Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Barron County): Naturalization Records
Inclusive Dates: 1874-1954

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Barron County)

Call Number: Barron Series 13

Quantity: 11.2 c.f. (5 index card boxes, 6 archives boxes, 2 flat boxes, and 20 volumes) and 16 reels of microfilm (35 mm)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives and Area Research Center, Library Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Stout; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Stout Library Learning Ctr. / Stout Area Research Ctr. (Map)

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

Abstract:

Includes Declarations of Intention (1874-1954), Certificates of Naturalization (1874-1927), Petitions (1880-1954), Oaths of Allegiance (1940-1950), Miscellaneous documents (1935-1942, undated), indexes to these records (1874-1954), and Orders Granting and Denying Petitions (1929-1954).

Note:

There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Reels 1-14 and 16 were produced by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979 and 1998, which holds the master negatives.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-barr0013

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

General

The Barron County Naturalization Records, 1874-1954, consist of indexes, Declarations of Intentions, Petitions, Certificate Stub Books, Oaths of Allegiance, Orders Granting and Denying Petitions, and miscellaneous documents.

Some volume numbers have been changed. The original volume numbers are set off in parentheses in the contents list. For preservation purposes some volumes have been dismantled and placed in boxes. For these volumes, the list gives the original volume number in parentheses ( ) for identification purposes, and the box and reel number for location purposes.

Indices

Researchers should begin by using the Naturalization Card Index (1874-1954). The index was partially compiled by the University of Wisconsin-Stout Area Research Center staff with cards compiled by Barron County Circuit Court staff interfiled. The index should be complete and covers all Barron County Naturalization Records except Orders Granting and Denying Petitions. Information in the cards varies, but always includes the name of the individual, date, and type of document. Other information on the cards may include petition and certificate number, volume and page number, and other miscellaneous information.

Other index volumes exist but are incomplete and should be consulted only as a last resort. For the most part, entries duplicate those in the card index and the volumes overlap and duplicate each other. Volume No. 1, 1874-1954 indexes volume 23(A) and 24(B) of Certificates and Volumes 11-22 (original volumes 1-12) and boxes 9, 11, and 12 (original volumes 13-22) of petitions. Volume No. 2, 1874-1903, also indexes volume 23(A) of certificates. Volume No. 3, 1874-1943, also indexes volume 23(A) and 24(B) of certificates (duplicating volume No. 1 and No. 2) and original volumes 14-19 of petitions. Volume No. 4 indexes original volumes 1-15 of petitions.

Individual volumes [of declarations, petitions, and certificates] may also contain an index in the front of each volume. These indexes are arranged in alphabetical segments by surname and chronological thereunder.

Declarations of Intention

The Declarations of Intention date 1874-1954 and are arranged chronologically. Beginning in 1907 each Declaration was assigned a unique number.

Petitions

Petitions date 1880-1954 and are divided into three segments. Declarations from 1880-1903 are arranged alphabetically in one sequence and declarations from 1902-1906 are arranged alphabetically in another sequence. Post-1906 petitions are arranged by filing date and assigned a unique number.

Naturalization Certificates

Certificates date 1874-1927. Certificates issued before October 1906 exist as pre-printed forms in bound volume marked “Naturalization Record.” Post-October 1906 records consist of the certificate stub retained by the circuit court. All certificates are arranged chronologically.

Ancillary Documents

Supplementary documents consist of Oaths of Allegiance, 1940-1950 (including an alphabetical name index); Naturalization Orders, 1929-1954; and a small number of miscellaneous documents, circa 1935-1942 which are primarily Declarations of Intention never signed by the court.

Access Restrictions

New volume nos. 1, 5, 6, 7, 23, and 24 should be used in microfilm format only, due to their deteriorating physical condition.

Processing Information

Processed by Virginia Fritzsch, April 1996.

Barron Series 13	Series: Indexes, circa 1874-1954
	Card Index to Naturalizations, circa 1874-1954
Box   1 Reel   3	A-D
Box   2 Reel   3-4	E-J
Box   3 Reel   4	K-O
Box   4 Reel   4-6	P-T
Box   5 Reel   6	U-Z
	Naturalization Indexes
Archives Volume   1 Reel   1	1874-1954 Access Restrictions: Must use microfilm.
Archives Volume   2 Reel   7	1874-1903
Archives Volume   3 Reel   7	1874-1943
Archives Volume   4 Reel   7	Original Volume A: Naturalization Index to Petitions, 1907-1929
	Series: Declarations of Intentions	⇧
Archives Volume   5 Reel   2	Original Volume 1, 1874-1888 Access Restrictions: Must use microfilm.
Archives Volume   6 Reel   2	Original Volume 2, 1888-1896 Access Restrictions: Must use microfilm.
Archives Volume   7 Reel   2	Original Volume 3, 1894-1906 Access Restrictions: Must use microfilm.
Archives Volume   8 Reel   8	Original Volume 1, 1907-1912 (No. 1-300)
Archives Volume   9 Reel   8	Original Volume 2, 1912-1918 (No. 301-600)
Archives Volume   10 Reel   8	Original Volume 3, 1918-1929 (No. 601-1004)
Archives Volume   (4) in Box 6 Reel   8	, 1929-1936 (No. 1005-1104)
Archives Volume   (5) in Box 6 Reel   8	, 1936-1939 (No. 1105-1204)
Archives Volume   (6) in Box 6 Reel   8	, 1939-1941 (No. 1205-1304)
Archives Volume   (7) in Box 6 Reel   8	, 1941-1954 (No. 1305-1390)
	Series: Petitions, 1880-1954	⇧
	1880-1903
Box   7 Reel   9	A-K
Box   8 Reel   9	L-Y
	1902-1906
Box   9 Reel   16	A-J
Box   10 Reel   16	K-Z
Archives Volume   11 Reel   6	Original Volume 1, 1907-1909 (No. 1-150)
Archives Volume   12 Reel   6	Original Volume 2, 1909-1910 (No. 151-250)
Archives Volume   13 Reel   10	Original Volume 3, 1910-1911 (No. 251-350)
Archives Volume   14 Reel   10	Original Volume 4, 1911-1912 (No. 351-450)
Archives Volume   15 Reel   10, 11	Original Volume 5, 1912 (No. 451-550)
Archives Volume   16 Reel   11	Original Volume 6, 1912-1913 (No. 551-650)
Archives Volume   17 Reel   11	Original Volume 7, 1913-1915 (No. 651-750)
Archives Volume   18 Reel   12	Original Volume 8, 1915-1917 (No. 751-850)
Archives Volume   19 Reel   12	Original Volume 9, 1917-1920 (No. 851-950)
Archives Volume   20 Reel   12-13	Original Volume 10, 1920-1922 (No. 951-1049)
Archives Volume   21 Reel   13	Original Volume 11, 1922-1924 (No. 1050-1149)
Archives Volume   22 Reel   13	Original Volume 12, 1924-1928 (No. 1150-1249)
Archives Volume   (13) in Box 9 Reel   13, 14	, 1928-1929 (No. 1250-1289)
Archives Volume   (14) in Box 11 Reel   14	, 1929-1936 (No. 1290-1339)
Archives Volume   (15) in Box 11 Reel   14	, 1936-1937 (No. 1340-1389)
Archives Volume   (16) in Box 11 Reel   14	, 1937-1938 (No. 1390-1439)
Archives Volume   (17) in Box 11 Reel   14	, 1938-1939 (No. 1440-1489)
Archives Volume   (18) in Box 11 Reel   14	, 1940-1941 (No. 1490-1589)
Archives Volume   (19) in Box 12 Reel   14, 7	, 1941-1943 (No. 1591-1689)
Archives Volume   (20) in Box 12 Reel   7	, 1943-1944 (No. 1690-1739)
Archives Volume   (21) in Box 12 Reel   7	, 1944-1946 (No. 1740-1800)
Archives Volume   (22) in Box 12 Reel   15	, 1946-1954 (No. 1801-1841)
	Series: Certificates of Naturalization, or Naturalization Record, 1874-1927	⇧
Archives Volume   23 Reel   1	Original Volume A, 1874-1903 Access Restrictions: Must use microfilm.
Archives Volume   24 Reel   1	Original Volume B, 1903-1906 Access Restrictions: Must use microfilm.
Box   13 Reel   7	1907-1927 (Volumes 3041-51558, Certificate No. 31001-2170900)
	Series: Ancillary Documents, 1929-1954	⇧
Box   6 Reel   9	Orders Granting and Denying Petitions, 1929-1954
Box   6 Reel   9	Oaths of Allegiance, 1940-1950
Reel   9	Miscellaneous documents, 1935-1942, undated