I also posted this query in the Yuma,
Colorado, message board:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.col...I just received naturalization records from the
Yuma County Courthouse in
Wray,
Colorado for my great-great-grandfather,
Wenzel Fastner. I'm not sure of the signature of the Judge/Clerk of County
Court, and one other word which I've marked with question marks. I'm also wondering what "ATT" means in address/city section of the 1940 document.
Wenzel
Fastner and his family were immigrants from Bukovina in 1887. They lived in the Yuma area for a short time, then went back to
Wisconsin (living in Milwaukee and Marathon Counties).
A child, William J. Fastner, was baptized at "
Brighton Mission church" - Baptismal date: May 19, 1894. Parents:
Wenzel Fastner & Catherine Niga. William's baptism was the last of 71 baptisms listed in the
Brighton, CO, records (from 1887 to 1894). I'm trying to find a copy of this baptism record but do not know where the
Brighton mission church records are kept. I also do not know if there would be a birth record filed with the State of
Colorado.
I have more information about the
Fastner family on my website:
http://violetblue20.googlepages.com/homeTranscript of the original document:
United States of
America.
State of
Colorado,
_______ County,
I, Wenzel
Fastner do solemnly declare on oath before L. C. Wassen(??) Judge of the
Court of the County of Yuma State of
Colorado, the same being a
Court of Record, having common law jurisdiction, a
Seal and a
Clerk, that it is bona fide my intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign
Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to Allegiance to the King of Austria, and laws of his (selm??) whereof I was heretofore a citizen or subject.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 5th day of January A.D. 1892.
L. C. Manner(??) [signature]
Judge and Ex-Officio
Clerk of the County
Court of
Yuma County,
Colo. Clerk
Wenzel
Fastner [signature]
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Transcript of the 1940 WPA document:
N-1; Worker's Name: [signature illegible]; Date: 5-1-1940
Yuma County; Form Number: 300
Naturalization
Schedule1. Family Name:
Fastner2. Given name or names:
Wenzel3. Address: City: ATT State:
Yuma County,
Colorado4. Certificate No. (or vol. and page): Naturalization Record Vol. 1. P. 1
5. Title and location of court: County
Court,
Wray,
Colo6. Country of birth or allegiance: King of Austria
7. When born (or age): [blank]
8. Date and port of arrival in U.S.: [blank]
9. Date of Naturalization: [blank]
10. Names and addresses of witnesses: [blank]
11. Source of information –
Title - Vol. – Page No.:
a. Declaration of Intention – Naturalization Record – 1 – 1
Yuma County Co
12. The following information is not required unless written upon the stub or face of the certificate of naturalization, or attached thereto.
e. Other record facts: Orig Decl int Jan 5 1892
Yuma County Colo Vol 1 page 1
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*WPA =
Works Progress Administration, later called
Works Projects Administration.
Details here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_AdministrationMore info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Records_Survey which says: "The Historical
Records Survey (HRS) was a project of the
Works Progress Administration New Deal program in the United States. Originally part of the Federal Writers' Project, it was devoted to surveying and indexing historically significant records in state, county and local archives. The official mission statement was the "discovery, preservation, and listing of basic materials for research in the history of the United States.""