Overview | Holdings | Summary | Recommended Reading The following list includes naturalization records from various California counties that have been filmed and are available from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. The list also shows those counties that have no film available from the Family History Library. This list is current as of 10 April 1997. Overview
NOTE: The following dates are very general, including some indexes:
Holdings
| County | Available Records |
| Alameda | Nat Records, 1880-1931 & Index, 1853-1985, FHL, 1985, 54 reels at Alameda Co Clerk's Off |
| Alpine | 1867-1947, FHL, 1993, 5 reels, at Alpine Co Hist Rec Comm |
| Amador | 1864-1944, FHL, 1988, 12 reels, at Amador Co Clerk's Off |
| Butte | 1849-1930, FHL, 1990-91, 7 reels, at CSU, Chico Library including 1 reel at Butte Co Clerk's Off |
| Calaveras | Some at Calaveras Co Court House, some at CSU, Stanislaus
Archives ( Note added by Ken Tessendorff.
Calaveras also has records at the Calaveras County Archives.) |
| Colusa | 1851-1957, FHL, 1989, 3 reels, at Colusa Co Clerk's Off |
| Contra Costa | None at FHL |
| Del Norte | None at FHL |
| El Dorado | 1850-1986, FHL, 1987, 7 reels, at El Dorada Co Clerk's |
| Fresno | 1871-1934, FHL, 1988, 18 reels, at Fresno Co Courthouse |
| Fresno, Fresno City | 1862-1927, FHL 1989, 4 reels, at American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Fresno |
| Glenn | 1891-1930, FHL, 1991, 11 reels, at Glenn Co Courthouse |
| Humboldt | None at FHL |
| Inyo | None at FHL |
| Kern | None at FHL |
| Kings | None at FHL |
| Lake | 1882-1929, FHL, 1991, 2 reels, at Lake Co Courthouse |
| Lassen | 1865-1935, FHL, 1992, 6 reels, at Lassen Co Courthouse |
| Madera | None at FHL |
| Mariposa | None at FHL |
| Mendicino | 1848-1943, FHL, 1990, 9 reels, at Mendocino Co Courthouse |
| Merced | None at FHL |
| Modoc | None at FHL |
| Mono | None at FHL |
| Monterey | None at FHL |
| Napa | 1856-1939, FHL, 1985, 6 reels, at Napa Co Clerk's Off |
| Nevada | None at FHL |
| Placer | 1850-1980, FHL, 1986, 12 reels, at Placer Co Clerk's Off |
| Plumas | None at FHL |
| Sacramento | 1850-1955, FHL, 1975, 13 reels, at Calif State Archiv |
| San Benito | 1874-1939, FHL, 1993, 5 reels, at San Benito Co Clerk |
| San Francisco | No years cited, Restoration of record, FHL, 1984, 4 reels,
at San Francisco City Archives,
Public Library FHLC, LC cites under SF, SF the NA T1220 and one other record |
| San Joaquin | None at FHL |
| San Luis Obispo | None at FHL |
| San Mateo | None at FHL |
| Santa Clara | 1831-1933, FHL, 1986, 18 reels, at SC Co Courthouse |
| Santa Cruz | None at FHL |
| Shasta | None at FHL |
| Sierra | None at FHL |
| Siskiyou | None at FHL |
| Solano | None at FHL |
| Sonoma | 1850-1985, FHL, 1985, 14 reels, at Sonoma Co Hall of Justice and Co Clerk's Off |
| Stanislaus | 1854-1978, FHL, 1986, 2 reels, at Co Clerk's Off |
| Sutter | 1853-1962, FHL, 1989, 4 reels, at Co Clerk/Recorder's Off |
| Trinity | None at FHL |
| Tulare | None at FHL |
| Tuolumne | None at FHL |
| Yolo | 1850-1957, FHL, 1990, 7 reels, at Yolo Co Clerk's Office |
| Yuba | 1851-1841, FHL, 1989, 7 reels, at Co Clerk/Record's Off |
| Imperial | None at FHL |
| Los Angeles | 1852-1948, FHL, 1978 & 1989, 73 reels, at NA LNiguel |
| Orange | 1889-1944, FHL, 1985, 4 reels, at Orange Co Clerk's Off |
| Riverside | None at FHL |
| San Bernadino | None at FHL |
| San Diego | 1853-1956, FHL, 1989, 26 reels, at NA Laguna Niguel |
| Santa Barbara | 1850-1939, FHL, 1988, 27 reels, at SB Co Courthous |
| Ventura | None at FHL |
57 Counties Summary
31 With None at FHL = 54%
26 With holdings at FHL = 46%Neagles, James C., and Neagles, Lila Lee. Locating Your Books about Naturalization Records that I recommend
Immigrant Ancestor: A Guide to Naturalization Records. Rev. ed.
Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1986.Newman, John J. American Naturalization Processes and
Procedures, 1790-1985. Indianapolis, Ind.: Indiana Historical
Society, Family History Section, 1985.