Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Bayfield County): Naturalization Records
Inclusive Dates: 1859-1945

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Bayfield County)

Call Number: Bayfield Series 5

Quantity: 6.9 c.f (4 archives boxes, 2 flat boxes, and 17 separate volumes) and 9 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Housed at the Area Research Center, History Center and Archives, Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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

Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center / Ashland Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of naturalization cases in the Circuit Court of Bayfield County, including an Index to Citizenship (1884-1945); Declarations of Intention (1859-1945), Petitions for Citizenship (1884-1945); Certificates (1907-1926); Orders Granting and Denying Petitions (1929-1945); Repatriations (1940-1941); and Depositions (circa 1922-1940).

Note:

Microfilm Reels 1-8 were produced in 1995 by the Genealogical Society of Utah which holds the master negative.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-bayf0005

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See a general description of the naturalization process and naturalization records.

General

The Bayfield County Naturalization Records, 1859 - 1945, consist of an Index to Citizenship, Declarations of Intention, Petitions, Certificates, and ancillary records.

For preservation purposes, some volumes were dismantled and placed in boxes, however the original system of numbering volumes was retained since the index is keyed to the original system. For these volumes, the container list gives the volume number in parentheses ( ) for identification purposes, and the box and reel number for location purposes. Volume numbers in brackets [ ] were assigned by the Archives.

Almost all the records in this series are available both in original paper form and on microfilm.

Records

Researchers should begin by consulting the INDEX. Entries are alphabetical by the initial letter of the last name, and thereunder chronological by the date the Certificate was filed. Entries index Declarations, Petitions, and Certificates.

The DECLARATIONS OF INTENTION date 1859-1945 and are arranged chronologically. Each volume contains an index. Note that Volume 11 was not microfilmed so researchers should refer to the original volume.

The PETITIONS FOR CITIZENSHIP date 1884-1945 and are arranged by filing date. Each volume contains an index.

CERTIFICATES for the years 1903-1906 are filed with their respective petitions (Volumes 3 through 5). After 1906 the certificates are filed separately (Box 6).

ANCILLARY RECORDS consist of one folder of Orders Granting and Denying Petitions, 1929-1945 (no index); one folder of Repatriations, 1940-1941, including an index; and one folder of Depositions, circa 1922-1940. Note that the Depositions were not microfilmed so researchers should refer to the original documents.

Processing Information

Processed by Virginia Fritzsch and Shawn Brommer, 1995.

Volume   [20] Reel   1	Series: Index to Citizenship, 1884-1945
	Series: Declarations of Intention, 1859-1884	⇧
Volume   1 Reel   1	1859-1884
Volume   2 Reel   1	1884-1892
Volume   3 Reel   1	1893-1902
Volume   4 Reel   1	1900-1905
Volume   5 Reel   1	1905-1906
Volume   6 Reel   1	1906-1908, Nos. 1-110
Volume   6 Reel   2	1909-1917, Nos. 111-550
Volume   7 Reel   2	1917-1929, Nos. 501-988
Volume   (8), in Box 1 Reel   2	1929-1935, Nos. 989-1088
Volume   (9), in Box 1 Reel   2	1935-1938, Nos. 1089-1188
Volume   (10), in Box 1 Reel   2	1938-1941, Nos. 1189-1288
Volume   (11), in Box 1	1941-1945, Nos. 1289-1318
	Series: Petitions, 1884-1945	⇧
Volume   1 Reel   2	1884-1899
Volume   2 Reel   3	1899-1903
Volume   3 Reel   3	1903-1906 Note: Includes Certificates.
Volume   4 Reel   3	1906 Note: Includes Certificates.
Volume   5 Reel   3	1906 Note: Includes Certificates.
Volume   6, in Box 4 Reel   3	1907-1909, Nos. 1-75
Volume   6, in Box 4 Reel   4	1909-1912, Nos. 75-249
Volume   7 Reel   4	1912-1913, Nos. 250-326
Volume   7 Reel   5	1913-1917, Nos. 326-499
Volume   8, in Box 5 Reel   5	1917-1919, Nos. 501-583
Volume   8, in Box 5 Reel   6	1919-1922, Nos. 583-750
Volume   9 Reel   6	1922-1925, Nos. 751-849
Volume   10 Reel   6	1925, Nos. 850-855
Volume   10 Reel   7	1925-1929, Nos. 855-934
Volume   (11), in Box 1 Reel   7	1929-1934, Nos. 935-984
Volume   (12), in Box 1 Reel   7	1934-1936, Nos. 985-1034
Volume   (13), in Box 2 Reel   7	1936-1937, Nos. 1035-1084
Volume   (14), in Box 2 Reel   7	1937-1938, Nos. 1085-1134
Volume   (15), in Box 2 Reel   7	1938-1939, Nos. 1135-1184
Volume   (16), in Box 2 Reel   7	1939-1940, Nos. 1185-1226
Volume   (16), in Box 2 Reel   8	1940, Nos. 1226-1234
Volume   (17), in Box 3 Reel   8	1940-1941, Nos. 1235-1334
Volume   (18), in Box 3 Reel   8	1941-1944, Nos. 1335-1435
Volume   (19), in Box 3 Reel   8	1944-1945, Nos. 1436-1459
	Series: Certificates, 1907-1926	⇧
Box   6 Reel   9	, 1907-1926; Nos. 16581-2128525
	Series: Ancillary Records, 1929-1945	⇧
Box-folder   3-4 Reel   8	Orders Granting and Denying Petitions, 1929-1945
Box-folder   3-5 Reel   8	Repatriations, 1940-1941
Box-folder   3-6	Depositions, circa 1922-1940