Government Records
Declarations of intention (first papers), 1858-1905, rolls 1-4; final papers, 1898-1906, roll 5; and miscellaneous supporting papers, 1866-1902, 1910, roll 5. The records are mostly for residents of Ramsey County, but also pertain to residents of other counties.
Quantity of originals: 2.3 cu. ft.
Available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.
Related materials: Minnesota. Supreme Court. Minutes (cataloged separately). Volumes A-M of the minutes include records of citizenship granted (final papers), 1858-1905.
Accession number: 977-27.
Processed by: state archives staff, October 1990.
Catalog ID number: 08-00011229
The names in the index are grouped alphabetically according to the first letter of each applicants surname; within each alphabetical grouping the names are listed chronologically in the order in which the declarations were recorded. Each entry in the volume gives the applicant's surname and given name, the volume and page containing the person's declaration, and the year the declaration was filed. These entries are repeated in alphabetical order in Volume [2].
Indexes Declarations of Intention (first papers), volumes A-M, 1858-1905; the record of citizenship granted, i.e., the issuance of final (second) papers, in Supreme Court Minutes, vols. A-M, 1858-1906 (separate series); and miscellaneous supporting papers, 1866-1902, 1910, which are affixed to pages 77-249 of Final Papers, Volume A. The names in the index are in alphabetical order by surname and given name. Each entry in the volume gives the person's surname and given name, the volume and page in Declarations volumes a-M containing the person's declaration of intention, and/or the volume and page in the minute books where the granting of citizenship is recorded. The letter "A" and number enclosed in parenthesis, e.g., A108, in the "Remarks" column indicates the presence of supporting papers for the individual in Final Papers, Volume A, on the page noted.
Page 77-249 of this volume contian miscellaneous supporting papers, 1866-1902, 1910, which are indexed in Supreme Court Naturalization Recods Indexes, volume [2].