Final naturalization papers generally consisting of Declaration of Intention, petitions for citizenship, certificates of arrival, and court orders granting citizenship. The Declarations of Intention generally include: name, age, nationality, date and place of arrival in the United States, date and place of declaration and renunciation of former allegiances. Beginning about 1930 Declarations include a small photograph. Petitions include information from the Declaration as well as a sworn statement by one or more citizens that the petitioner had been a United States resident for five years, a Wisconsin resident one year, and a person of suitable moral character and behavior. Petitions after 1906 also include occupation of petitioner, wife's name and nativity, family information (e.g. number, age, and birthplaces of children), record of court appearances, and similar information.
