Title: Wisconsin. County Court (Sauk County): Court Record, Civil Cases
Inclusive Dates: 1929-1981

Creator:

• Wisconsin. County Court (Sauk County)

Call Number: Sauk Series 92

Quantity: 6.0 c.f. (18 volumes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of County Court civil cases and proceedings. Includes names of plaintiff and defendant in civil action, suits or proceedings brought into court either by summons, appeals, changes of tenure or otherwise, names of attorneys, brief statement of nature of action or proceedings, date papers filed and actions taken, time entered in calendar, date and manner of disposition.

Note:

Volumes act as an index to the corresponding case files, Circuit and County Court Case Files (Sauk Series 93). Users need to consult the County Court portion of Indexes (Sauk Series 94) to obtain the box and case number. Then select the volume with those box and case numbers to find the reel and image number or the box number of the case file (Sauk Series 93).

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-sauk0092

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Name index at the beginning of each volume. Entries are arranged by box/case number which are in chronological order.

Acquisition Information

C2014/060

Processing Information

Processed by Virginia W. Fritzsch, November 18, 2014.

To find Sauk County Civil and Criminal Case Files, 1844-1978, consult Indexes (Sauk Series 94). The access point to case files is by year, therefore it is helpful to have at least a date range in which the case was adjudicated.

1844-1924

See the “Microfilm Cases Index” portion of the register to Sauk Series 94. This is a direct index. Depending on the approximate year of the file you are looking for use Volume 1 or Volume 2. Look up person by last name and this will give the reel # and image numbers containing the case (Sauk Series 93).

1921-1978

To find cases for this time period the researcher must use an index book and a corresponding court record book. You will need to consult the registers to Indexes (Sauk Series 94), Circuit Court Civil Record Books (Sauk Series 84), and County Court Court Record Books (Sauk Series 92). In general it is recommended that researchers consult both sets of indexes: those for the Circuit Court and the set for the County Court.

Steps to finding case files:

1. Use the volumes in Sauk Series 94 to find the entry for the person you are seeking. Consult the volume for the time period you believe the case was heard. Entries are arranged alphabetically by last name. Note the box and file number and if it was found in the Circuit Court Index or the County Court Index. For example, “56-71, Circuit Court.”
2. Consult the volume list/finding aid for the Circuit Court Record Books (Sauk Series 84) or the County Court Record Books (Sauk Series 92). Determine the appropriate volume containing the box and file number you are seeking. For example, the box and file number “56-71” would be found in archives volume 14 of Circuit Court Record Books (Sauk Series 84).
3. In the appropriate Court Record volume (either Sauk Series 84 or 92), consult the name index at the front of the volume to determine the page of the entry for the person you are seeking. From the entry page write down the reel and image number that appears. For example, the index indicates the entry for “56-71” is on page 25, on which is written “reel 206, images 1284-1389.”
4. Request the appropriate reel from Sauk Series 93. For example, request reel 206. Scroll to image number 1284.
5. If no reel and image number is given, the case file is in a box. Note the box number and request it.

Sauk Series 92 Volume   1	Box/case numbers 1-1 through 5-24, 1929-1931
Volume   2	Box/case numbers 5-25 through 8-181, 1931-1934
Volume   3	Box/case numbers 9-1 through 12-169, 1934-1941
Volume   4	Box/case numbers 12-170 through 17-67, 1936-1939
Volume   5	Box/case numbers 17-68 through 21-80, 1939-1942
Volume   6	Box/case numbers 21-81 through 25-114, 1942-1946
Volume   7	Box/case numbers 25-115 through 30-50, 1946-1950
Volume   8	Box/case numbers 30-52 through 37-30, 1950-1954
Volume   9	Box/case numbers 37-32 through 43-75, 1954-1958
Volume   10	Box/case numbers 43-78 through 50-42, 1958-1962
Volume   11	Box/case numbers 50-43 through 55-104, 1962-1966
Volume   12	Box/case numbers 55-105 through 60-104, 1966-1969
Volume   13	Box/case numbers 60-106 through 65-70A, 1969-1972
Volume   14	Box/case numbers 65-70 through 70-13, 1972-1974
Volume   15	Box/case numbers 70-14 through 75-29, 1974-1975
Volume   16	Box/case numbers 75-31 through 80-70, 1975-1977
Volume   17	Box/case numbers 80-71 through 84-74, 1978-1979
Volume   18	Box/case numbers 79CV81 through 79CV564, 1979-1981