Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Wallowa County Records Inventory
Naturalization Petitions and Orders
1887-1953
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 Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:
[Citizenship Petitions Granted], 1930-1953 (1
volume);
Naturalization [Petition for Naturalization],
no. 149, 1929-1930 (1 volume);
Petition and Record [no. 1 to 50-with index], vol. 1, 1906-1912 (1
volume);
[Petition for Naturalization-includes declarations of intention and other
documents-with index], no. 150-173, 1934-1951 (1 volume);
Record of Naturalization [County and Circuit Court], 1904-1906 (1 volume).
Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Governing Body (Commissioners') Office Vault:
Petition and Record [no. 51 to 148-with index], vol. 2, 1913-1929
(1 volume).
Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Old Jail Records Storage:
Law Journal County Court [includes insanity and
citizenship cases], vol. A, 1887-1920 (1 volume).