AGENCY: District Court (Third District)

SERIES: 85111
TITLE: Declarations of intention record books
DATES: i 1869-1895.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: These volumes record individuals' declarations of their intentions to become United States citizens. During this period, an individual could file for citizenship in any court of the territory, but most declarations were from residents of counties in the third district. The volumes have standardized forms allowing for insertions of the individual's name, sovereign, date, and signatures of the individual and the court clerk witnessing the statement. After statehood in 1896, the district courts began keeping records separately in each county.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently after microfilming.

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

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

APPRAISAL

Historical

This disposition is based on the record's secondary informational value to researchers. These naturalization 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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