Hallelujah for Clinton County Circuit Clerk Jeff Luebbers! He has indexed the Clinton County Naturalization records in the 18 Clinton County books and is willing to share those indexed names with us.
Meet Jeff at http://www.clintonco.org/circuit_clerk.htm. He was just re-elected. Tell him what you think about his sharing this on the Internet. How many other Clerks do you know who have done such an outstanding deed? And he has more plans for the future to help researchers.
This index is a compilation of almost 3,000 Naturalization records available at the Clinton County Courthouse. There might be something precious on the document, like the name of the village the person came from, or a person's signature, or a couple relatives' names, etc. Or, there might be absolutely no new information at all. But anything at all is a great find, and something irreplaceable.
If you’d like a copy of any of these records, the standard copy cost is 50 cents each. If two people are on the same page number in the same book, that’s one copy. Include a legal size self addressed, stamped envelope. They will make the copies as time permits. Their address is on our web page under "Useful Clinton County Addresses".
Copies can also be ordered from IRAD (Microfilmed copies can be ordered and viewed from any Family History Center of the Mormon Church (Jesus Christ of the Later Day Saints).
The story of how people became Naturalized is free at Ancestry.com Naturalization Records
As Ancestry.com says, people could have filed their papers at any county or federal courthouse and may have filed their first papers at one location, their second papers in another locations and their final papers in a third location. Stories say some Clinton County people went to Belleville and East St. Louis, and their were probably those who went to St. Louis, Greenville and Centralia, too.
[Please note: Where only two digits for the year are shown, the dates are for the 1900's.]
Cyndi’s List of Immigration and Naturalization
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
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