Naturalizations now available!

The Troup Scanning project has now added sixty-eight naturalizations requests dating from 1842 to 1908 to the records already available online.

"Prior to 1908, Superior Court judges retained the power to grant United States citizenship to eligible aliens. A complete set of naturalization papers includes the affidavit of intention, the application itself, character references, the oath of allegiance, and the judge's order granting citizenship; however, for some applicants there may be only one document. It generally took several years to gain citizenship. Naturalizations were also recorded in the minute books of the Superior Court. Some naturalizations appear in minute books but can not be found in the loose papers. Most petitions contain helpful personal information about the applicant, e.g., date and place of birth, route of immigration, length of residence in the United States and Georgia, occupation, and physical description including hair, skin and eye color."

The sixty-eight petitions are from applicants of German, Irish, Italian, Canadian, Scottish, British, Austrian, Hungarian, and Russian descent.