Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Rock County): Naturalization Records
Inclusive Dates: 1839-1983

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Rock County)

Call Number: Rock Series 41

Quantity: 13.5 c.f. (10 archives boxes, 5 flat boxes, 3 card boxes, and 38 volumes) and 27 reels of microfilm (35 mm)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives & Area Research Center, Harold Andersen Library, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Whitewater Library / Whitewater 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 Rock County. Records include Declarations of Intention (1839-1979); Petitions and Certificates (1869-1983); indexes to these records; and Ancillary Documents (1858-1983) including Transfer Petitions, Court Orders, and Repatriations.

Note:

Reels 1-20 of the microfilm portion of this series were produced in 1986 and 2001 by the Genealogical Society of Utah which holds the master negative.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-rock0041

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

General

The Rock County Naturalizations include Declarations, Petitions, Certificates, Ancillary Documents, and indexes to these records. Ancillary records include Court Orders, Repatriations, and Transferred Petitions. All records are available in both original format and on microfilm.

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 (e.g. Declarations or Petitions) and dates.

For preservation purposes some volumes have been dismantled and placed in boxes. For these volumes the contents list gives the volume number in parentheses ( ) for identification purposes, and the box number for circulation purposes. Volume numbers that appear in brackets [ ] are numbers that were assigned by the archivist.

Indexes

The most comprehensive index is the NATURALIZATION INDEX CARDS, 1922-1981. It provides direct access to petitions for those years. Entries are arranged alphabetically by last name. Cards list name of the applicant, and may give address, age or date of birth, date of order of admission, date certificate was issued, petition number, date petition was filed, and alien registration number. Use the petition number to find the appropriate volume.

This series contains three indexes to declarations. To find declarations from 1906 and before, begin with the INDEX TO DECLARATIONS OF INTENTION, 1839-1906. Entries are arranged by first letter of last name and then chronologically by year. It lists the name of the declarant, and month, day, year, volume and page number of the declaration. The INDEX TO DECLARATIONS, 1839-1897, duplicates entries found in the Index to Declarations of Intention, 1839-1906, but may be useful to reconcile variant name spelling. Entries are arranged by first letter of the last name and then chronologically by year. It lists name of the declarant, and month, day, and year of the declaration. Using the date, researchers can find the declaration in original Volumes 1-10.

To find declarations from 1906 and after, use the INDEX OF FIRST PAPERS, 1906-1967. Entries are arranged by the first letter of the last name and then chronologically. It lists the name of the individual, and month, day, year, and volume and page number of the declaration.

To find petitions before 1922, use the INDEX TO PETITIONS (OLD SECOND PAPERS), 1844-1940. This volume was refilmed on Reel 27 to provide better legibility than can be found on Reel 1. Entries are arranged by the first letter of the last name and then chronologically by year and give the date of petition, and volume and page number of the document. The index refers to Volumes B, C, D, E, and F which are not in archival custody. These could be Court Record books or Minute Books. In the “volume” column, “NEW” refers to Volume 1 of PETITIONS AND CERTIFICATES and Volumes 2-4 also refer to the Petitions and Certificates.

The INDEX OF SECOND PAPERS (PETITIONS), 1844-1982, duplicates entries found in the Index To Petitions (Old Second Papers) through 1940. Entries are arranged alphabetically by first letter of last name and then chronologically. Entries list the name of petitioner, date, and volume and page number of the petition. This index contains a few pages at the front that appear to be the start of a declaration index. The latter half is for petitions and also contains notes about other documents. Due to the complex nature of this volume it should be used as a last resort. Most names from 1922-1981 are also in the Naturalization Index Cards.

Records

DECLARATIONS, 1839-1979, are arranged chronologically by date filed. They are indexed by the indexes to declarations (SHSW volumes 1 and 2) and Index of First Papers (SHSW volume 3), and the Naturalization Index Cards (boxes 1-2). Some of the volumes may have an index at the front, particularly those dated after 1906. Some declarations may be found with petitions. Volume (5), 1858-1861, was inadvertently filmed twice, on reel #2 and reels #19 and 20.

PETITIONS and CERTIFICATES are more or less in one sequence arranged roughly by date filed (there is overlap of volumes for the years 1903 through 1906). They are indexed by the Index to Petitions, Index of Second Papers, and the Naturalization Index Cards. Some of the volumes may have an index at the front, particularly those dated after 1906. Volumes through approximately 1906 include certificates as either part of the petition form or filed with it. Note that Volume 2-5 is one volume. Part one, pages 1-42 contains Petitions and Part 2, pages 1-54, contains Certificates. Post 1906 petitions usually have declarations attached.

ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, 1858-1983, consist of Transfer Petitions, 1956-1982 (#1-11); Court Orders, Citizenship Papers Denied and Granted, 1929-1983; and Repatriations, 1940-1956. Transfer petitions are petitions transferred to Rock County Circuit Court from non-Wisconsin U.S. District Courts. The Court Orders contain lists of the people who were granted or denied citizenship. Repatriations are applications by persons wishing to have their United States citizenship restored. Most applications are by women who lost their citizenship through marriage to a non-citizen. A name index is in the front of the volume.

Rock Series 41	Series: Indexes, 1839-1982
Archives Volume   [1] Reel   1	Index to Declaration of Intention, 1839-1897
Archives Volume   [2] Reel   1	Original Volume 1: Index to Declarations, 1839-1906
Archives Volume   [3] Reel   1	Index of First Papers, 1906-1967
Archives Volume   [4] Reel   1	Original Volume 1: Index of Second Papers (Petitions), 1844-1982
Archives Volume   ([5]), in Box 8 Reel   1, 27	Index to Petitions (Old Second Papers), 1844-1940
Box   1-2 Reel   27	Naturalization Index Cards, 1922-1981
	Series: Declarations, 1839-1979	⇧
Archives Volume   (1), in Box 3 Reel   6	1839-1847
Archives Volume   (2), in Box 4 Reel   1	1848-1850
Archives Volume   (3), in Box 5 Reel   1-2	1851-1855
Archives Volume   (4), in Box 6 Reel   2	1856-1860
Archives Volume   (5), in Box 7 Reel   2, 19-20	1858-1861
Archives Volume   6 Reel   2-3	1861-1876
Archives Volume   7 Reel   3	1872-1880
Archives Volume   (8), in Box 8 Reel   3	1880-1888
Archives Volume   9 Reel   3-4	1888-1894
Archives Volume   10 Reel   4	1894-1906
Archives Volume   11 Reel   4	1896-1906
Archives Volume   1 Reel   4	, 1906-1908 (#1-300)
Archives Volume   2 Reel   6	, 1908-1912 (#301-600)
Archives Volume   3 Reel   6-7	, 1912-1916 (#601-1100)
Archives Volume   4 Reel   7	, 1916-1919 (#1101-1577)
Archives Volume   5 Reel   7	, 1919-1923 (#1598-2097)
Archives Volume   6 Reel   7	, 1923-1929 (#2098-2510)
Archives Volume   (7), in Box 9 Reel   7-8	, 1929-1933 (#2511-2610
Archives Volume   (8), in Box 9 Reel   8	, 1933-1935 (#2611-2710)
Archives Volume   (9), in Box 9 Reel   8	, 1935-1936 (#2711-2810)
Archives Volume   (10), in Box 9 Reel   8	, 1936-1938 (#2811-2910)
Archives Volume   (11), in Box 9 Reel   8	, 1938-1940 (#2911-3010)
Archives Volume   (12), in Box 9 Reel   8	, 1940-1941 (#3011-3110)
Archives Volume   (13), in Box 9 Reel   8	, 1941-1959 (#3111-3323)
Archives Volume   (14), in Box 9 Reel   21	, 1960-1979 (#3324-3348)
	Series: Petitions and Certificates, 1869-1983	⇧
Archives Volume   1 Reel   4-5	1869-1892
Archives Volume   2 Reel   4	1892-1903
Archives Volume   (3), in Box 8 Reel   none	, 1903 (pages 1-3)
Archives Volume   4 Reel   4	, 1903-1906 (#1-438)
Archives Volume   2-5 Reel   5	, 1906 (#1-54) Note: Though designated Volume 2-5, this is one volume. Part 1, pages 1-42 are Petitions and Part 2, pages 1-54 are Certificates.
Archives Volume   1 Reel   5	, 1903-1906 (#1-454)
Archives Volume   2-5 Reel   5	, 1906 (#1-42) Note: Though designated Volume 2-5, this is one volume. Part 1, pages 1-42 are Petitions and Part 2, pages 1-54 are Certificates.
Archives Volume   5 Reel   5	, 1907-1910 (#1-148)
Archives Volume   6 Reel   8	, 1911-1912 (#149-248)
Archives Volume   7 Reel   8-9	, 1912 (#249-348)
Archives Volume   8 Reel   9	, 1912-1913 (#349-448)
Archives Volume   9 Reel   9-10	, 1913 (#449-548)
Archives Volume   10 Reel   10	, 1913 (#549-648)
Archives Volume   11 Reel   10	, 1913-1914 (#649-748)
Archives Volume   12 Reel   10-11	, 1914-1915 (#749-846)
Archives Volume   13 Reel   11	, 1915-1916 (#847-945)
Archives Volume   14 Reel   11	, 1916-1919 (#946-1045)
Archives Volume   15 Reel   12	, 1918 (#1046-1145)
Archives Volume   16 Reel   12	1919-1921 (#1146-1245)
Archives Volume   17 Reel   12-13	1919-1920 (#1246-1345)
Archives Volume   18 Reel   13	, 1921-1922 (#1346-1595)
Archives Volume   19 Reel   13	, 1922-1924 (#1596-1695)
Archives Volume   20 Reel   13-14	, 1924-1926 (#1696-1795)
Archives Volume   21 Reel   14	, 1926-1927 (#1796-1895)
Archives Volume   (22), in Box 10 Reel   15-16	, 1922-1929 (#1896-2063)
Archives Volume   (23), in Box 11 Reel   16	, 1929-1931 (#2064-2113)
Archives Volume   (24), in Box 11 Reel   16	, 1931-1933 (#2114-2163)
Archives Volume   (25), in Box 11 Reel   16	, 1933-1934 (#2164-2213)
Archives Volume   (26), in Box 11 Reel   16	, 1934-1935 (#2214-2263)
Archives Volume   (27), in Box 11 Reel   16-17	, 1930-1937 (#2264-2363)
Archives Volume   (28), in Box 12 Reel   17	, 1937-1938 (#2364-2463)
Archives Volume   (29), in Box 12 Reel   17	, 1938-1939 (#2464-2563)
Archives Volume   (30), in Box 12 Reel   17	, 1936-1940 (#2564-2663)
Archives Volume   (31), in Box 12-13 Reel   17	, 1940-1941 (#2664-2763)
Archives Volume   (32), in Box 13 Reel   18	, 1941 (#2764-2863)
Archives Volume   (33), in Box 13 Reel   18	, 1941-1942 (#2864-2963)
Archives Volume   (34), in Box 13 Reel   18-19	, 1942-1944 (#2964-3063)
Archives Volume   (35), in Box 13-14 Reel   19	, 1943-1944 (#3064-3163)
Archives Volume   (36), in Box 14 Reel   19	, 1944-1949 (#3164-3250)
Archives Volume   (37), in Box 14 Reel   21	, 1948-1952 (#3251-3350)
Archives Volume   (38), in Box 14 Reel   21	, 1953-1956 (#3351-3499)
Archives Volume   (39), in Box 14 Reel   21	, 1956-1957 (#3500-3571)
Archives Volume   (40), in Box 15 Reel   22	, 1957-1958 (#3572-3649)
Archives Volume   (41), in Box 15 Reel   22	, 1958-1960 (#3650-3759)
Archives Volume   (42), in Box 15 Reel   22	, 1960-1961 (#3760-3899)
Archives Volume   (43), in Box 15 Reel   23	, 1961-1967 (#3900-4094)
Archives Volume   (44), in Box 16 Reel   23-24	, 1967-1970 (#4095-4233)
Archives Volume   (45), in Box 16 Reel   24	, 1971-1973 (#4234-4334)
Archives Volume   (46), in Box 16-17 Reel   25	, 1974-1980 (#4335-4512)
Archives Volume   (47), in Box 17 Reel   26	, 1981-1983 (#4513-4609)
	Series: Ancillary Documents, 1858-1983	⇧
Box   17 Reel   26	Transfer Petitions, 1956-1982 (#1-11)
Archives Volume   (1), in Box 17 Reel   19	Court Orders 1, Citizenship Papers Denied and Granted, 1929-1959 (List #1-116)
Archives Volume   (2), in Box 18 Reel   26	Court Orders 2, Citizenship Papers Denied and Granted, 1959-1983 (List #117-202)
Archives Volume   (1), in Box 18 Reel   19	Repatriations, 1940-1956