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	 <eadid countrycode="us" mainagencycode="MnHi">SAM206</eadid> 
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		<titlestmt> 
		  <titleproper>SCOTT COUNTY. District Court.</titleproper> 
		  <subtitle>An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records at the Minnesota
			 Historical Society</subtitle> 
		  <author>Finding aid prepared by state archives staff</author> 
		</titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher encodinganalog="Publisher">Minnesota Historical Society</publisher><address><addressline>St. Paul MN.</addressline></address></publicationstmt> 
		 
	              <seriesstmt><p>Government Records</p></seriesstmt>         </filedesc> 
	 <profiledesc> 
		<creation>Finding aid encoded by Lyda Morehouse, 
		  <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">May 30, 2002</date></creation><langusage>Finding aid written in<language langcode="eng">English</language></langusage> 
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	 <did> 
		<head id="a1">OVERVIEW OF THE RECORDS</head> 
		<repository label="Label:"> 
		  <corpname>Minnesota Historical Society</corpname></repository> 
		<origination label="Creator:"> 
		  <corpname role="creator" encodinganalog="110">Minnesota. District Court
			 (Scott County).</corpname></origination> 
		<unittitle label="Title:" encodinganalog="245$a">Naturalization
		  records,</unittitle> 
		<unitdate label="Date:" encodinganalog="245$f" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1853-1929</unitdate> 
		<abstract label="Abstract:">Declarations of intention, final papers,
		  petition and record, certificate of naturalization stubs, and loose
		  naturalization papers.</abstract> 
		<physdesc label="Quantity:" encodinganalog="300">5 microfilm
		  reels.</physdesc> 
		<physloc label="Location:">See <ref target="a9">Detailed Description</ref> for shelf
		  location</physloc> 
	 </did> 
	 <scopecontent encodinganalog="520"> 
		<head id="a3">SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE RECORDS</head> 
		<p>Declarations of intention (first papers), 1853-1929, rolls 1-2; final
		  papers (second papers), 1859-1906, rolls 2-3; petition and record (final
		  papers), 1918-1929, roll 4; certificate of naturalization stubs, 1907-1920,
		  roll 4; and loose naturalization papers, A-Z, ca. 1850s-ca. 1906. </p> 
	 </scopecontent> 
	 <relatedmaterial> 
		  <head id="a5">RELATED DATA</head> 
		  <p>Quantity of originals: 3.6 cu. ft.</p> 
		  <p>Available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota
			 Historical Society.</p> 
		</relatedmaterial> 
	 <otherfindaid> 
		  <head id="a6">OTHER FINDING AIDS</head> 
		  <p>An expanded description of the records and a roll contents list are
			 available in the repository; filed under Scott County: District Court.</p> 
		  <p>Indexed by: Minnesota. District Court (Scott County). Naturalization
			 records index (cataloged separately).</p> 
		</otherfindaid> 
	 <controlaccess> 
		<head id="a7">CATALOG HEADINGS</head> 
		<p><emph render="italic">This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should <extref linktype="simple" show="new" href="http://mnhs.mnpals.net">search the catalog</extref> using these headings.</emph></p> 
		<controlaccess> 
		  <head>Topics:</head> 
		  <subject encodinganalog="650">Naturalization -- Minnesota -- Scott
			 County.</subject> 
		  <subject encodinganalog="650">Immigrants -- Minnesota -- Scott
			 County.</subject> 
		</controlaccess> 
		<controlaccess> 
		  <head>Document Types:</head> 
		  <genreform encodinganalog="655">Naturalization records</genreform> 
		  <genreform encodinganalog="655">Declarations</genreform> 
		  <genreform encodinganalog="655">Microforms.</genreform> 
		</controlaccess> 
	 </controlaccess> 
	 <descgrp type="admininfo"> 
		<head id="a8">ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION</head> 
		<prefercite> 
		  <head>Preferred Citation:</head> 
		  <p><emph render="italic">[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].
			 </emph>Scott County. District Court. Naturalization Papers. Minnesota
			 Historical Society.</p> 
		  <p><emph render="italic">See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
			 examples</emph></p> 
		</prefercite> 
		<acqinfo> 
		  <head>Accession Information:</head> 
		  <p>Accession number: 983-24; 986-34; 994-123</p> 
		</acqinfo> 
		<processinfo> 
		  <head>Processing Information:</head> 
		  <p>Catalog ID number: 09-00040023</p> 
		</processinfo> 
	 </descgrp> 
	 <dsc type="combined" audience="external"> 
		<head id="a9">DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS</head> 
		 
		<c01>
		  <did>
			 <physloc>lower shelves 117.K, alphabetical</physloc>
			 <container>1</container>
			 <unittitle>Naturalization Records Index, </unittitle>
			 <unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">[ca. 1859]-1906. </unitdate>
		  </did>
		  <scopecontent>
			 <p>Personal name index to final papers, volumes A-C. </p>
			 <p>A printed version of this catalog record is available in the
				repository; filed under Scott County: District Court. </p>
		  </scopecontent>
		</c01>
		<c01>
		  <did>
			 <physloc>SAM 206</physloc>
			 <container type="reel">1</container>
			 <unittitle>Declarations of Intention [first papers], with indexes,
				</unittitle>
			 <unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1853-1929. </unitdate>
			 <physdesc>6 volumes. </physdesc>
		  </did>
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			 <did>
				<unitid>Frame 1. </unitid>
				<unittitle>[Unnumbered volume], </unittitle>
				<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1853-1859, 1868. </unitdate>
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			 <did>
				<unitid>Frame 176. </unitid>
				<unittitle>Volume 1, </unittitle>
				<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1859-1881. </unitdate>
			 </did>
		  </c02>
		  <c02>
			 <did>
				<physloc>SAM 206</physloc>
				<container type="reel">2</container>
				<unitid>Frame 1. </unitid>
				<unittitle>Volume 2, </unittitle>
				<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1880-1894. </unitdate>
			 </did>
		  </c02>
		  <c02>
			 <did>
				<unitid>Frame 263. </unitid>
				<unittitle>Volume D, </unittitle>
				<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1894-1906. </unitdate>
			 </did>
		  </c02>
		  <c02>
			 <did>
				<unitid>Frame 303. </unitid>
				<unittitle>Volume A, #1-100, </unittitle>
				<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1907-1918. </unitdate>
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			 <did>
				<unitid>Frame 370. </unitid>
				<unittitle>Volume B, #101-211, </unittitle>
				<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1918-1929. </unitdate>
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		  <did>
			 <unittitle>Final Papers [second papers], with indexes, </unittitle>
			 <unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1859-1906. </unitdate>
			 <physdesc>5 volumes. </physdesc>
		  </did>
		  <c02>
			 <did>
				<physloc>SAM 206</physloc>
				<container type="reel">3</container>
				<unitid>Frame 1. </unitid>
				<unittitle>Volume 3/A, </unittitle>
				<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1859-1903. </unitdate>
			 </did>
		  </c02>
		  <c02>
			 <did>
				<unitid>Frame 277. </unitid>
				<unittitle>Volume B, adults, </unittitle>
				<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1897, 1903. </unitdate>
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		  </c02>
		  <c02>
			 <did>
				<unitid>Frame 278. </unitid>
				<unittitle>Volume B, minors, </unittitle>
				<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1893-1903. </unitdate>
			 </did>
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			 <did>
				<unitid>Frame 425. </unitid>
				<unittitle>Volume C, adults, </unittitle>
				<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1904-1906. </unitdate>
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			 <did>
				<unitid>Frame 436. </unitid>
				<unittitle>Volume C, minors, </unittitle>
				<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1904-1906. </unitdate>
			 </did>
		  </c02>
		</c01>
		<c01>
		  <did>
			 <unittitle>Petition and Record [final papers], with indexes,
				</unittitle>
			 <unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1918-1929. </unitdate>
			 <physdesc>1 volume. </physdesc>
		  </did>
		  <c02>
			 <did>
				<unittitle>[Volume A, #1-50, </unittitle>
				<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1907-1918.] </unitdate>
			 </did>
			 <scopecontent>
				<p>MISSING as of 1994. See Certificate of Naturalization Stubs,
				  [nos. 1-3], 1907-1920, below.</p>
			 </scopecontent>
		  </c02>
		  <c02>
			 <did>
				<physloc>SAM 206</physloc>
				<container type="reel">4</container>
				<unitid>Frame 1. </unitid>
				<unittitle>Volume B, #51-138, </unittitle>
				<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1918-1929. </unitdate>
			 </did>
		  </c02>
		</c01>
		<c01>
		  <did>
			 <unittitle>Other Records, </unittitle>
			 <unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">ca. 1850-ca. 1906. </unitdate>
			 <physdesc>3 volumes and 26 folders. </physdesc>
		  </did>
		  <c02>
			 <did>
				<unitid>Frame 236. </unitid>
				<unittitle>Certificate of Naturalization Stubs, [nos. 1-3],
				  </unittitle>
				<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1907-1920. </unitdate>
			 </did>
			 <scopecontent>
				<p>These three receipt volumes were retained to partially
				  compensate for the missing Petition and Record, volume A, 1907-1918. </p>
			 </scopecontent>
		  </c02>
		  <c02>
			 <did>
				<unittitle>Loose Naturalization Papers, A-Z, </unittitle>
				<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">ca. 1850s-ca. 1906. </unitdate>
			 </did>
			 <c03>
				<did>
				  <unitid>Frame 299. </unitid>
				  <unittitle>A-Z. </unittitle>
				</did>
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			 <c03>
				<did>
				  <physloc>SAM 206</physloc>
				  <container type="reel">5</container>
				  <unitid>1</unitid>
				  <unittitle>K-Z. </unittitle>
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