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''[[United States of America|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship|U.S. Naturalizations]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South Carolina Genealogy|South Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South_Carolina_Naturalization_and_Citizenship|Naturalizations]]'' [[Image:{{Newberry County Courthouse}}]]  
''[[United States of America|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship|U.S. Naturalizations]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South Carolina Genealogy|South Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South_Carolina_Naturalization_and_Citizenship|Naturalizations]]'' [[Image:{{Newberry County Courthouse}}]]  


== History  ==
=== History  ===


Some colonial applications for naturalization are found in the records of the secretary of the province at the [http://scdah.sc.gov/Pages/default.aspx South Carolina Department of Archives and History.] Since the Revolutionary War, naturalization papers have been filed in the records of federal, state, and local courts.  
Some colonial applications for naturalization are found in the records of the secretary of the province at the [http://scdah.sc.gov/Pages/default.aspx South Carolina Department of Archives and History.] Since the Revolutionary War, naturalization papers have been filed in the records of federal, state, and local courts.  


== Records  ==
=== Records  ===


{{Click|Image:UNa_ORP.png|United States Naturalization Online Genealogy Records|right}}<br><br><br><br><br>
{{Click|Image:UNa_ORP.png|United States Naturalization Online Genealogy Records|right}}<br><br><br><br><br>  


*Starting in the 1780s, the [[South Carolina Genealogy|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.}}
*Starting in the 1780s, the [[South Carolina Genealogy|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.}}
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== Post-1906 Records  ==
=== Post-1906 Records  ===


In 1906 the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) was created, forms were standardized and duplicate records created by the court were sent to the INS. To access these records, use the [http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=d21f3711ca5ca110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=d21f3711ca5ca110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD Genealogy Program] at [http://www.uscis.gov www.uscis.gov]. You may also contact the [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/ National Archives—Southeast Region] (Atlanta) for naturalization records.  
In 1906 the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) was created, forms were standardized and duplicate records created by the court were sent to the INS. To access these records, use the [http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=d21f3711ca5ca110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=d21f3711ca5ca110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD Genealogy Program] at [http://www.uscis.gov www.uscis.gov]. You may also contact the [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/ National Archives—Southeast Region] (Atlanta) for naturalization records.  


== References  ==
=== References  ===


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