The second series, certificates of discharge, October 28,1800-March 29, 1809, consists of a volume containing recordedcopies of certificates of discharge granted by the districtcourt. These certified that the bankrupt has complied withall the requisites of the bankruptcy act, were signed by anappropriate number of creditors testifying their consent tothe allowance of a certificate of discharge, and were allowedand confirmed by the district judge.
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The remaining three series are reproduced on roll 24. Thesecond series consists principally of copies of commissions,1802-5, arranged by filing date, that were issued tocommissioners in bankruptcy proceedings. The third series,bonds of costs, 1803, are arranged alphabetically by surnameof the bankrupt. The fourth series, certificates ofdischarge, August 16, 1800-July 4, 1806, consists of twovolumes--Books A and B. They contain copies of certificatesby commissioners to the district judge confirming that thenamed bankrupt had met the requirements of the bankruptcyact. Entries appear chronologically by date of filing.
This microfilm publication reproduces 7 volumes containingcopies of petitions filed by claimants for the review andremission of forfeiture cases. The petitions were addressedto the district court judge, who forwarded them to theSecretary of the Treasury. Volume 7 contains an alphabeticalindex by surname of claimant. Included are statements offacts and depositions supporting claims for remission,transcripts of testimony taken before the revenuecommissioner, pertinent correspondence between the collectorof customs and the U.S. attorney, statements by thegovernment showing why penalties should not be remitted, andnotations indicating the dates petitions were transmitted tothe Secretary of the Treasury and the final disposition ofthe case. Entries are chronological by date of filing ofpetition.
Most of the microfilm publications in the following sectionreproduce only indexes or lists of persons admitted tocitizenship. One publication, M1208, reproduces registers aswell as their indexes from the district and circuit courtsfor the western district of Pennsylvania, 1820-1906. Theindexes refer to records held by the National Archivesregional archives, but some indexes give a significant amountof information on their own. To guard against any possibleommission or inaccuracy in the consolidated indexes, many ofthese microfilm publications also reproduce the prefatoryindexes to individual volumes of naturalization records.
This publication reproduces the prefatory indexes to ninebound volumes of declarations of intention filed in Skagway,1901-17, and in Juneau, 1900-29. Each index consists of thesurnames of aliens, alphabetically arranged, with referencesto the page numbers of the declarations.
The volumes containing these indexes are in the custody ofthe National Archives-Alaska Region. The petitions fornaturalization corresponding to these declarations remain inthe custody of the clerk of the district court at Juneau.Naturalization records filed in other cities during thepre-state period are in the custody of the clerk of the U.S.district court at Anchorage. No earlier records have beendiscovered, nor have U.S. circuit court naturalizationrecords for this period been found.
The index to naturalizations, 1853-67, shows the applicant'sname and place of birth, the date of naturalization, and thecourt. The index also has a space for remarks such as "Dec.of Int." and "Minor." The index to certificates ofnaturalization, 1854-1906, has recorded minutes, the recordnumber, and the book and page number where it can be found.These two indexes are listed alphabetically by initial letterof surname, as are two other indexes to declarations ofintent and petitions for naturalization, 1906-19 and 1920-28.The applicant's surname and given name, and the volumes andpage numbers for both the declaration and petition, aregiven.
These naturalization records were created by U.S. districtcourts in Denver and Pueblo, CO. They include declarations ofintention, naturalization dockets, petitions fornaturalization, and miscellaneous documents. All but themiscellaneous documents are in bound volumes and are arrangedby location of the court, thereunder by type of record, andthereunder chronologically by the filing date. The Denverrecords date from 1877 to 1952; those from Pueblo date from1883 to 1949.
Each volume of the declarations of intention is indexedalphabetically by the applicant's surname. Declarations involume 1 of the Denver records list the applicant's name,name of the clerk of the court, name and title of the head ofstate the applicant renounced allegiance to, and the date ofthe declaration. All other volumes for both Denver and Pueblolist the applicant's name, age, occupation, physicaldescription, place of birth, previous residence, intendedU.S. residence, point of departure, date and port of arrival,manner of arrival, and name of transporting ship or railroad.After 1912, declarations of intention included the name ofthe applicant's spouse and the name, date and place of birth,and residence of the applicant's children.
This publication also reproduces 4 volumes of naturalizationdockets from Denver (Oct. 1, 1906-Aug. 15, 1916), which arechronological records of actions taken by applicants to meetcitizenship requirements. Dockets are numbered consecutively,and each volume is indexed alphabetically by the applicant'ssurname.
The volumes from the Denver and Pueblo courts labeled"Petition and Record" contain consecutively numberedpetitions for naturalization. Each volume contains analphabetical index of the applicants' surnames. A petitionentry consists of the petition itself, affidavits of thepetitioner and witnesses, oath of allegiance, and order ofthe court admitting the petitioner to citizenship.
Pueblo records also include two volumes of militarypetitions for naturalization. In addition to the informationgiven on regular petitions, a statement of military service isusually attached to soldiers' petitions.
The clerk of the U.S. district court in Maryland establishedsix different alphabetical indexes to naturalization petitionscovering 1797-1951. The first index, for 1797-1906, is analphabetical name index on cards to chronological entries inbound registers for both the circuit and district courtnaturalization petitions. On each card is the name of the alien,the country of birth, the date of the declaration of intention orpetition for naturalization, the court (circuit or district) towhich the alien applied, and the volume and page number of theregister in which the alien's name and the other informationindicated above is recorded. The Maryland courts have nosurviving individual declarations of intention or petitions fornaturalization for either the circuit or district courts for thisperiod. Therefore, the information on the index cards, which isthe same as that in the bound registers, constitutes the entirerecord for the years 1797-1906.
The sixth and final index is to the records of aliens whojoined the armed forces of the United States and filed fornaturalization while in the service between May 1918 and April1923. This alphabetical index shows only the name of the soldier,the petition number, and the volume in which the petition isrecorded. In some instances, the military unit to which he wasassigned and the camp at which he was stationed are also shown.
This microfilm publication reproduces consolidated andprefatory indexes to naturalization records from the Montanaterritorial court system and the federal court system. As aterritory (1864-89), Montana had four judicial districts. Theprefatory indexes (1868-89) are from court journals for eachdistrict and are arranged alphabetically by initial letter ofsurname. Each of these indexes contains references to the pagenumbers in the journal volumes. The actual declarations ofintention and petitions for naturalization were apparently notretained by the territorial courts.
The federal court records (1891-1929) in this publicationinclude both consolidated and prefatory indexes to volumes ofdeclarations of intention and petitions for naturalization. WhenMontana was admitted as a state in 1889, the district court forthe one federal judicial district met in Helena. In 1892, anadditional district court was established in Butte, and in 1904 athird court was established in Great Falls. The consolidatedindexes are from only the circuit court (1891-98) and thedistrict court (1894-1906) at Helena and the district court atButte (1894-1903). They list aliens' surnames alphabetically andgive the number of the volume in which petitions or declarationsare located, the filing date of the papers, and the applicant'scountry of birth. Prefatory indexes are from the Helena circuitcourt (1891-93) and district court (1892-1927), the Buttedistrict court (1910-29), and the Great Falls district court(1924 and 1926). The prefatory indexes list aliens' names inalphabetical order and cite the page numbers within that volumewhere the papers are located.
The "Index to Record of Citizenship" from the federaldistrict court at Butte is in two volumes covering petitions madebetween 1894 and 1903. The volume additionally labeled "CircuitCourt" is primarily a continuation of the district court indexfor 1901-3, although it also contains some circuit court recordsfrom 1894 to 1896.
There are seven volumes of consolidated name indexes as wellas prefatory indexes to several sets of volumes of naturalizationrecords. Volumes 1-3 index unbound records. The index to circuitcourt records in volume 3 duplicates the index to circuit courtrecords in volume 2 but stops at 1906 instead of 1907. All threevolumes cite the date of filing. Entries in volumes 4-7 cite thevolumes and page numbers of the declarations and petitions.Volume 5 duplicates the circuit court's index to admissions tocitizenship in volume 4 and also includes the index to fourdistrict court journals. Journals A and B cover admissions madebetween 1859 and 1877; journals D and 1 cover the years 1877through 1906. The indexes in volumes 1, 2, 4, and 5 are arrangedalphabetically by the first letter of the surname; volumes 3, 6,and 7 are arranged alphabetically by the first two letters of thesurname. 2ff7e9595c
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