AGENCY: District Court (Second District)

SERIES: 85175
TITLE: Certificates of citizenship record books
DATES: i 1878-1895.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological.

DESCRIPTION: These two volumes record copies on an individual's final admission to U.S._citizenship. Both volumes have similarly worded forms. The first volume records individuals who entered the United States as adults; the second records those who entered as minors.

The applicant's name and nationality are noted, as is compliance with the procedures: evidence of having declared his intention to become a citizen at least two years earlier, two citizen witnesses to his character and residency, and the taking of an oath of allegiance and renouncing his former sovereign. 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

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

Disposition based on the intrinsic value of historic records created by Utah's courts during the Territorial period.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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