Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court and County Court (Sauk County): Indexes
Inclusive Dates: 1844-1979

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court and County Court (Sauk County)

Call Number: Sauk Series 94

Quantity: 3.8 cubic feet (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:

Indexes to Circuit Court and County Court: Civil and Criminal Case files, 1844-1979 (Sauk Series 93) by way of Circuit Court: Civil Record Books (Sauk Series 84) and County Court: Court Record, Civil Cases (Sauk Series 92).

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-sauk0094

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Chronological and thereunder by court branch.

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: C2014/062

Processing Information

Processed by Virginia W. Fritzsch, November 26, 2014.

To find Sauk County Civil and Criminal Case Files, 1844-1979, 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.

1844-1929

See the “Microfilm Case Indexes” portion of the register to Sauk Series 94. This is a direct index. Consult the volume according to the approximate year of the file for which you are searching. Look up the plaintiff or defendant by last name and this will give the reel and image numbers containing the case (Sauk Series 93).

1921-1979

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 94	Series: Microfilm Case Indexes, 1844-1929
Original Volume   [1]	Index to civil and criminal cases, 1844-1896 Note: Indexes cases in original boxes 1-308, which are now found in microfilm reels 102-159.
Original Volume   [2]	Index to civil cases, 1892-1929 Note: Indexes cases in original boxes 1-223, which are now found in microfilm reels 237-290.
	Series: Circuit Court Plaintiff and Defendant Indexes, 1921-1979 and undated	⇧
Original Volume   1-4	Indexes civil cases in original boxes 1-379 Note: DO NOT USE. These volumes index paper files that no longer exist; use the "Microfilm Case Indexes" instead.
Original Volume   5	1921-circa 1929 Note: Entries in which the box number is followed by a hyphen refer to the box and case number that is needed to find the case files. Entries that just have a box number can also be found in the "Microfilm Case Indexes."
Original Volume   6	1929-1937
Original Volume   7	1937-1954
Original Volume   8	1955-1967
Original Volume   9	1967-1978
Original Volume   10	1979
	Series: County Court, 1929-1978	⇧
Original Volume   1	1929-1937
Original Volume   2	1937-1944
Original Volume   3	1945-1959
Original Volume   4	1959-1972
Original Volume   5	1972-1978