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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; Family History 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; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.811+P4p 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: | ||
*Jefferson M. Moak, ''The WPA Index of Naturalizations: An Explanation'' Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 36 (1989): 109-16. | *Jefferson M. Moak, ''The WPA Index of Naturalizations: An Explanation'' Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 36 (1989): 109-16. | ||
*''Naturalization Index for Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 1881-1930'' (Family History Library films 1752877-92). This indexes petitions from the court of quarter sessions and court of common pleas for Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. | *''Naturalization Index for Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 1881-1930'' (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=476879&disp=Naturalization+index+for+Philadelphia+Co%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1752877]-92). This indexes petitions from the court of quarter sessions and court of common pleas for Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. | ||
*Indexes for the circuit and district courts are in ''United States, District Court (Pennsylvania: Eastern District), Indexes to Naturalization Petitions to the U.S. Circuit and District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1951'' (Family History Library films 1412417-76). | *Indexes for the circuit and district courts are in ''United States, District Court (Pennsylvania: Eastern District), Indexes to Naturalization Petitions to the U.S. Circuit and District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1951'' (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1412417 films 1412417]-76). | ||
Before 1906 and after 1790 when Congress passed the first uniform naturalization law, the court of common pleas and the court of quarter sessions had jurisdiction over the naturalization of aliens. At the Family History Library, county records of naturalization are listed under the court of common pleas. | Before 1906 and after 1790 when Congress passed the first uniform naturalization law, the court of common pleas and the court of quarter sessions had jurisdiction over the naturalization of aliens. At the Family History Library, county records of naturalization are listed under the court of common pleas. | ||