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Naturalization Petitions for Military Personnel and Declarations of Intention

Creator: Riley County. District Court

Date: 1918-1920

Level of Description: Series

Material Type: Government record

Call Number: Microfilm reels MF3355 - MF3360

Unit ID: 197440

Space Required/Quantity:

  • 6.00 Microfilm roll(s) (35mm)

Title (Main title): Naturalization Petitions for Military Personnel and Declarations of Intention

Scope and Content

Scope and content: Petitions for naturalization as a United States citizen for individuals who were soldiers and otherwise attached to the U.S. Army. Provide details about individual such as name, age, sex/skin color/other physically identifying information, occupation (often indicates rank and/or company information), date and place of origin, date and place of arrival in the United States, country renounced, etc. Also includes affidavits of petitioner and two witnesses, petitioner's oath of allegiance, and order of court allowing petition. Most of the soldiers came from Camp Funston, attached to Fort Riley, and most of them petitioned for citizenship in 1918 under the 9 May 1918 Act of Congress. Organized numerically by certificate of naturalization number; alphabetical index by surname at beginning of each volume. See also series 197435, 197436, 197437, 197438, and 197439 for more records related both to first and final citizenship papers for individuals in Riley County.

Locators:

No Locators Identified

Microfilm:

  • MF 3355 no. 2: NATURLZATN PETIT MLTRY PERS & DECL OF INTENT 1 (1 -250), 2 (251-500) THRU 395 1918-1918
  • MF 3356: NATURLZATN PETIT MLTRY PERS & DECL OF INTENT 2(251 -500 CON'T W/396), 3 (501 - 750), 4 (751 - 1000) 1918-1918
  • MF 3357: NATURLZATN PETIT MLTRY PERS & DECL OF INTENT 5 (1001 - 1250), 6 (1251-1500), 7 (1501-1750) TO 1630 1918-1918
  • MF 3358: NATURLZATN PETIT MLTRY PERS & DECL OF INTENT 7 (1501-1750) CONT W/1631, 8 (1751-2000), 9 (2001-2250) 1918-1918
  • MF 3359: NATURLZATN PETIT MLTRY PERS & DECL OF INTENT 10(2251-2500), 11(2501-2750), 12 (2751-3000) TO 2880 1918-1918
  • MF 3360: NTRLZATN PETIT MLTRY PERS & DECL INTENT 12 CONT W/2881, 13(3001-3200), 14(3201-3300), 15(3301-3400) 1918-1920

Index Terms

Subjects

    Citizenship -- United States
    District courts -- Kansas -- Riley County
    Loyalty oaths -- United States
    Naturalization records -- Kansas -- Riley County
    Soldiers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States

Agency Classification:

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