LAKE COUNTY: DISTRICT COURT:
An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records and Index at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
Part or all of this collection is restricted.
For
details, please see restrictions.
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. District Court (Lake County). | |
| Title: | Naturalization Records and Index. | |
| Dates: | 1884-1952. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Personal name index, undated, 1891-1952, declarations of intention (first papers), 1891-1952; final papers (second papers), 1893-1906; petition and record (final papers), 1907-1946; lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, 1929-1946; applications to take oath of allegiance (naturalization by repatriation), 1940-1943 (filed in petition and record volumes 9-10; loose naturalization papers, A-Z, 1884-1906; and certificate of naturalization stubs, 1907-1946. | |
| Quantity: | 8 microfilm reels; 5.6 cubic feet (6 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Several pages of one final papers volume (1893-1900) are labeled Lake and Cook counties.
ARRANGEMENT
The collection is organized into the following sections:
| Naturalization Records Index (Microfilm SAM 11-I) | ||
| Naturalization Records Index (Unfilmed) | ||
| Naturalization Records (Microfilm SAM 11) | ||
| Closed Originals | ||
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
Microfilmed originals (5.5 cubic feet) are closed to general use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. District Court (Lake County). Naturalization Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Microfilm Production:
Microfilm. Duluth, MN : St. Louis County Microfilm Center, 1980 ; Saint Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society, 1994.
Microfilm available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.
Location of Originals:
Microfilmed originals (5.5 cubic feet) are closed to general use.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 981-173; 987-106; 2003-22
Processing Information:
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Catalog ID number: 001706788
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
NATURALIZATION RECORD INDEX (MICROFILM SAM 11-I)
| Reel | |||||||||||||
| SAM 11-I | 1 | 1891-1952. | |||||||||||
| Personal name index to declarations of intention (first papers), volumes B-C and 1-6, 1891-1952; final papers, volumes A-C and B-C (minors), 1893-1906; and petition and record (final papers), volumes 1-10, 1907-1946. Each entry gives the applicant's name, and the volume and the page containing the naturalization document. Early entries include Cook County. | |||||||||||||
| The declarations of intention (first papers), and the final papers and petition and record (second papers) are indexed separately. Names in each section are grouped alphabetically by the first letter of the applicant's surname, and within each group are listed by naturalization volume, in the order in which the naturalization entries were recorded. | |||||||||||||
NATURALIZATION RECORD INDEX (UNFILMED)
| 116.A.6.10 | Undated. 1 folder. | ||||||||||||
| Alphabetical index to the microfilmed naturalization records, 1891-1946, prepared by staff and volunteers of the Iron Range Research Center during May, 1987. Gives name (surname first) and reel, volume, and page number. This is an earlier version of the index that was published by the Range Genealogical Society in 1995 as Lake County, Minnesota, naturalization records, 1891-1952. | |||||||||||||
NATURALIZATION RECORDS (MICROFILM SAM 11)
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| SAM 11 | 1 | Declarations of Intention [first papers], with indexes, 1891-1952. 8 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Frame 1. Volume B, 1891-1903. | |||||||||||||
| Frame 161. Volume C, 1903-1906. | |||||||||||||
| Frame 272. Volume 1, Nos. 1-100, 1906-1908. | |||||||||||||
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| SAM 11 | 2 | Volume 2, Nos. 201-400, 1908-1913. | |||||||||||
| Volume 3, Nos. 401-900, 1913-1918. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 4, Nos. 901-1352, 1918-1929. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 5, Nos. 1353-1452, 1929-1939. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 6, Nos. 1453-1508, 1939-1952. | |||||||||||||
| Reel | |||||||||||||
| SAM 11 | 3 | Final Papers [second papers], with indexes, 1893-1906. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Frame 1. Volume A, 1893-1900. | |||||||||||||
| Several pages of this volume were annotated to read "Counties of Lake and Cook." At one time the court's jurisdiction covered both counties. | |||||||||||||
| Frame 236. Volume B, 1901-1903. | |||||||||||||
| Frame 267. Volume C, 1903-1906. | |||||||||||||
| Frame 371. Volume B, minors, 1897-1902. | |||||||||||||
| Frame 404. Volume C, minors, 1904-1906. | |||||||||||||
| Petition and Record [final papers], with indexes, 1907-1946. 10 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Frame 415. Volume 1, Nos. 1-50, 1907-1909. | |||||||||||||
| Frame 522. Volume 2, Nos. 51-100, 1918-1909. | |||||||||||||
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| SAM 11 | 4 | Frame 1. Volume 3, Nos. 101-200, 1909-1911. | |||||||||||
| Frame 216. Volume 4, Nos. 201-300, 1911-1914. | |||||||||||||
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| SAM 11 | 5 | Frame 1. Volume 5, Nos. 301-550, 1914-1921. | |||||||||||
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| SAM 11 | 6 | Frame 1. Volume 6, Nos. 551-650, 1921-1925. | |||||||||||
| Frame 274. Volume 7, Nos. 651-719, 1925-1929. | |||||||||||||
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| SAM 11 | 7 | Frame 1. Volume 8, Nos. 720-769, 1930-1937. | |||||||||||
| Frame 211. Volume 9, Nos. 770-819, 1938-1941. | |||||||||||||
| Frame 405. Volume 10, Nos. 820-872, 1941-1946. | |||||||||||||
| Other Records, 1884-1946. 15 volumes, 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Reel | |||||||||||||
| SAM 11 | 2 | Frame 1. Citizenship Petitions Granted and Denied (lists), (Order Book), 1929-1946. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| [Applications to Take Oath of Allegiance (naturalization by repatriation), 1940-1943.] | |||||||||||||
| Interfiled in Petition and Record, vols. 9-10. | |||||||||||||
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| SAM 11 | 7 | Frame 627. Loose Naturalization Papers, A-Z, 1884-1906. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
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| SAM 11 | 2 | Certificate of Naturalization Stubs, 1907-1929. 14 volumes. | |||||||||||
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| SAM 11 | 7 | Frame 723. Certificate of Naturalization Stubs, A-Z, 1929-1946. 1 folder. | |||||||||||
CLOSED ORIGINALS
Access restricted. Closed to general use, researchers are directed to use the microfilm.
| 301.B.10.3B | General Index, No. 1, undated. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 309.H.14.4F | Declarations of Intention, 1891-1908, 1929-1952. 5 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| [There may not have been a Volume A.] | |||||||||||||
| Volume B, 1891-1903. | |||||||||||||
| Volume C, 1903-1906. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 1, Nos. 1-100, 1906-1908. | |||||||||||||
| 304.G.11.1B | Volume 2, Nos. 101-400, October 1908-June 1913. | ||||||||||||
| Volume 3, Nos. 401-900, June 1913-February 1918. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 4, Nos. 901-1352, February 1918-June 1929. | |||||||||||||
| 309.H.14.4F | Volume 5, Nos. 1353-1452, 1929-1939. | ||||||||||||
| Volume 6, Nos. 1453-1508, 1939-1952. | |||||||||||||
| [Volumes 5 and 6 are not included on the Lake County microfilm; they are filmed with the St. Louis County naturalization records.] | |||||||||||||
| Final Papers, 1893-1906. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Volume [A], 1893-1900. | |||||||||||||
| Volume B, 1901-1903. | |||||||||||||
| 301.B.10.3B | Volume C, 1903-1906. | ||||||||||||
| Volume B, Minors, 1897-1902. | |||||||||||||
| Volume C, Minors, 1904-1906. | |||||||||||||
| Petition and Record, 1907-1946. 10 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 1, Nos. 1-50, 1907-1909. | |||||||||||||
| 301.B.10.4F | Volume 2, Nos. 51-100, 1908-1909. | ||||||||||||
| Volume 3, Nos. 101-200, 1909-1911. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 4, Nos. 201-300, 1911-1914. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 5, Nos. 301-550, 1914-1921. | |||||||||||||
| 301.B.10.5B | Volume 6, Nos. 551-650, 1921-1925. | ||||||||||||
| Volume 7, Nos. 651-719, 1925-1929. | |||||||||||||
| 309.H.14.5B | Volume 8, Nos. 720-769, 1930-1937. 1 volume in 1 folder. | ||||||||||||
| Volume 9, Nos. 770-819, 1938-1941. 1 volume in 1 folder. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 10, Nos. 820-872, 1941-1946. 1 volume in 1 folder. | |||||||||||||
| Lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, 1929-1946. | |||||||||||||
| [Not included on the Lake County microfilm; filmed with the St. Louis County naturalization records.] | |||||||||||||
| Loose naturalization papers, A-Z, 1884-1946. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Declarations of intention, final papers, related papers. | |||||||||||||
| Certificate of Naturalization Stubs, A-Z, 1929-1946. | |||||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
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 search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Immigrants -- Minnesota -- Lake County.
- Immigrants -- Minnesota -- Cook County.
- Naturalization -- Minnesota -- Cook County.
- Naturalization -- Minnesota -- Lake County.
- Document Types:
- Naturalization records -- Minnesota -- Lake County.
- Declarations -- Minnesota -- Lake County.
- Microforms.
- Declarations -- Minnesota -- Cook County.
- Naturalization records -- Minnesota -- Cook County.
- Indexes.
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