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San Diego County, California
Naturalization
Records & Resources

• Family History Library
  San Diego County, California naturalization records at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and at the San Diego Regional Family History Center:
  
  

  • Index to Naturalizations, A - Z, 1853 - 1956
    1 microfilm roll; microfilm no. 1,618,161
    
    
  • Naturalizations, 1853 - 1956
    San Diego County Superior Court
    26 microfilm rolls
    
    
• San Diego Genealogical Society
  

  • San Diego Leaves & Saplings

  
  

  • Ancestry.com World Archives Project
    In partnership with Ancestry.com's World Archives Project, San Diego Genealogical Society members created indexes for two valuable sets of San Diego County, California naturalization records
    
    
    1. Southern California Naturalization Indexes
       This record set contains digitized documents from
       • Index to Naturalized Citizens from the Superior Court of San Diego, California, 1868-1958
         
         
       • Index to Citizens Naturalized in the Superior Court of San Diego, California, 1853-1956
         
         
       • Index to Declarations of Intention in the Superior Court of San Diego County, California, 1853-1956
       
       
    2. California, U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795 - 1972
       This record set contains digitized documents from
       • Naturalization Records in the Superior Court of San Diego, California, 1883-1936
         
         
       • Naturalization Records of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 1887-1940
         
         
         
• San Diego History Center
  The Research Library of the San Diego History Center holds the following naturalization records and resources:
  
  

  • Declarations of Intent, 1906 - 1941
    Record group PR3.393; 7 volumes
    Declarations of Intent are original sworn statements, taken under oath in Superior Court. Records contain the date, the applicant's name, age, weight, height, hair and eye color, nativity, birth date, last country of residence, transporting vessel, and signature. Arranged chronologically by date of declaration and numerically by number of declaration. Each volume contains an index arranged alphabetically by the last name of the applicant.
    
    
  • Soldier's Naturalization Index, 1918
    Record group PR4.7; 2 volumes
    Index to World War I soldiers naturalized at San Diego County military bases. Shows the name of the soldier, the date of naturalization, the Army base where naturalized, Army serial number, naturalization number, and date. Also lists of individuals who refused to be naturalized and the reason for refusal. Arranged alphabetically.