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Minnesota State Archives


DAKOTA COUNTY. District Court.

An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records at the Minnesota Historical Society



OVERVIEW OF THE RECORDS

Agency: Minnesota. District Court (Dakota County).
Series Title:Naturalization records,
Date:1854-1943
Abstract:Declarations of intention, final papers, petition and record, and lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied.
Quantity:6 microfilm reels and 1 folder.
Location:See Detailed Description for shelf location

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SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE RECORDS

Declarations of intention (first papers), 1854-1943, rolls 1-2; final papers, 1855-1906, rolls 3-4; petition and record (final papers), 1907-1939, rolls 5-6; and lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, 1929-1939, roll 6. Supplemented by an unfilmed folder of loose naturalization papers.

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RELATED DATA

Quantity of originals: 4.5 cu. ft.
Available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.

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OTHER FINDING AIDS

Indexed in: Minnesota. District Court (Dakota County). Naturalization records index (cataloged separately). Each volume also includes an index.
A description of the records and a roll contents list are available in the repository; filed under Dakota County: District Court.
A published index to the Dakota County naturalization records, complied by the Range Genealogical Society, is cataloged separately.

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INDEX TERMS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.
Topics:
Immigrants -- Minnesota -- Dakota County.
Naturalization -- Minnesota -- Dakota County.
Document Types:
Declarations
Naturalization records
Microforms.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Dakota County. District Court. Naturalization Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples
Accession Information:
Accession number: 989-166
Processing Information:
Processed by: state archives staff, October 1990
Catalog ID number: 08-00011227

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below.

Location Box
SAM 107-I1
Naturalization Records Index, 1855-1939.
Microfilm copy of a personal name card index to final papers (vols. 1-6, 1855-1906) and to petition and record (vols. 1-2 [cited as 7-8 on the index cards] and 3-4, 1907-1939).
The final papers are indexed by volume and page numbers. The petition and record are indexed as follows: volume 1[7] is indexed by volume number and page number; volumes 2[8] and 3 are indexed by volume, page, and petition numbers; and volume 4 is indexed by volume number and petition number. The cards also include the date of naturalization, which serves as a supplemental indexing aid.
The cards are arranged in a single alphabetical sequence by surname and given name.
Location Box
SAM 1071
Declarations of Intention, with indexes, 1854-1943. 8 volumes.
Frame 1. Volume 1, 1854-1876.
Frame 343. Volume 2, 1876-1888.
Location Box
SAM 1072
Frame 1. Volume 3, 1888-1906.
Frame 252. Volume 4, 1888, 1890, 1892-1896.
Frame 332. Volume [I], #1-100, 1906-1911.
Frame 396. Volume II, #101-400, 1911-1920.
Frame 573. Volume III, #401-520, 1920-1929.
Frame 658. Volume IV, #521-545, 1929-1943.
Final Papers, with indexes, 1855-1906. 6 volumes.
Location Box
SAM 1073
Frame 1. Volume 1, 1855-1896.
Frame 263. Volume 2, 1896-1897.
Location Box
SAM 1074
Frame 1. Volume 3, 1897-1898.
Frame 243. Volume 4, 1897-1900.
Frame 488. Volume 5, 1900-1903.
Frame 608. Volume 6, 1903-1906.
Petition and Record [final papers], with indexes, 1907-1939. 4 volumes.
Location Box
SAM 1075
Frame 1. Volume 1 [7], #1-50, 1907-1910.
Frame 125. Volume 2 [8], #51-150, 1910-1915.
Location Box
SAM 1076
Frame 1. Volume 3, #151-336, 1915-1926.
Frame 568. Volume 4, #337-342, 1929-1939.
Frame 595. Citizenship Petitions Granted and Denied (lists), 1929-1939. 1 volume.
Location Box
116.A.6.101
Loose naturalization papers: Ernst Beranek, 1885, 1890. 1 folder in partial box.

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