AGENCY: Box Elder County (Utah). Probate Court

SERIES: 85171
TITLE: Certificates of citizenship record books
DATES: i 1868-1869.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological

DESCRIPTION: This volume contains handwritten copies of citizenship certificates issued to newly naturalized U.S._citizens. The applicant's name and current nationality were noted. The applicant was required to give evidence that he had declared his intention to become a citizen at least two years earlier. Two U.S._citizens attested that the applicant had resided in the United States at least five years and in Utah territory at least one year. They also testified that the applicant was of good moral character and behaved in a manner supportive of the U.S. Constitution.

The applicant was sworn to support the Constitution and renounce allegiance to his former nation and particularly, by name, to its ruler. The last three pages of the volume were used as an account ledger for the clerk's activities, primarily in divorce cases, from August 1876 to February 1877.

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 Office permanently and then microfilm.

APPRAISAL

Historical

These records document the actions of the territorial county probate court which became obsolete at statehood. Any information about the probate court and its functions is historically significant.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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