AGENCY: District Court (Fourth District)

SERIES: 85170
TITLE: Certificates of citizenship record books
DATES: i 1894-1896.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: This volume contains copies of certificates of citizenship issued to newly naturalized U.S._citizens. The preprinted forms briefly summarize the naturalization hearing and contain blanks for the date, individual's name, previous country and kingdom, current county of residence, the individual's signature, and the clerks' signatures as witnesses. 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 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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