Card index to immigration and natuaralization records, handled by courts in Baltimore County,
1796-1851, and Baltimore City, 1827-1933. Identified as Index 43. Entries
give name, date, court, and citation. Index is neither comprehensive nor entirely accurate. See the finding aid (Naturalizations Guide, BA and BC)
SE 100 for assistance in matching index information with the records. Also see individual record series for original indexing. Provides references to the
following records:
BALTIMORE CITY COURT: Naturalization
record, 1845-1851 [MSA C229], Naturalization record of
minors, 1827-1851 [MSA C237], Naturalization applications, 1897-1904 [MSA C162], Declaration of intention,
1867-1906 [MSA C179], Naturalization record, 1867-1904 [MSA
C233], and Naturalization record of minors, 1867-1906 [MSA
C241];
BALTIMORE CITY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS:
Naturalization applications, 1897-1906 [MSA C163],
Declaration of intention, 1852-1933 [MSA C177],
Naturalization record, military, 1872-1900 [MSA C215],
Naturalization record, 1852-1906 [MSA C232], Naturalization
petitions and record, 1906-1929 [MSA C234], and
Naturalization record of minors series 1852-1905 [MSA C240];
BALTIMORE CITY CRIMINAL COURT: Declaration of intention, 1851-1903 [MSA C176],
Naturalization record, 1851-1900 [MSA C230], and
Naturalization record of minors, 1851-1900 [MSA C238];
BALTIMORE CITY SUPERIOR COURT: Declaration of intention, 1866-1906 [MSA C178], Naturalization docket,
1852-1908 [MSA C224], Naturalization record, 1852-1903 [MSA
C231], and Naturalization record of minors series 1852-1903 [MSA
C239];
BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT: Naturalization docket, 1796-1851 [MSA C389], Naturalization record series
1832-1851 [MSA C391], and Naturalization record of minors,
1846-1851 [MSA C392];
See also MARYLAND INDEXES (Naturalizations, Federal, Index) 1797-1951 S1463.
Created by the Baltimore City Court of Common Pleas. Indexing is retroactive for all jurisdictions prior to 1906 when sole jurisdiction for naturalization was consolidated in Common Pleas and the naturalization records for the other Baltimore City jurisdictions were transferred to Common Pleas.