1850 thru 1880 new emigrants went to the courthouse to sign an intent to become a citizen.
Today surnames starting with letters V thru Z were added to the records at the
Des Moines County GenWeb site:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iadesmoi/Documents/Declara...Others are still in image form, but will soon be transcribed and uploaded.
Thanks all
donkelly, CC,
Des Moines County,
Iowa