Certificates for citizenship were completed by emigrants who wanted to become citizens of the United States.

Certificates for citizenship

Submitters hold copyright to their donations.

Emigrants who settled in Des Moines County from the mid 1800s completed a certificate of intent to apply for citizenship.

Thanks go To Jill Cruse Wednesday, February 06, 2002 for these important transcribed records.

Menu: Click on the first letter of your ancestors surname.

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[ PQRS ] [ S ] [ TUV ] [ WXYZ ]

If you need a copy of Naturalization papers or Declaration of Intent you can pay the
$5.00 an hour fee plus the 25 cents a page copy cost offered by Des Moines County
Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 493, Burlington, Iowa, 52601.

Cheaper than going through the courthouse. The DSMGS is absolutely wonderful
.
Kathy

Definitions

Was just browsing the site http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson16.htm
and found some excellent information regarding abbreviations on census
records.

The 1930, 1920, 1910, 1900, and 1870 censuses all have columns pertaining
to citizenship. The following abbreviations may be found:

AL — this abbreviation was used to signify that the individual was still an
alien (was not naturalized and had not begun the naturalization process).

PA — this abbreviation was used to signify that the individual had gone
through the declaration of intent and had filed his "first" papers.

NA — this abbreviation was used to signify that the individual had
completed the naturalization process and was a naturalized citizen.

The site, by the way, is very informative for Canadian, British,
Australian immigration as well as U.S.

Marian in CA

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