AGENCY: District Court (First District)

SERIES: 85113
TITLE: Declarations of intention record books
DATES: i 1880-1896.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological.

DESCRIPTION: These volumes contain declarations of intention of individuals desiring to become U.S._citizens. The declarations have blanks for the insertion of the individual's name, his former sovereign, date, and signatures of the individual and the court clerk witnessing the statement.

These volumes may include those of individuals from any county in the district, or from outside the district as individuals could file with any court of record until 1906. After statehood in 1896, district courts began keeping records by individual county.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

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

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

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently and then microfilm.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This disposition is based on the information provided to historians and genealogists.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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