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Updated Naturalization Index – A
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | V | W | Y | Z |
This Index to Naturalization Records of Jersey County, Illinois was taken from the 1997 publication compiled by the Jersey County Clerk. Any and all requests for copies of any papers on Naturalization must be directed to that office. Jersey County Clerk, PO Box 216, Jerseyville, IL 62052. Thanks to Jersey County Historical Society, Tri County Newsletter and Marty Crull for this information.
Column 1 – Name of immigrant including variants in spelling or name. Names were difficult to read, interpret or were written in foreign script. Some names were changed completely. Some immigrants signed their documents with an “X” leaving the spelling to a registrar, who recorded the name as it sounded.
Column 2 – Place of birth or country to which immigrant owed allegiance.
Column 3 – Date of “Bona Fide Intention” to become a citizen. Date of 1st Papers, 2nd Papers, Final Papers, Oaths, or Naturaliztion.
Column 4 – Source of information, some in files, some recorded.
Definitions – Not recorded means a document exists but was not recorded. Intention (another county or state) means the “Bona Fide Intention” was registered in another county or state but recorded in Jersey County also. Wife, Husband, Child or Children recorded in this column means that the names of the wife, husband, child or children are listed in the documents.
Filed Documents – Immigrants whose surnames begin with A to E, Miscellaneous File, Drawer 6. Immigrants whose surnames begin with F to K, Miscellaneous File, Drawer 7. Immigrants whose surnames begin with L to Q, Miscellaneous File, Drawer 8. Immigrants whose surnames begin with R to Z, Miscellaneous File, Drawer 9.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
| ACCARIO, Nicolo | Italy | 1900 | Book D., p. 91 |
| AHLING, Henry | Prussia | 1880 | Book D., p. 6 |
| AHRLING, H. A. | Germany | 1877 | Book B, p. 25 |
| ALBERT, Andreas | Germany | 1886 | Book D, p. 58 |
| ALBERT, Carl | Germany | 1884; 1886 | 1884 Intention, Madison County; 1886 Book D, p. 58 |
| ALBRECHT, Alois | Germany | 1876; 1880 | 1876 1st papers, Vol. B, p. 33; 1880 Book D., p. 3 |
| ALEXANDER, | Great Britain & Ireland | 1857; 1864 | 1857 Intention Iowa; 1864 2ns Papers, Vol. A, p. 57 |
| AMEN, Mark | Wurtemberg | 1871 | 1st Papers, Vol. A, p. 31 |
| ANDERSON, Sven | Sweden | 1882; 1884 | Intention Book D, p. 32; Book B, p. 46 |
| ANDRIS, Joseph | Germany | 1875; 1887 | 1875 Intention, St. Louis, Mo.; 1887 Book D, p. 65 |
| ANTONISHYN, Maximilian | Russia | 1916 | Intention Book I, p. 10 |
| APPS, Thomas | Great Britain & Ireland | 1862 | Intention, 1st Papers, Vol. A, p. 9, 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 59 |
| ARKEBAUER, Edward | Hanover | 1860 | 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 4 |
| ARKEBAUER, J. C. | Hanover | 1857 | 2nd Papers, Vol. B., p. 14 |
| ARMSTRONG, George E. | Great Britain | 1872 | 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 239 |
| ARNOLD, James | Ireland | 1872; 1874 | 1872 Intention, Book A, p. 34; 1874 Book C, p. 21 |
| ARNOLD, Josef | Switzerland | 1909 | Intention. Book I, p. 2 |
| ARP, Hermann Richard | Germany | 1938 | Intention. Book H, p. 1 |
| ARZT, Franc. ARTZ, Frank | 1878 | Not recorded | |
| ASHENBAH, Otto | Saxony | 1870 | 1st Papers, Vol. B., p. 26 |
| AXFORD, John | Canada | 1874; 1886 | 1874 Intention. Madison County; 1886 Book D, p. 64 |
| AYLWARD, James | Great Britain & Ireland | 1860 | 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 19 |
| AYLWARD, Thomas | Great Britain & Ireland | 1864; 1866 | 1864 1st Papers, Vol. B, p. 20; 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 101 |
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