Trove Tuesday - Naturalization of Aliens

Shortly after the arrival of my Beseler family in the Australian colonies from Germany in 1848, father of the family Carl Friedrich Beseler - known as Frederick - was naturalized as a British subject.

This event was reported in the Adelaide Observer on Saturday 30 December 1848, p1.

I had previously located Carl Freidrich's certificate of naturalization via the National Archives of Australia, and was pleasantly surprised to find the newspaper article listing those who had been naturalized by the Colonial Secretary's Office.

I have blogged previously regarding the newspaper report of the family's actual arrival in April 1848 under the heading of 'Shipping Intelligence - Arrived'.

I love finding these snippets in the newspapers, they really help flesh out my research.   Worth noting is the article heading 'Naturalization of Aliens', plus the point that as Australia was still a colony at this time Carl Freidrich was naturalized as a British subject.