All original Cedar County naturalization record books are stored at the Cedar County Museum in Hartington. To request copies, e-mail Twila Anderson, Cedar County Historical Society. These books have all been microfilmed by the Nebraska State Historical Society in Lincoln, NE, where you can also access them. Enquire at your local library about an interlibrary loan of the microfilm.

The handwriting was often extremely difficult to read, and many of the surnames are no longer in the county. We have done our best to decipher the handwriting accurately. Occasionally, the documents did have surnames misspelled, however, the names have been listed here just as spelled on the original documents rather than make presumptions as to what the current or preferred spellings should have been.

Following is a list of MOST, BUT NOT ALL of the records to be added soon to these pages. Some of the books of Naturalization Petitions & Records also include copies of the Declaration of Intent (from whichever county it was filed in) and the Certificate of Arrival, which notes arrival name, ship, line, and date of arrival in the U.S.