Gay Stewart Beam <GBeam@aol.com> asked Date: Sunday, November 21, 1999 1:49 AM > Where can I find records of naturalization of citizens in Rowan NC and >other locations? A great place to turn for particular records are the LDS Research Outline guides. These are 50 cents plus tax for the state guides and a dollar plus tax for the country guides. The US guide is very informative for US Research. These can be ordered on-line at the www.familysearch.org web site and can also can be viewed on-line there. I give below a copy from the North Carolina Guide. The LDS library catalog (again on-line) lists court records but nothing explicitly on Naturalization records for Rowan County. Cyndi's list at: http://www.cyndislist.com/immigrat.htm gives a large number of sites covering immigration and naturalization. Jim Scofield >From LDS research outline North Carolina. LDS publication 31070: NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP Because North Carolina had no major sea ports, many immigrants who had applied for citizenship in other states completed naturalization proceedings in North Carolina. Until 1868 naturalization records could have been kept by either the county court or the superior court in each county. From 1868 to 1906, the superior court had jurisdiction over naturalizations. A list of available naturalization records for many counties is in I.C. Neagles and L.L. Neagles, Locating Your Immigrant Ancestor: A Guide to Naturalization Records (Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1986; FHL book Ref 973 P47n 1986). For naturalization records after September 1906, contact the National Archives-Atlanta Branch or the nearest office of the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service.