Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Eau Claire County): Naturalization Records
Inclusive Dates: 1854-1991

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Eau Claire County)

Call Number: Eau Claire Series 48

Quantity: 13.2 c.f. (3 index card boxes, 10 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 27 separate volumes); 16 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 2 reels of microfilm (16 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 the cases in the Circuit Court of Eau Claire County. Included are the Card Index to Citizenship (1857-1991), Declarations of Intentions (1856-1980), Petitions (1906-1991), Certificates of Naturalization (1857-1906), Certificates of Naturalization Stub Books (1907-1928), a list of Citizenship petitions granted and denied (1929-1991), Applications for Transfers of Petitions (1968-1972), and Repatriation (Oath of Allegiance) (1949-1944).

Note:

Certificates of Naturalization may also be found in with the Petitions.

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-eauc0048

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A comprehensive name index created by the Eau Claire Area Research Center is available at the ARC.

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

The Eau Claire County Naturalization Records, 1854-1991, consist of the Card Index to Citizenship; Declarations of Intentions; Petitions for Naturalization; Certificates of Naturalization; Stub books of Certificates of Naturalization; lists of Citizenship petitons granted and denied; applications for transfers of petitions; and Repatriation (oaths of allegiance).

The original system of identifying volumes by number or letter was retained because the indexes are often keyed to this system. To eliminate confusion when requesting a particular volume, the researcher should specify not only the volume number, but also the type of volume and dates.

For preservation purposes some volumes have been dismantled and placed in boxes. For these volumes the contents list below gives the volume number in parentheses ( ) for identification purposes, and the box number for location purposes. Volume numbers in brackets [ ] were assigned in the Archives.

Note that there is no reel number 3.

Researchers should begin by using the CARD INDEX TO CITIZENSHIP. It is an alphabetical index to Declarations of Intent, Petitions for Naturalization, and Certificates of Naturalization. The index cards provide name, residence, age, date of admission order, date certificate issued, and both certificate and petition numbers. A person will have an entry in the card index only if he/she completed the entire naturalization process. Individuals who filed declarations and/or petitions but never attained citizenship will not appear in the card index. Therefore, researchers should not solely rely on the Card Index to Citizenship.

If an entry does not appear in the card index, researchers should turn to the alphabetical index at the front of each volume of Petitions and Declarations. For the years indexed, each volume lists the petitioners and declarants included in that volume. The volume indexes are not created in exact alphabetical order. A typical arrangement is the grouping of names together alphabetically by the first letter of the last name and then listing them in chronological order after the declaration or petition was filed.

DECLARATIONS OF INTENTIONS date 1856-1980. Years 1856-1906 are bound while the years 1929-1980 were unbound and placed in archival folders and boxes. Declaration volumes contain an alphabetical index at the front of each volume. There is no volume index for Vol. 7.

Miscellaneous declarations, 1854-1893, are arranged in alphabetical order by surname in an archival box. It is believed that the court obtained these declarations from the individual when the person became involved in a court case and never returned them. Entry cards in the Index to Citizenship direct the researcher to the miscellaneous declarations of intentions.

The PETITIONS FOR NATURALIZATION date 1906-1991. The majority of these documents have the Declaration of Intent attached and some also have the Certificate of Arrival. Petitions for 1906 - June 1927 are bound; September 1927-1991 have been unbound and are in archival folders and boxes. The original system of numbering the volumes has been retained. Petitions can be located using the alphabetical index at the front of each volume. Petition number 1734, (Vol. 19), is missing.

The CERTIFICATES OF NATURALIZATION date December 1857 - 1906. All of the Certificates are bound. Certificates can be located using the card index or the alphabetical index at the front of each volume.

Additional records in this series are STUB BOOKS (1907-1928), LISTS OF CITIZENSHIP PETITIONS GRANTED AND DENIED (1929-1991), APPLICATIONS FOR TRANSFERS OF PETITIONS (1968-1972), and REPATRIATION (OATH OF ALLEGIANCE) (September 1940 - April 1944). The Stub Books, Lists of Citizenship Petitions Granted and Denied, and the Applications for Transfers of Petitions are indexed only by the card index, while the Repatriation records are indexed by both the card index and a volume index. The Stub Books are filed numerically by certificate number and provide individual's name; age; date of order of admission; declaration number; date declaration issued; name, age, and residence of wife and children; Petition number and signature. Lists of Citizenship Petitions Granted and Denied are official orders of the court conferring or denying citizenship. They list name, any change of name, and petition number for each individual. The Applications for Transfers of Petitions provide information about individuals applying for citizenship in Wisconsin after they have petitioned in another state. The individual's original Petition for Naturalization is included in this file. The Repatriation records list name, place and date of birth, date of marriage, spouse's name, and the date of the termination of marriage or continuous residency of any woman who believed she had lost her citizenship by virtue of her marriage to an alien prior to September 1922 and whose marriage with that alien had been terminated or who had lived continuously in the United States since her marriage. An oath of allegiance is also included in the Repatriation record.

Processing Information

Processed by Sue Ginter and Shawn Brommer.

Eau Claire Series 48	Indexes
	Index to Citizenship, 1857-1991
Box   1	A-Hayes
Box   2	Hea-OKeefe
Box   3	Olson-Z
Reel   1	A - Rohn, August
Reel   2	Rohn, August - Zwald, Irma
	Declarations of Intentions
Volume   [1] Reel   7	1856-1865
Volume   [2] Reel   7	1866-1867
Volume   [3] Reel   7	1868-1869
Volume   [4] Reel   4	1857-1871
Volume   [5] Reel   4	1871-1880
Volume   [6] Reel   4	1875-1882
Volume   [7] Reel   5	1882-1886
Volume   [8] Reel   5	1884-1886
Volume   [9] Reel   6	1886-1891
Volume   [10] Reel   6	1891-1896
Volume   [11] Reel   6	1896-1906
Volume   [12], original volume 1 Reel   10	, November 1906 - June 1909 (#1-100)
Volume   [13], original volume 2 Reel   10	, June 1909 - July 1918 (101-599)
Volume   [14], original volume 3 Reel   10	, August 1918 - May 1926 (600-899)
Volume   [15], original volume 4 Reel   10	, June 1926 - June 1929 (900-956)
Original_volume   (5), in Box 4, Folder 1 Reel   10	, September 1929 - September 1936 (957-1056)
Original_volume   (6), in Box 4, Folder 2 Reel   10	, September 1936 - August 1940 (1057-1156)
Original_volume   (7), in Box 4, Folder 3 Reel   11	, August 1940 - June 1966 (1157-1274)
Original_volume   (8), in Box 4, Folder 4 Reel   11	, October 1967 - September 1980 (1275-1286)
	, 1854-1893 (surnames beginning with:)
Box-folder   5-1 Reel   10	A-G
Box-folder   5-2 Reel   10	H-M
Box-folder   5-3 Reel   10	N-S
Box-folder   5-4 Reel   10	T-Z
	Petitions
Volume   [16], original volume 1 Reel   11	, October 1906 - November 1910 (1-50)
Volume   [17], original volume 2 Reel   11	, November 1910 - October 1914 (51-195)
Volume   [17], original volume 2 Reel   12	, October 1914 - May 1916 (196-245)
Volume   [17], original volume 2 Reel   12	, October 1914 - May 1916 (245-300)
Volume   [18], original volume 3 Reel   12	, May 1916 - June 1920 (301-538)
Volume   [18], original volume 3 Reel   13	, June 1920 - July 1920 (538-550)
Volume   [19], original volume 4 Reel   13	, July 1920 - June 1927 (551-797)
Volume   [19], original volume 4 Reel   14	, June 1927 (797-800)
Original_volume   (5), in Box 6, Folder 1 Reel   14	, September 1927 - June 1929 (801-845)
Original_volume   (6), in Box 7, Folder 1 Reel   14	, November 1929 - May 1935 (846-893)
Original_volume   (7), in Box 7, Folder 2 Reel   14	, May 1935 - April 1938 (894-943)
Original_volume   (8), in Box 7, Folder 3 Reel   14	, April 1939 - April 1939 (944-993)
Original_volume   (9), in Box 7, Folder 4 Reel   14	, April 1939 - April 1940 (944-1043)
Original_volume   (10), in Box 7, Folder 5 Reel   14	, May 1940 - May 1941 (1044-1093)
Original_volume   (11), in Box 8, Folder 1 Reel   14	, May 1941 - September 1941 (1094-1143)
Original_volume   (12), in Box 8, Folder 2 Reel   14	, September 1941 - July 1942 (1144-1193)
Original_volume   (13), in Box 8, Folder 3 Reel   14	, July 1942 - July 1943 (1194-1234)
Original_volume   (13), in Box 8, Folder 3 Reel   15	, March 1943 - July 1943 (1234-1243)
Original_volume   (14), in Box 8, Folder 4 Reel   15	, July 1943 - December 1946 (1244-1300)
Original_volume   (15), in Box 8, Folder 5 Reel   15	, December 1946 - April 1954 (1301-1358)
Original_volume   (16), in Box 9, Folder 1 Reel   15	, May 1958 - September 1965 (1359-1430)
Original_volume   (17), in Box 9, Folder 2 Reel   15	, November 1965 - March 1972 (1431-1536)
Original_volume   (18), in Box 9, Folder 3 Reel   15	, October 1972 - October 1978 (1537-1733)
Original_volume   (19), in Box 9, Folder 4 Reel   15	, September 1979 (1735-1764) (#1734 is missing)
Original_volume   (19), in Box 9, Folder 4 Reel   16	, September 1979 - October 1982 (1764-1879)
Original_volume   (20), in Box 10, Folder 1 Reel   16	, September 1983 - October 1986 (1880-2099)
Original_volume   (21), in Box 10, Folder 2 Reel   16	, September 1987 - September 1991 (2100-2242)
	Certificates of Naturalization
Volume   [20] Reel   8	December 1857 - September 1869
Volume   [21], original volume 2 Reel   8	October 1869 - September 1887
Volume   [22], original volume 3 Reel   8	October 1879 - June 1892
Volume   [23], original volume 4 Reel   8	July 1892 - March 1903
Volume   [24], original volume 5 Reel   9	June 1901 - November 1903
Volume   [25], original volume 6 Reel   9	September 1903 - September 1906
Volume   [26], original volume 7 Reel   9	September 1906
Volume   [27] Reel   18	Miscellaneous Certificates , 1903-1906
	Other
	Stub Books
Original_volume   (1-8), in Box 11 Reel   16	1907-1916
Original_volume   (9-16), in Box 12 Reel   16	1916-1928
	Citizenship Petitions Granted and Denied
Box-folder   13-1 Reel   17	September 1929 - November 1983
Box-folder   13-2 Reel   17	September 1984 - September 1991
Box-folder   13-3	Applications for Transfers of Petitions, 1968 - 1972
Box-folder   13-4 Reel   17	Repatriation (Oath of Allegiance), September 1940 - April 1944
Reel   17	Container list