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[[Portal:United States Naturalization|Portal:United States Naturalization ]]>[[Alabama|Alabama]] | [[Portal:United States Naturalization|Portal:United States Naturalization ]]>[[Alabama|Alabama]] | ||
== History == | |||
Various types of records were created during the naturalization process, including declarations of intention, petitions, and oaths of allegiance. Each record in the process can give different details about the person, such as age, country of birth, ethnic background, date and port of arrival, the name of the ship, previous residences, or current address. | Various types of records were created during the naturalization process, including declarations of intention, petitions, and oaths of allegiance. Each record in the process can give different details about the person, such as age, country of birth, ethnic background, date and port of arrival, the name of the ship, previous residences, or current address. | ||
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Records for earlier years usually contain less information than those after 1906. Details such as birth date and place, physical description, and marital status may be given in later records. See [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship|United States Naturalization and Citizenship]] for a more complete discussion of the naturalization process and the records created during the process. | Records for earlier years usually contain less information than those after 1906. Details such as birth date and place, physical description, and marital status may be given in later records. See [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship|United States Naturalization and Citizenship]] for a more complete discussion of the naturalization process and the records created during the process. | ||
== Availability == | |||
Naturalization records have been filed in city, county, state, and U.S. district courts. Few of these courts kept separate registers of naturalization. Entries of naturalization, like other court actions, are scattered throughout the various court minute books, especially in the records of the county circuit courts. | Naturalization records have been filed in city, county, state, and U.S. district courts. Few of these courts kept separate registers of naturalization. Entries of naturalization, like other court actions, are scattered throughout the various court minute books, especially in the records of the county circuit courts. | ||
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ALABAMA, [COUNTY]- NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP | ALABAMA, [COUNTY]- NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP | ||
== 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, download a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) form from www.uscis.gov, fill it in and send it to the address listed on the form. You may also contact the National Archives—Southeast Region branch, at East Point, Georgia for naturalization records. <!--{12082676383121} --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | 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, download a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) form from www.uscis.gov, fill it in and send it to the address listed on the form. You may also contact the National Archives—Southeast Region branch, at East Point, Georgia for naturalization records. <!--{12082676383121} --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | ||
[[Category:Alabama]] | [[Category:Alabama]] | ||