Entries are grouped by category, with declarations of intention at the beginning, followed by certificates of citizenship for adult entrants, and certificates of citizenship for minor entrants at the back. Within each section, entries are chronological. Salt Lake County was part of the first district from 1850-1856 and part of the third since 1856, as well as the seat of the Supreme Court. For other possible sources consult the Research Guide to Naturalization records. There is an index at the beginning of the volume.
Entries are alphabetic by the first letter of the alien's surname.
Archival processing was completed by A.C. Cone in 1989. The volume was microfilmed in 1998. The hard copy of the volume, and a copy of the microfilm, was transferred to the Salt Lake County Archives in August 2001.