Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Buffalo County): Naturalization Records
Inclusive Dates: 1858-1950

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Buffalo County)

Call Number: Buffalo Series 17

Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (16 mm) and 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm)

Repository:

Housed at the Area Research Center, William D. McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; 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.

UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library / Eau Claire Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of naturalization proceedings in the Circuit Court of Buffalo County. Records include indexes to Petitions (1858-1950) and Citizenship (1858-1943), Declarations of Intention (1853-1950), Petitions and Naturalization Records (1858-1950), and Certificate Stub Books (1907-1929), Oaths of Allegiance (1941), and Petitions Granted and Denied (1930-1950).

Note:

Records are available on microfilm only. The Buffalo County Clerk of Courts, Alma, Wisconsin, retains the original volumes.

This series was microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, which holds the master negatives. Reels 1-2 were filmed in 1983; reels 3-4 were filmed in 1998.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-buff0017

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

General

The Buffalo County Naturalization Records, 1853-1950, consist of indexes to Petitions and Citizenship, Declarations of Intention, Petitions and Naturalization Record, Certificate Stub Books, Oaths of Allegiance, and Petitions Granted and Denied.

Records

Researchers should begin by using the indexes. The CARD INDEX TO PETITIONS, 1858-1950, is arranged alphabetically by last name and gives the volume and page number of the petition. The INDEX TO CITIZENSHIP, 1858-1943, is arranged by the first letter of the applicant's last name, and thereunder chronologically. It lists the date of naturalization, which can be used to locate the petition and certificate. Entries sometimes list the volume and page or certificate number. Note that documents from 1853-1857 are not referenced in these indexes, and instead can be found by using the index in each volume.

Information also can be located through the indexes in the front of individual volumes. Volume indexes are arranged by the first letter of the individual's last name, and thereunder chronologically.

The DECLARATIONS OF INTENTION date 1853-1950, and are arranged chronologically by the date filed. Each volume contains an index.

Volumes in the series titled PETITIONS AND NATURALIZATION RECORD date 1858-1950 and are arranged chronologically by date filed. Petitions filed before October 1906 include the court order admitting the applicant to citizenship, thus functioning as second and third papers in one. Each volume except “[1]”, 1858-1860, and “A”, 1897-1902, contains a name index. The majority of the petitions from 1906-1950 have the Declaration of Intention attached.

All that remains of the naturalization certificates from 1907-1929 is the portion (the “stub”) kept by the Clerk of Courts. The CERTIFICATE STUB BOOKS are filed numerically by certificate number, which corresponds to date order. Use the Index to Citizenship” to determine the certificate number and/or date. Note that the stub books are not filmed in chronological order. Check the register to see the order in which the books were filmed.

ANCILLARY RECORDS include several Oaths of Allegiance from 1941 and Petitions Granted and Denied, 1930-1950. Petitions Granted and Denied are filed chronologically by date of court order. Neither volume contains a name index.

Buffalo Series 17	Series: Indexes, 1858-1950
Reel   1	Card Index to Petitions, 1858-1950
Reel   2	Index to Citizenship [Petitions and Naturalization Record], 1858-1943 Note: The index is the last item on reel number 2.
	Series: Declaration of Intentions, 1853-1950	⇧
Reel   2 Original Volume No.   1	1853 November-1894 December
Reel   2 Original Volume No.   2	1893 November-1906 September
Reel   3 Original Volume No.   1	1906 October-1918 January Note: #1-100
Reel   3 Original Volume No.   2	1918 January-1918 July Note: #101-200
Reel   3 Original Volume No.   3	1918 July-1929 June Note: #201-271
Reel   3 Original Volume No.   4	1930 March-1950 July Note: #272-314
	Series: Petitions and Naturalization Record, 1858-1950	⇧
Reel   3 Original Volume No.   [1]	1858 April-1860 September
Reel   2 Original Volume No.   2	1861 April-1894 February
Reel   2 Original Volume No.   3	1894 February-1896 October
Reel   2 Original Volume No.   A	1897 February-1902 October
Reel   2 Original Volume No.   B	1903 October-1906 February
Reel   3 Original Volume No.   1	1906 October-1913 February Note: #149
Reel   3, 4 Original Volume No.   2	1913 April-1918 November Note: #50-149
Reel   4 Original Volume No.   3	1919 June-1921 May Note: #150-249
Reel   4 Original Volume No.   4	1921 June-1929 April Note: #250-273
Reel   4 Original Volume No.   5	1930 April-1950 April Note: #274-328
	Series: Certificate Stub Books, 1907-1929	⇧
Reel   4	1920 September-1921 May Note: #1494101 - 1494150
Reel   4	1921 May-1929 April Note: #1494151 - 1494197
Reel   4	1915 February-1917 February Note: #724801 - 724850; 724801 - 724850
Reel   4	1909 October-1912 May Note: #123771 - 123780
Reel   4	1907 February-1909 May Note: #16571 - 16580
Reel   4	1912 May-1913 October Note: #289701 - 289725
Reel   4	1913 October-1915 February Note: #360451 - 360475
	Series: Ancillary Records, 1930-1950	⇧
Reel   4	Oath of Allegiance, 1941
Reel   4	Petitions granted and denied, 1930-1950