US, Utah—Naturalizations, 1851–1980 [MQGK-LPR]

maryellenstevensbarnes1

I am reviewing US, Utah—Naturalizations, 1851–1980 [MQGK-LPR] — my question is:

When both documents are part of the same image, should the DEC and the Pet be combined into a single indexing entry? I have seen it both ways: separately and combined.

Also most indexers are marking Sex as male based only on given names or occupation even when Sex is not part of the information on the document.

Please clarify

erutherford

For the DEC and PET, they are combined and the record number from the PET is used as the record number.

The sex is only indexed on the DEC and PET if the applicant's occupation is housewife or if the corresponding sex of the spouse is noted; ex: John Smith is the applicant and "husband" is crossed out under the name of my wife or husband is and it lists Annie as his wife, so by that note, John is Male. If neither sex was crossed out, John's sex will be blank. The sex is not recorded on the Oath.

For stand-alone DECs, when it states the name of my wife is, and the wife is Annie, you'll index John's sex as Male. It wasn't until 1922 that married women could apply for citizenship, as they were granted citizenship under their husband's citizenship.

erutherford

Later DECs, from about 1930 on, the sex was listed on the document. This is my batch that shows the DEC, Image 1, has Ulisse's sex as Male and Image 2, the PET, shows Caroline as his wife.

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maryellenstevensbarnes1

thanks