This information has been extracted and re-typed from the public record located at the Austin County Court House and as a courtesy of the Austin County Clerk's Office and the Austin County Historical Commission. Special thanks go to Joy Neely . This index shows Austin County citizenship records from early years (1849 - 1906) and some records as late as 1938. The alternative spellings shown in the index are from those records. Remember to scrol for alternate spellings of your ancestor's name, whether or not the Index provides other spellings.
This information was carefully copied from the INDEX in the Austin County Clerk's Office. It shows the type of additional information available at the Austin County Courthouse. The actual records are stored in various places If you want copies of the actual records, please write or visit; the Bellville County Courthouse in Bellville, Texas. (1 E. Main, Bellville, Texas, 77418) First, the location of that record will be determined from the actual Index, (i.e. County or District Court) then you will be directed to the appropriate location for the record to be copied.
If you have family information that you would like to share please send it to us. We will post it to this website and make it available for other researchers. You can contact us for Naturalization donations.
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Following are some explanations of the abbreviations shown in the Nature of Proceedings Column (on web pages that apply).:
Aff. of Arr. - Affidavit of Arrival Cert. of Arr. - Certificate of Arrival - for Naturalization Purposes provided by the Dept. of Commerce and Labor. Cert. Received - Probably Certificate of Naturalization was received. |
Dec. of Int. - Declaration of Intent Grant of Cit. - Grant of Citizenship Pet. for Nat.- Petition for Naturalization Oath of Alleg. - Oath of Allegiance |
Note, naturalization is the process of becoming a U. S. citizen. After 1906, courts forwarded copies of records to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Records from Federal Courts are stored by the National Archives and Records Administration. (www.archives.gov/)
There are 5 pages of selected names of Naturalization information from the archives in Austin. Page 1 is strictly Austin co. The other 4 pages are Austin, Guadalupe & Washington counties. The infomation contained is name, former citizen of, arrived in USA, date of delaration, date of citizenship and county. These were donated by Verna (Hartman) McDowell. They are scanned images, so the download time will vary with each computer.