AGENCY: District Court (Fourth District)

SERIES: 85169
TITLE: Declarations of intention record books
DATES: i 1878-1895.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: These volumes record individuals' declarations of intention to later become U.S._citizens and to renounce their current citizenship. The volumes have standardized forms with blanks for insertions of the individual's name, former sovereign, date, and signatures of the individual and the court clerks witnessing the statement.

The volumes were used in Ogden by a court clerk and were passed along as Weber County was assigned to different court districts over the years. Thus the first volume was used by the Third District Court from 1878-1879 and then by the First District Court from 1880-1892 before being passed to the Fourth District Court.__After statehood in 1896, district courts began keeping all records separately in each county.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: For records beginning in 1878 through 1895. Retain in State Archives permanently after microfilming.

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

Microfilm duplicate: 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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