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Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Taxation
Vital Records
Voting Registers
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP Naturalizations Federal court naturalizations are discussed in Marion Hemperley, “Federal Naturalization Oaths: Savannah Georgia, 1790-1860,” in the Georgia Historical Quarterly, vol. 51, no. 4 (1967): pp. 454-87.
For naturalization papers filed after 1906, contact the National Archives—Southeast Region (Atlanta) or a federal office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
The first Georgia newspaper was the Georgia Gazette published in Savannah beginning in 1763. The Family History Library has very few newspapers for the state. The library has a collection of Savannah papers, 1793 to 1880, and a number of published indexes of newspaper obituaries and marriage announcements. A typical book of newspaper abstracts is Mary McKeown Overby, Obituaries Published by “The Christian Index,” 1822-1899 (Macon, Ga.: Georgia Baptist Historical Society, 1975, 1982; FHL book 975.8 V4o).
The Family History Library, the Georgia Department of Archives and History, and the Georgia Historical Society have an every-name index of Savannah newspapers from 1836 to 1845 (FHL films 228710-822). An index to deaths and marriages from 1763 to 1845 is also available (FHL films 1617971–). The Georgia Department of Archives and History is preparing similar indexes for some Augusta and Milledgeville newspapers.
The library also has a film copy of the vital records card file at the Jacksonville Florida Family History Center (FHL films 1204579-806 and 1292511). This file has names found in newspapers of North Florida and South Georgia for the years 1895 to 1945.
A guide to the extensive collections of newspapers at the libraries of the University of Georgia is Georgia Newspapers on Microfilm at the UGA Libraries (N.p.: 1978; FHL book Q 975.8 A5g; film 1421709 item 3).
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were primarily recorded in local superior, district, or city court minutes. Most of these documents are preserved on microfilm at the Georgia Department of Archives and History. The Family History Library has copies of a few of these records. From Savannah and Chatham County, for example, the library has files of the Savannah City Court (1904-1906), and the superior court (1801-1910), and a combined index (1792-1908). The records include aliens' declarations, registers of citizenship, petitions, minors' papers, affidavits, and court orders.
. The Archives Branch has records of the U.S. District Court (1906-1948) and the U.S. Circuit Court (1903-6).
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