AGENCY: District Court (Third District : Tooele County)

SERIES: 26261
TITLE: Naturalization certificate books
DATES: 1896-1955.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date of certificate.

DESCRIPTION: These preprinted stubs kept a record of each certificate of citizenship issued to newly naturalized citizens. A certificate was given to the new citizen and a copy mailed to the federal Bureau of Naturalization. The court clerk kept these stubs which recorded the essential information on the certificate: number; name; age, when and where the declaration of intention was filed; when and where the petition for citizenship was filed; name, age, and residence of wife; name, age, and residence of minor children; date order filed; and holder's signature.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 50 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This series has permanent historical value as documentation of the operation of the district court in matters of naturalization and as documentation of individual naturalizations. The records are important sources for both the family historian and historical scholar studying immigration and ethnic settlement in Utah.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public. Most of the information in this series is considered public.

SECONDARY DESIGNATION

Private. This series contains some information, most notably birth dates, that are considered private for 75 years in the case of adults and 100 years for minors. (Utah Code 63G-2-310)

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