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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. | 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. | ||
For the rural areas of Tennessee, naturalization records could be kept by the circuit court | For the rural areas of Tennessee, naturalization records could be kept by the clerk of the circuit court, county court, court of common pleas, or chancery court in each county. Often the records were mixed in with other court proceedings making them difficult to locate. 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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== At Tennessee State Library and Archives == | == At the Tennessee State Library and Archives == | ||
The Tennesse State Library and Archives has microfilmed copies of many county's court records. The naturalization records could be in the court minutes for the county court, court | The Tennesse State Library and Archives has microfilmed copies of many county's court records. The naturalization records could be in the court minutes for the county court, court | ||
== At County Archives == | == At the County Archives == | ||
http://www.tn.gov/tsla/aps/directory/directoryintro.htm | http://www.tn.gov/tsla/aps/directory/directoryintro.htm | ||
== At Family History Library and Family History Centers == | == At Family History Library and Family History Centers == | ||
== At the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS) == | |||
If your ancestor naturalized after 1906, a copy of the naturalization records were kept with the USCIS (formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service). | |||
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