INDEX TO NATURALIZATION RECORDS

The information provided in this section 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.  

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.  

Some files are very large.    Please wait for them to open.

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/)