Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Dane County): Divorce Case Files
1839-1928
- Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Dane County)
Dane Series 314
77 reels of microfilm (35 mm)
Wisconsin Historical Society
(Map)
Dane County, Wisconsin, Circuit Court case files on divorce. Legal papers include complaints, summonses, affidavits, court orders, testimony, and decrees. Cases provide in-depth information on genealogy, family history, domestic violence, household and farm economy, division of labor, sexuality, gender roles, expectations of marriage, courtship, kinship networks, community surveillance and networks, and relationships among women. The series may include some non-divorce cases such as monetary disputes involving members of the same family. Although the cases came to the State Historical Society in the Circuit Court records, some cases were adjudicated in the Municipal or Superior court.
This microfilm consists of service copies of film produced by the Genealogical Society of Utah, which holds the master negatives, 1995-1996.
English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-dane0314