Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Grant County): Naturalization Records
Inclusive Dates: 1836-1962

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Grant County)

Call Number: Grant Series 25

Quantity: 9.4 c.f. (2 card boxes, 11 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 14 volumes) and 16 reels of microfilm (35 mm)

Repository:

Housed at the Southwest Wisconsin Room and Area Research Center, Ullsvik Hall, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Platteville Southwest Wisconsin Room / Platteville 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 Circuit Court of Grant County. Records include Declarations of Intention (1836-1958), Petitions (1856-1962), Certificates of Naturalization Stub Books (1907-1929), Indexes to these records and Repatriations (1941-1954), and Orders Granting and Denying Petitions (1929-1962).

Note:

This series is also available on microfilm.

Reels 1-5 and 16 were produced by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin; Reels 6-13 were produced by the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) in 1986, and reels 14-15 were produced in 2005. GSU holds the master negatives of these reels.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-gran0025

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

Although the various indexes reference individuals who filed naturalization papers as early as 1836, the Petitions in this series begin only in 1856, and Declarations filed between 1836 and 1906 (contained in Boxes 4-9 and duplicated on microfilm reels 1-5) do not appear to constitute a complete set of Declarations filed during those years.

The beginning place for searching the Grant County Naturalization Records is the alphabetical Card Index to Petitions and Repatriations (1838-1962). This index gives the date, volume, and page or Petition number for all Petitions filed from 1856 to 1962 and for many filed prior to 1856. It gives the Repatriation number for Repatriations.

The Index to Petitions (1838-1906) and the Index to Citizenship (1906-1962) provide a back-up to the Card Index. These indexes are arranged in alphabetical segments by first letter of surname and chronologically by date of Petition therein. The Index to Petitions gives only the date of filing the Petition. The Index to Citizenship gives the date, volume, page and document number for Declarations, Petitions, and Certificates of Naturalization for those individuals who completed the naturalization process in Grant County after 1907.

If an individual's name is not found in the indexes described above, the researcher should check the various Declaration of Intention indexes. Researchers will need to use the microfilmed index; the original volume is not in archival custody. The Index to Declarations (1836-1906) is arranged in alphabetical segments by first letter of surname. It gives only the date the Declaration was filed; the original volume is not in archival custody. If the date is pre-1856 or if the Declaration is not found in Volumes 1-3, the researcher should check Boxes 4-9 where unbound Declarations are foldered in alphabetical segments. These Declarations range from approximately 1836 to 1906, but are heavily concentrated in the 1840s and 1850s. For Declarations filed in the 1906-1958 period the researcher will have to check the individual indexes for Volumes 4-6; these are located at the front of each volume.

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

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: C1986/025, C1987/029

Grant Series 25	Series: Indexes
	Card Index to Petitions and Repatriations, 1838-1962
Box   1 Reel   14	A-K
Box   2 Reel   14	L-Z
Volume   Reel   9	Index to Declarations, 1836-1906
Box   3 Reel   13	Index to Petitions, 1838-1906
Box   3 Reel   13	Index to Citizenship, 1908-1962
	Series: Declarations of Intention	⇧
	1836-1906
Box   4 Reel   6	A-C
Box   5 Reel   6	D-G
Box   6 Reel   6-7	H-K
Box   7 Reel   7	L-O
Box   8 Reel   7	P-S
Box   9 Reel   7-8	T-Z
Reel   1	A-C
Reel   2	Cothcart-J
Reel   3	Jenkins-P
Reel   4	Perg-T
Reel   5	Tregonning-Z
Box   10 Reel   5, 8	Declarations for Persons who filed Petitions, 1888-1902
Volume   1 Reel   8	1856-1870
Volume   2 Reel   8-9	1870-1895
Volume   3 Reel   9	1891-1906
Volume   4 Reel   9	1906-1913, Nos. 1-99
Volume   (5), in Box 13 Reel   9	1913-1929, Nos. 100-380
Volume   (6), in Box 11 Reel   9	1929-1958, Nos. 381-460
	Series: Petitions	⇧
Volume   A, in Box 14 Reel   10	1856-1891
Volume   B Reel   10	1891-1903
Volume   C Reel   10	1903-1906
Volume   D Reel   10	1906-1911, Nos. 1-49
Volume   E Reel   10-11	1911-1913, Nos. 50-149
Volume   F Reel   11	1913-1914, Nos. 150-249
Volume   G Reel   11	1914-1915, Nos. 250-348
Volume   H Reel   12	1915-1919, Nos. 349-444
Volume   I Reel   12	1919-1926, Nos. 445-544
Volume   J Reel   12-13	1926-1929, Nos. 545-578
Volume   (K), in Box 11, Folder 2 Reel   13	1929-1941, Nos. 579-658
Volume   (L), in Box 11, Folder 3 Reel   14	1941-1953, Nos. 659-710
Volume   (M), in Box 11, Folder 4 Reel   16	1953-1962, Nos. 711-798
	Series: Miscellaneous	⇧
Box   12 Reel   15	Certificate of Naturalization Stub Books, 1907-1929, Nos. 16551-1990150
Box/folder   11/5 Reel   14	Repatriations, 1941-1954
Box/folder   11/6 Reel   15	Orders Granting and Denying Petitions, 1929-1962