Copies of these declarations may also be found in the case files of the Third District Court. County probate courts held concurrent jurisdiction in citizenship cases during this time, and records of these could be checked. At statehood in 1896, the district court began keeping separate series of naturalization records and declarations of intention in each county. For other possible sources consult the Research Guide to Naturalization records. All volumes except the first have indices at the beginning.
Entries are alphabetic by the first letter of the alien's surname.
The series was transferred to the Archives in 1989 and scheduled by Pat Scott. Archival processing by A.C. Cone was finished the same year.