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Naturalization Petition and Record

Creator: Riley County. District Court

Date: 1906-1943

Level of Description: Series

Material Type: Government record

Call Number: Microfilm reels MF3354 - MF3355

Unit ID: 197439

Space Required/Quantity: Microfilm

Title (Main title): Naturalization Petition and Record

Scope and Content

Scope and content: Petition for citizenship providing details about individual such as name, age, sex/skin color/other physically identifying information, occupation, date and place of origin, date and place of arrival in the United States, country renounced, names and other information concerning wife and children (if applicable), etc. Also associated with petition is witnesses' affidavits, petitioning individual's oath of allegiance, and an order of court admitting the petitioner as a citizen. Typically includes copy of declaration of intention form and may have other sheets attached as well, such as interrogatories in depositions of witnesses. Alphabetical index by surname at beginning of each volume. See also series 197435, 197436, 197437, 197438, and 197440 for more records related both to first and final citizenship papers for individuals in Riley County.

Locators:

No Locators Identified

Microfilm:

  • MF 3354 no. 4: NATURALIZATION PETITION AND RECORD E, F 1906-1922
  • MF 3355: NATURALIZATION PETITION AND RECORD G, H 1922-1943

Index Terms

Subjects

    Citizenship -- United States
    District courts -- Kansas -- Riley County
    Loyalty oaths -- United States
    Naturalization records -- Kansas -- Riley County

Agency Classification:

    Local Government Agencies. Riley County. Courts. District Court.
    Local Government Agencies. Riley County. Courts. Probate Court.