Series 28497
District Court (Third District : Tooele County) Naturalization record
Dates: 1904-1906.
0.50 cubic foot
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Scope and Content
This series contains a single volume of pre-printed forms used by the court to record admittance to citizenship. The forms include standardized affidavits for applicants and two accompanying affidavits of witnesses. The form includes space to record the applicant's name, the date of the affidavit, place of birth, place and date of filing declaration of intention, date of arrival in the United States, the foreign ruler to which the applicant renounces allegiance, and the applicant's signature. The two standard witness affidavits provide space for such information as the witness' name, place and length of residence, length of aquaintance with the applicant, and witness' signature. The affidavits are followed by a declaration signed by the judge granting citizenship.
Arrangement
Chronological by recording date.
Related Records
Naturalization Petition and Record books from the District Court (Third District : Tooele County), Series 3481, served essentially the same function as this series following the 1906 changes to the naturalization process.
Declarations of intention from the District Court (Third District : Tooele County), Series 3483, may include some declarations of intention referenced in this series.
Naturalization certificate books from the District Court (Third District : Tooele County), Series 26261, contain the court copies of certificates issued in conjunction with the decrees recorded in this series.
Custody History
The volume in this series, dating from 1904-1906 was left in the possession of the Tooele County Clerk after the duties of the clerk were separated from those of the Clerk of the Court. The volume was transferred to the custody of the State Archives in June 2014.
Access Restrictions
This series is classified as Public.
Preferred Citation
Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.
Processing Note
This series was archivally processed by Alan Barnett in September 2014.
Finding Aids
Indexes: The volume in this series contains a name index.
Indexing Terms
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