975.7 P4h}}. Supplement:&nbsp;"Some South Carolina Naturalizations," ''The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research'', Vol. 14, No. 1 (Winter 1986):24-28. {{FHL|43856|item|disp=FHL Book 975.7 B2sc v. 14}}
*Holcomb, Brent H. ''South Carolina Naturalizations 1783-1850.'' (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1985). [http://www.genealogical.com/ '''Free Name Search''']<ref name="name">Name Search at Genealogical.com is a comprehensive name index to 638 books and CDs published or reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company (now Genealogical.com). For a complete list of the works included, see [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Publications_in_Name_Search_at_Genealogical.com Publications in Name Search at Genealogical.com]</ref>; publisher's bookstore: [http://www.genealogical.com/products/South_Carolina_Naturalizations_1783_1850/2777.html Genealogical.com]; {{FHL|145866|item|disp=FHL book 975.7 P4h}}. Supplement: "Some South Carolina Naturalizations," ''The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research'', Vol. 14, No. 1 (Winter 1986):24-28. {{FHL|43856|item|disp=FHL book 975.7 B2sc v. 14}}


Naturalizations granted by federal courts in South Carolina before the Civil War are indexed in Volume 66 of the South Carolina Historical Magazine. The original records are at the [[National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta)]], and the [http://www.sciway.net/lib/scahlib.html South Carolina Department of Archives and History] has microfilm copies. Abstracts:  
*Naturalizations granted by federal courts in South Carolina before the Civil War are indexed in Volume 66 of the South Carolina Historical Magazine. The original records are at the [[National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta)]], and the [http://www.sciway.net/lib/scahlib.html South Carolina Department of Archives and History] has microfilm copies.An abstract is found in:
:Hemperley, Marion R. "Federal Naturalization Oaths Charleston, South Carolina 1790-1860," ''The South Carolina Historical Magazine'', Vol. 66, No. 2 (Apr., 1965), pp. 112-124; Vol. 66, No. 3 (Jul., 1965), pp. 183-192; Vol. 66, No. 4 (Oct., 1965), pp. 218-228. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org JSTOR] ($).


*Hemperley, Marion R. "Federal Naturalization Oaths Charleston, South Carolina 1790-1860," ''The South Carolina Historical Magazine'', Vol. 66, No. 2 (Apr., 1965), pp. 112-124; Vol. 66, No. 3 (Jul., 1965), pp. 183-192; Vol. 66, No. 4 (Oct., 1965), pp. 218-228. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org JSTOR] ($).
*Copies of the U.S. District Court records for the years 1790 to 1906 from the National Archives—Southeast Region (Atlanta) are also at the Family History Library. {{FHL|396279|item|disp=FHL film 929094}}


Copies of the U.S. District Court records for the years 1790 to 1906 from the National Archives—Southeast Region (Atlanta) are also at the Family History Library (film {{FHL|396279|title-id|disp=929094}}).
*Bockstruck, Lloyd deWitt. ''Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607-1775'' (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005). {{FHL|1210002|item|disp=FHL book 970 P4b}}
 
Bockstruck's book includes South Carolina naturalizations:
 
*Bockstruck, Lloyd deWitt. ''Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607-1775''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005. {{FHL|1210002|item|disp=FHL Book 970 P4b}}
 
Many free South Carolina settlers who were not part of the British empire became naturalized there. Giuseppi published an abstract of these records:


*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 . [http://www.genealogical.com/ '''Free Name Search''']<ref name="name">Name Search at Genealogical.com is a comprehensive name index to 638 books and CDs published or reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company (now Genealogical.com). For a complete list of the works included, see [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Publications_in_Name_Search_at_Genealogical.com Publications in Name Search at Genealogical.com]</ref>; publisher's bookstore: [http://www.genealogical.com/products/Naturalizations_of_Foreign_Protestants_in_the_American_and_West_Indian_Colonies/2210.html Genealogical.com]&nbsp;; {{FHL| 255107 | item}} 972.92 P4gm 1964 . Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3291 Ancestry] ($).
*Giuseppi, Montague S . ''Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies (Pursuant to Statute 13 George II, c. 7) . ''London: Huguenot Society Publishing , 1921 . [http://www.genealogical.com/ '''Free Name Search''']<ref name="name">Name Search at Genealogical.com is a comprehensive name index to 638 books and CDs published or reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company (now Genealogical.com). For a complete list of the works included, see [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Publications_in_Name_Search_at_Genealogical.com Publications in Name Search at Genealogical.com]</ref>; publisher's bookstore: [http://www.genealogical.com/products/Naturalizations_of_Foreign_Protestants_in_the_American_and_West_Indian_Colonies/2210.html Genealogical.com]&nbsp;; {{FHL| 255107 | item}} 972.92 P4gm 1964 . Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3291 Ancestry] ($).


The Family History Library has petitions to the courts of common pleas and general sessions for some counties. A few of these records are found in the court minutes that are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under SOUTH CAROLINA, [COUNTY] - COURT RECORDS.  
*The Family History Library has petitions to the courts of common pleas and general sessions for some counties. A few of these records are found in the court minutes that are listed in the Family History Library Catalog using the Place-names search for
:SOUTH CAROLINA, [COUNTY] - COURT RECORDS.


== Post-1906 Records  ==
== Post-1906 Records  ==
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