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From: Jocelyn Wilms <>
Subject: [OHMAHONI] Naturalizations
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 15:41:57 -0500
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Folks,
When you are doing your research, take the time to read the 'up front stuff' that
appears in the beginning of each book that has been published by The Mahoning County
Chapter of The Ohio Genealogical Society.
We work very hard to make our publications easy to use and understandable. An
application to become naturalized could be made in any "court of record" any time
after the immigrant disembarked and any place between the landing point and the place
where he finally settled.
The paragraphs below explain that "there is no more information to be found."
Jocelyn in Mahoning County


Mahoning County, Ohio Naturalizations - for those who said they were here before
1870.
on page 22 it reads:
SECTION II

This section comprises those cases handled by the Probate Court after it was formed
in March of 1852. These cases started off slowly in 1859 but picked up, so that by
1862 the Probate Court was handling most of them and by 1867 all the cases. Prior to
1873, cases were recorded in the Probate Court record books along with other probate
matters. After 1873, when the number of cases had grown large enough, a separate set
of books was set up, just for naturalizations. See page v for the Probate Journals
and the dates each one covers.

The information given in each case is all that is available. To repeat and rephrase
this, there is no other data available for any entry. The material used in this book
was taken from public records and may be given out by various officials, from those
records, and in any form including photocopy. You will get no more data than has been
recorded here, and probably less, because no one official has access to all the
records used here.

In the early entries of this section it is fairly evident that many of the
naturalizations are for the same people shown as ‘declarers’ in the first section.
However, since there is no proof that they are the same persons, it is left up to the
reader to use his own judgment about combining the entries for any one individual.

Section II is similar to Section I except, as of this date, May 1987, the only dates
found were for naturalizations. There were none for declarations. These listings do
not show where or when the immigrant came into the United States. The additional
column in this section denotes naturalization: As an adult, as a minor or as a
soldier.

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