If the judge found the applicant eligible to become a citizen, an oath was administered and the individual renounced his former citizenship. At this point a certificate of citizenship was issued documenting the fact. This volume contains copies of certificates of citizenship issued to newly naturalized United States citizens. Along the margin of the volumes, the clerks has also written the names of the witnesses at each naturalization hearing. The forms have not been signed by either the clerk or judge.
Entries are chronological.
The location of any citizenship certificate volumes from the First District from 1892 to statehood in 1896 is undetermined. Some of certificates of citizenship and declarations of intention for the First District Court from the territorial period were recorded in volumes used by other courts. First District Court minutes may contain more details about specific naturalization hearings. Second District Court, series 85174 and the Third District Court, series 85111. County probate courts held concurrent jurisdiction in citizenship cases during this time and their records could also be checked.