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* Index to Naturalization Records of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division, Los Angeles, 1887-1937 [NARA M1607]
* Naturalization Index Cards of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division, Los Angeles, 1915-1976 [NARA M1525]
* Naturalization Records of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division, Los Angeles, 1887-1940. [NARA M1524]
* Index to Naturalization in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1852-ca. 1989 [NARA M1744]
* Declarations of intention from the U.S. Northern District Court 1846 to 1903 [FHL films 977767-70]
* Selected Indexes to Naturalization Records of the U.S. Circuit and District Courts, Northern District of California, 1852-1928. [NARA T1220]
Los Angeles:
The Los Angeles County Archives has records for the years 1856 to 1886 [LACA]
1852-1948 [FHL]
Naturalization Index of the Superior Court for Los Angeles County, California, 1852-1915 [NARA M1608]
Naturalization Records of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California, 1876-1915 [NARA M1614]
San Benito: Index to Declarations of Intention 1876-1939; Declarations of Intention v. 1-3 1874-1906 [FHL Film 1908414 item 2-5] Declarations of Intention 1906-1914 [FHL Film 1908416 item 1] Miscellaneous citizenship, declarations of intention, etc., ca. 1870-1900 1874-1939 [FHL Film 1952487 item 2]
San Bernardino
San Diego: M1526. Naturalization Index Cards from the Supreme Court of San Diego County, California, 1929-1956 [NARA] M1612. Index to Declarations of Intention in the Superior Court of San Diego County, California, 1853-1956 [NARA] M1613. Naturalization Records in the Superior Court of San Diego County, California, 1883-1958 [NARA] M1609. Index to Citizens Naturalized in the Superior Court of San Diego, California, 1853-1956 [NARA]
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San Mateo
Santa Barbara: Naturalization, 1856-1939, Declaration of Intention, 1850-1906 [CSA]
Santa Clara: 1831-1933 [FHL]; Declarations of Intention, 1850-1930 [CSA]
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