AGENCY: District Court (Third District : Tooele County)

SERIES: 28497
TITLE: Naturalization record
DATES: 1904-1906.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by recording date.

DESCRIPTION: This series contains a single volume of pre-printed forms used by the court to record standardized affidavits of applicants for naturalization and 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. Two standard witness affidavits follow each applicant's affidavit. The 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.

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

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