Summary Information

Title: Burnett County, Wisconsin, Circuit Court Civil Case Files
Inclusive Dates: 1888-1971

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Burnett County)

Call Number: Burnett Series 32

Quantity: 33.0 cubic feet (33 records center cartons)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives and Area Research Center, Chalmer Davee Library, University of Wisconsin-River Falls; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-River Falls, Chalmer Davee Library / River Falls Area Research Ctr. (Map)

See the catalog entry for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations.

Abstract:

Circuit court cases dealing with civil actions. Legal papers include complaints, summonses, affidavits, petitions, court orders and decrees. Cases #1-1479, 1888-1930, consist of civil actions and cases; #1493-3789, 1931-1971 consist of divorce cases only.

Note:

All county records dating 1887 and earlier (except for those of the Register of Deeds) were destroyed in an 1887 courthouse fire.

An index to this series is available at the Clerk of Courts Office, Siren, Wisconsin.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-burn0032