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| title = California, San Francisco, World War I Enemy Alien Registration Affidavits, 1918
| location = San Francisco (California)
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| start_year = 1918
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| FS_URL_04 = Step-by-Step Research: [[Step-by-Step California Research, 1850-1905|1850-1905]] {{!}} [[Step-by-Step California Research, 1905-Present|1905-Present]]
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| FS_URL_06 = [[San Francisco County, California]] 
| FS_URL_07 = [[World War I United States Military Records, 1917 to 1918]]
| FS_URL_08 = [[Alien Registration Files]]
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| DFNL = [[California, San Francisco, World War I Enemy Alien Registration Affidavits Digital Folder Number List|Digital Folder Number List]]
| RW_URL_01 = [https://www.archives.gov/files/publications/prologue/2014/summer/germans.pdf NARA article Alien Registrations]
| RW_URL_02 = [https://www.archives.gov/files/calendar/genealogy-fair/2014/handouts/session-16-presentation-handout-1of3-burnes.pdf Friend of Foe ?: Documenting Alien Ancestors during Times of War]
| RW_URL_03 = [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/602456 Alien Enemy Index, 1917-1919 NAID 602456] National Archives
| RW_URL_04 = [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5889371 Alien Registration Affidavits, 1918. North Carolina. NAID 5889371] National Archives
| RW_URL_05 = [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/4706580 Lists and Forms Relating to Alien Registration, 1918. Louisiana.] National Archives
| RW_URL_06 = [https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/enemy-aliens/ww1 World War I Enemy Alien Records]
| RW_URL_07 = [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/286181 Enemy Alien Registration Affidavits, 1917–1921 Kansas] National Archives
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| custodian = San Francisco Public Library
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== What is in This Collection? ==


Subjects of the German Empire age 14 and older living within the United States were required to register with the Justice Department during World War I. This collection consists of registration affidavits for California and was acquired from the the San Francisco Public Library. This collection is being published as images become available. See also [https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/enemy-aliens/ww1 National Archives World War I Enemy Alien Records]
== Record Description  ==


This collection contains a digital browse. Clicking on the "Browse through images" link on the collection page will take you to a list of digital film numbers. The list does not contain any description of the content of the film. To see a description of the content see {{FSC|2637065|item|disp=California, San Francisco, Registration Affidavits of Enemy Alien, 1918}} in the FamilySearch Catalog. {{HR Add}}
The collection consists of registration Affidavits of Alien Enemy records acquired at the San Francisco Public Library. This collection is being published as images become available.  


'''Related Reading '''
=== Record Content ===
*Julie Miller. "Enemy Alien Registration during World War I." NGS Magazine 44 (April-June 2018): 21-28. FS Library 973 D25ngs
*[https://www.archives.gov/files/publications/prologue/2014/summer/germans.pdf Mary J. Manning. " Being German, Being American." Prologue (Summer 2014): 15-22.]


=== Index and Image Visibility ===
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Image:California, San Francisco, Registration Affidavits of Alien Enemy DGS 4878421 45 1.jpg
Image:California, San Francisco, Registration Affidavits of Alien Enemy DGS 4878421 46 2.jpg
Image:California, San Francisco, Registration Affidavits of Alien Enemy DGS 4878421 47 3.jpg
Image:California, San Francisco, Registration Affidavits of Alien Enemy DGS 4878421 48 4.jpg
</gallery>
 
The key genealogical facts in the Registration Affidavits generally include the following:


== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
The following information may be found in these records:
*Full Name of applicant  
*Full Name of applicant  
*Date Registration was Filed  
*Date Registration was Filed  
*Address when registered  
*Address when registered  
*Age  
*Age  
*Physical description
*Description of Body
*Photo  
*Photo  
*Married or not  
*Married or not  
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*Children's Gender  
*Children's Gender  
*Finger prints
*Finger prints
== Collection Content  ==
=== Sample Images ===
<gallery heights="120px" widths="160px" perrow="4">
Image:California, San Francisco, Registration Affidavits of Alien Enemy DGS 4878421 45 1.jpg|Registration Affidavit Page 1 1918
Image:California, San Francisco, Registration Affidavits of Alien Enemy DGS 4878421 46 2.jpg|Registration Affidavit Page 2
Image:California, San Francisco, Registration Affidavits of Alien Enemy DGS 4878421 47 3.jpg|Registration Affidavit Page 3
Image:California, San Francisco, Registration Affidavits of Alien Enemy DGS 4878421 48 4.jpg|Registration Affidavit Page 4
</gallery>
=== Digital Folder Number List ===
{{DFNL_List | page = [[California, San Francisco, World War I Enemy Alien Registration Affidavits Digital Folder Number List]] }}
== How Do I Search This Collection? ==
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
*The name of your ancestor
*The date and place registration was filed
*The name of a spouse
=== Search the Index ===
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=== View the Images ===
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==== Examples of Source Citations for a Record Found in This Collection  ====
 
*“Delaware Marriage Records,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 4 March 2011), entry for William Anderson and Elizabeth Baynard Henry, married 23 November 1913; citing marriage certificate no. 859; FHL microfilm 2,025,063; Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover.
*“El Salvador Civil Registration,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 21 March 2011), entry for Jose Maria Antonio del Carmen, born 9 April 1880; citing La Libertad, San Juan Opico, Nacimientos 1879-1893, image 50; Ministerio Archivo Civil de la Alcaldia Municipal de San Salvador.
 
== Citation for This Collection ==


===  FamilySearch Catalog  ===
The following citation refers to the original source of the data and images published on FamilySearch.org Historical Records. It may include the author, custodian, publisher, and archive for the original records.
*{{FSC|2637065|item|disp=California, San Francisco, registration affidavits of enemy alien, 1918.}}
*{{FSC|663093|item|disp=Kansas. United States District Court. Registration Affidavits of Aliens, 1918}}
*{{FSC|2520557|item|disp=Itasca County, Minnesota. Alien registration forms and declaration of holdings,1918}}
*{{FSC|3003567|item|disp=Karen Stein Daniel, extracted and compiled, ''World War I era alien enemy registrations for New Mexico, 1918 : extracts from the United States Marshal records for New Mexico,'' New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico : New Mexico Genealogical Society, 2016. FS Library 978.9 P4d}}
*{{FSC|663130|item|disp=Alien Registrations, North Dakota}}


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*{{RecordSearch|1968530|United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918}}


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*{{FSC|2224242|item|disp=Registration of Axis aliens in Kansas : January, 1918 through June, 1918.''Overland Park, Kansas : Kansas Statistical Publications Co., c1992}}


== Citing This Collection ==
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Record Description[edit | edit source]

The collection consists of registration Affidavits of Alien Enemy records acquired at the San Francisco Public Library. This collection is being published as images become available.

Record Content[edit | edit source]

  • California Registration Affidavit of Alien Enemy
  • California, San Francisco, Registration Affidavits of Alien Enemy DGS 4878421 45 1.jpg
  • California, San Francisco, Registration Affidavits of Alien Enemy DGS 4878421 46 2.jpg
  • California, San Francisco, Registration Affidavits of Alien Enemy DGS 4878421 47 3.jpg
  • California, San Francisco, Registration Affidavits of Alien Enemy DGS 4878421 48 4.jpg

The key genealogical facts in the Registration Affidavits generally include the following:

  • Full Name of applicant
  • Date Registration was Filed
  • Address when registered
  • Age
  • Description of Body
  • Photo
  • Married or not
  • Been in Military
  • Number of Children (If married)
  • Children's Gender
  • Finger prints

How to Use the Record[edit | edit source]

Record History[edit | edit source]

Related Websites[edit | edit source]

This section of the article is incomplete. You can help FamilySearch Wiki by supplying links to related websites here.

Related Wiki Articles[edit | edit source]

Contributions to This Article[edit | edit source]

Template:Contributor invite

Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections[edit | edit source]

When you copy information from a record, you should also list where you found the information. This will help you or others to find the record again. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records.

A suggested format for keeping track of records that you have searched is found in the wiki article Help:How to Cite FamilySearch Collections.

Examples of Source Citations for a Record Found in This Collection[edit | edit source]

  • “Delaware Marriage Records,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 4 March 2011), entry for William Anderson and Elizabeth Baynard Henry, married 23 November 1913; citing marriage certificate no. 859; FHL microfilm 2,025,063; Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover.
  • “El Salvador Civil Registration,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 21 March 2011), entry for Jose Maria Antonio del Carmen, born 9 April 1880; citing La Libertad, San Juan Opico, Nacimientos 1879-1893, image 50; Ministerio Archivo Civil de la Alcaldia Municipal de San Salvador.

Citation for This Collection[edit | edit source]

The following citation refers to the original source of the data and images published on FamilySearch.org Historical Records. It may include the author, custodian, publisher, and archive for the original records.

"California, San Francisco County,Registration Affidavits of Enemy Aliens, 1918." FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org). San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California. FHL digital images, 81 digital folders. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Information about creating source citations for FamilySearch Historical Collections is listed in the wiki article Help:How to Create Source Citations For FamilySearch Historical Records Collections

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