Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Jackson County Records Inventory
Naturalization Petitions and Orders
1859-1982
Series documents the application for United States citizenship by aliens. Information includes name, residence, and occupation of applicants; place and date of birth; emigration place, date, and vessel; declaration of intention dates; name, birthplace, and birth date of dependents; and renunciation of allegiance to foreign governments. Accompanying the petitions are witness and petitioner affidavits, oaths of allegiance, court orders admitting or denying citizenship, declarations of intention, depositions, and certificates of arrival.
Records at the Oregon State Archives:
Naturalization Deposition Notices, 1946-1972 (.50 cu.ft.);
Naturalization Petition Court Orders, 1942-1982 (1 volume);
Naturalization Petitions and Records, 1906-1929 (3 volumes);
Naturalization Petitions [with index], 1942-1981 (7
volumes);
Naturalization Records, 1903-1906 (1 volume);
Naturalization Transferred Petitions, 1958-1971 (.10 cu.ft.);
Search for 1859-1981 Jackson County
naturalization records in Oregon Historical Records Index.
Records at the Jackson County Justice Building Basement, Court
Archives:
[County Court Civil Business-Docket-includes mental
commitment and naturalization entries-with index], vol. 1,
1859-1873 (1 reel of microfilm); vol. 4, 1896-1919 (1 reel of
microfilm);
County Court Civil Business [Docket-includes mental
commitment and naturalization entries-with index], vol. 3,
1873-1896 (1 volume).
Records at Record Masters of Southern Oregon:
[List of Petitions Granted-Naturalization-93A.114, Box 5732],
1969-1980 (.05 cu.ft.);
[Naturalization Papers Forwarded-List-93A.114, Box 5732], 1969-1981
(.05 cu.ft.).
Records at the Jackson County Genealogy Library Building, Library:
County Court Civil Business [Docket-includes mental
commitment and naturalization entries-with index], vol. 1,
1859-1873 (1 volume).