Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Douglas County): Naturalization Records
Inclusive Dates: 1855-1992

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Douglas County)

Call Number: Douglas Series 122

Quantity: 30.0 c.f. (54 volumes, 8 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 4 index card boxes), 22 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 2 reels of microfilm (16 mm)

Repository:

Housed at the Area Research Center, Jim Dan Hill Library, University of Wisconsin-Superior; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Superior Jim Dan Hill Library / Superior Area Research Ctr. (Map)

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

Abstract:

Records of naturalization cases in the Superior Court and Circuit Court of Douglas County. Includes Card Indexes to Naturalizations; Declarations of Intention (1887-1974) and Indexes to Declarations (1855-1906); Petitions (1906-1991); Certificates of Naturalization (1893-1906) and Indexes to Certificates of Naturalization (1855-1976); Minors Records of Naturalization (1903-1906); Naturalization Certificate Stubs (1942-1991); Repatriations (1936-1977); Transfers (1956-1964); and lists of citizenship granted and denied (1929-1992).

Note:

The microfilm portion of this series was produced by the Genealogical Society of Utah which holds the master negatives.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-doug0122

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

General

Researchers should note that the Douglas County Naturalization Records are divided into the naturalization proceedings before the Superior Court and those before the Circuit Court. During the period from 1893 to 1906 the Superior Court, as a court of record with a seal and a clerk, was given concurrent jurisdiction with the Circuit Court to hear naturalization cases. After 1906, naturalization proceedings were to be handled only by the Circuit Court.

The original system of numbering volumes was retained when numbers existed, since the indexes are often keyed to this system. For preservation purposes, some volumes were dismantled and placed in boxes. For these volumes, the container list gives the volume number in parentheses ( ) for identification purposes, and the box and reel number for location purposes.

Most records are available both in original paper form and also on microfilm.

Indexes

The naturalization records in each court are indexed separately. The logical place for researchers to start when using the Douglas County Naturalization Records would be the Card Indexes to Naturalizations. These indexes are arranged alphabetically by surname.

Since the indexes often refer to the original volume numbers, the original numbers have been maintained. However, there is one exception: the Indexes to Declarations and Indexes to Certificates of Naturalization for both courts' naturalization records have been given consecutive numbers in order to make retrieval easier. The indexes' original volume numbers, when known, are also indicated. When requesting these records, researchers should specify what they wish to see and cite the specific volume number. These particular indexes should be used in conjunction with the card indexes. The Index to Declarations (1855-1906) is an index to Volumes 2-4 of the Declarations of Intentions filed in Circuit Court.

The individual volumes may also contain an index in the front of each volume. These indexes are arranged in alphabetical segments by the first letter of surname and more or less chronologicallly thereunder.

Douglas Series 122	Series: Superior Court
	Subseries: Indexes
	Card Index to Naturalizations
Box   1 Reel   1	A-J
Box   2 Reel   1-2	K-S
Box   3 Reel   2	T-Z
Archives Volume   1 Reel   23	Index to Declarations, 1893-1906
Archives Volume   2 Reel   23	Original Volume A: Index to Certificates, 1893-1906
	Subseries: Declarations of Intention	⇧
Archives Volume   1 Reel   23	1893 October-1897 April
Archives Volume   2 Reel   23	1902 September-1906 June
	Subseries: Certificates of Naturalization	⇧
Archives Volume   A Reel   23	, 1893-1897 (#1 - 458)
Archives Volume   B Reel   23-24	, 1897-1900 (451 - 946)
Archives Volume   C Reel   24	, 1902-1903 (1427 - 1538)
Archives Volume   D Reel   24	, 1903-1906 (1539 - 2029)
Archives Volume   E Reel   24	, 1906 (2030 - 2756)
	Subseries: Miscellaneous	⇧
Archives Volume   1 Reel   24	Minors Record of Naturalization, 1903-1906 (#1 - 86)
	Series: Circuit Court	⇧
	Subseries: Indexes
Box   3 Reel   2	Card Index to Naturalizations, A-Z
Archives Volume   3 Reel   3	Index to Declarations, 1855-1906
Archives Volume   4 Reel   3	Index to Certificates, 1855-1976
	Subseries: Declarations of Intention	⇧
Archives Volume   2 Reel   3	1887-1892
Archives Volume   3 Reel   3	1892-1896
Archives Volume   4 Reel   4	1896-1906
Archives Volume   5 Reel   4	, 1906-1908 (#1 - 300)
Archives Volume   6 Reel   4	, 1908-1910 (301 - 800)
Archives Volume   7 Reel   4	, 1910-1912 (801 - 1300)
Archives Volume   8 Reel   4-5	, 1912-1915 (1301 - 1800)
Archives Volume   9 Reel   5	, 1915-1916 (1801 - 2100)
Archives Volume   10 Reel   5	, 1915-1918 (2101 - 2600)
Archives Volume   11 Reel   5	, 1918-1919 (2601 - 3100)
Archives Volume   12 Reel   5-6	, 1919 (3101 - 3600)
Archives Volume   13 Reel   6	, 1919-1922 (3601 - 4104)
Archives Volume   14 Reel   6	, 1922-1927 (4105 - 4603)
Archives Volume   15 Reel   6	, 1927-1929 (4604 - 4838)
Archives Volume   (16), in Box 6 Reel   6	, 1929-1936 (4839 - 5238)
Archives Volume   (17), in Box 6 Reel   6-7	, 1936-1939 (5239 - 5638)
Archives Volume   (18), in Box 6 Reel   7	, 1939-1974 (5639 - 5972)
	Subseries: Petitions	⇧
Archives Volume   1 Reel   7	, 1906-1909 (#1 - 150)
Archives Volume   2 Reel   8	, 1909-1910 (151 - 250)
Archives Volume   3 Reel   8	, 1910-1911 (251 - 350)
Archives Volume   4 Reel   8-9	, 1911-1912 (351 - 450)
Archives Volume   5 Reel   9	, 1912-1913 (451 - 550)
Archives Volume   6 Reel   9	, 1913 (551 - 650)
Archives Volume   7 Reel   9-10	, 1913-1914 (651 - 750)
Archives Volume   8 Reel   10	, 1914 (751 - 850)
Archives Volume   9 Reel   10	, 1914-1915 (851 - 950)
Archives Volume   10 Reel   10-11	, 1915 (951 - 1050)
Archives Volume   11 Reel   11	, 1915-1916 (1051 - 1150)
Archives Volume   12 Reel   11	, 1916-1917 (1151 - 1250)
Archives Volume   13 Reel   12	, 1917-1918 (1251 - 1350)
Archives Volume   14 Reel   12	, 1918-1919 (1351 - 1450)
Archives Volume   15 Reel   12	, 1919 (1451 - 1550)
Archives Volume   16 Reel   13	, 1919 (1551 - 1650)
Archives Volume   17 Reel   13	, 1919-1920 (1651 - 1750)
Archives Volume   18 Reel   13-14	, 1920-1921 (1751 - 1850)
Archives Volume   19 Reel   14	, 1921 (1851 - 1950)
Archives Volume   20 Reel   14	, 1921-1923 (1951 - 2050)
Archives Volume   21 Reel   14-15	, 1923-1924 (2051 - 2151)
Archives Volume   22 Reel   15	, 1924 (2151 - 2250)
Archives Volume   23 Reel   15	, 1924-1925 (2251 - 2350)
Archives Volume   24 Reel   15-16	, 1925-1926 (2351 - 2450)
Archives Volume   25 Reel   16	, 1926-1927 (2451 - 2550)
Archives Volume   26 Reel   16	, 1927-1928 (2551 - 2650)
Archives Volume   (27), in Box 13 Reel   16-17	, 1928-1929 (2651 - 2750)
Archives Volume   (28), in Box 13 Reel   17	, 1929 (2751 - 2797)
Archives Volume   (29), in Box 7 Reel   17	, 1929-1931 (2798 - 2899)
Archives Volume   (30), in Box 7 Reel   17	, 1931-1933 (2900 - 2999)
Archives Volume   (31), in Box 7 Reel   17	, 1933-1934 (3000 - 3099)
Archives Volume   (32), in Box 7 Reel   17-18	, 1934-1936 (3100 - 3168)
Archives Volume   (32), in Box 8 Reel   17-18	, 1934-1936 (continued) (3169 - 3200)
Archives Volume   (33), in Box 8 Reel   18	, 1936-1937 (3201 - 3300)
Archives Volume   (34), in Box 8 Reel   18	, 1937 (3301 - 3400)
Archives Volume   (35), in Box 8 Reel   18	, 1937-1938 (3401 - 3500)
Archives Volume   (36), in Box 9 Reel   18	, 1938-1939 (3501 - 3600)
Archives Volume   (37), in Box 9 Reel   18-19	, 1939-1940 (3601 - 3864)
Archives Volume   (38), in Box 10 Reel   19	, 1940-1941 (3865 - 4009)
Archives Volume   (39), in Box 10 Reel   19-20	, 1941 (4010 - 4164)
Archives Volume   (40), in Box 10 Reel   20	, 1941-1943 (4165 - 4244)
Archives Volume   (40), in Box 11 Reel   20	1941-1943 (continued), (4245 - 4399)
Archives Volume   (41), in Box 11 Reel   20	, 1943-1952 (4400 - 4600)
Archives Volume   (42), in Box 12 Reel   21	, 1952-1962 (4601 - 4799)
Archives Volume   (43), in Box 12 Reel   21	, 1962-1970 (4800 - 4899)
Archives Volume   (44), in Box 12 Reel   21	, 1970-1991 (4900 - 5123)
	Subseries: Certificates of Naturalization	⇧
Archives Volume   A Reel   22	, 1887-1903 (#1 - 545)
Archives Volume   B Reel   22	, 1903-1906 (546 - 642)
	Subseries: Certificate Stubs	⇧
	Naturalization stubs, 1942-1991
Box   3 Reel   2	A-H
Box   4 Reel   2	I-Z
	Subseries: Other	⇧
Box-folder   5-1 Reel   22	Repatriation, 1936-1977 (1R-10R)
Box-folder   5-2 Reel   22	Transfer, 1956-1964 (TR1-TR6)
Box-folder   5-3 Reel   22	Citizenship petitions granted or denied, 1929-1992 (Lists #1-229)