User talk:Wilburlittle

Naturalization
I am interested in Naturalization by the states prior to and just after the Civil War.

When did the states cease naturalizing? Why did they stop?

I once read a U S Supreme Court ruling circa 1874? which read in part, "naturalization is the prerogative of the Federal Government under the Commerce Clause". I would like the case name and date.

Thank you


 * I would think that a better place to understand US naturalization would be a place like Ancestry -> search naturalization, or their sister site, RootsWeb -> search naturalization — billinghurst  sDrewth  05:45, 16 April 2010 (UTC)