Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court and County Court (Sauk County): Civil and Criminal Case Files
Inclusive Dates: 1844-1979

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court and County Court (Sauk County)

Call Number: Sauk Series 93

Quantity: 25.0 c.f. (25 record center cartons) and 296 reels of microfilm (16 mm)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Case files of civil and criminal actions tried before the Circuit Court, 1844-1978, and the County Court, 1929-1979. Files may include briefs, petitions, complaints, arguments, affidavits, petitions, judgments and decrees, trial transcripts, and other documents. The paper portion consists of Family Case Files, circa 1960-1977.

Note:

Sauk Series 94, Sauk Series 92, and Sauk Series 84 index this series.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-sauk0093

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Acquisition Information

Accession Number: C2014/054

Processing Information

Microfilm produced by Sauk County, 1979-1983.

To find Sauk County Civil and Criminal Case Files, 1844-1978, consult Indexes (Sauk Series 94). The access point to case files is by year, therefore it is helpful to have at least a date range in which the case was adjudicated.

1844-1924

See the “Microfilm Cases Index” portion of the register to Sauk Series 94. This is a direct index. Depending on the approximate year of the file you are looking for use Volume 1 or Volume 2. Look up person by last name and this will give the reel # and image numbers containing the case (Sauk Series 93).

1921-1978

To find cases for this time period the researcher must use an index book and a corresponding court record book. You will need to consult the registers to Indexes (Sauk Series 94), Circuit Court Civil Record Books (Sauk Series 84), and County Court Court Record Books (Sauk Series 92). In general it is recommended that researchers consult both sets of indexes: those for the Circuit Court and the set for the County Court.

Steps to finding case files:

1. Use the volumes in Sauk Series 94 to find the entry for the person you are seeking. Consult the volume for the time period you believe the case was heard. Entries are arranged alphabetically by last name. Note the box and file number and if it was found in the Circuit Court Index or the County Court Index. For example, “56-71, Circuit Court.”
2. Consult the volume list/finding aid for the Circuit Court Record Books (Sauk Series 84) or the County Court Record Books (Sauk Series 92). Determine the appropriate volume containing the box and file number you are seeking. For example, the box and file number “56-71” would be found in archives volume 14 of Circuit Court Record Books (Sauk Series 84).
3. In the appropriate Court Record volume (either Sauk Series 84 or 92), consult the name index at the front of the volume to determine the page of the entry for the person you are seeking. From the entry page write down the reel and image number that appears. For example, the index indicates the entry for “56-71” is on page 25, on which is written “reel 206, images 1284-1389.”
4. Request the appropriate reel from Sauk Series 93. For example, request reel 206. Scroll to image number 1284.
5. If no reel and image number is given, the case file is in a box. Note the box number and request it.

Sauk Series 93 Volume   1	Box/case numbers 48-58 through 63-39
Volume   2	Box/case numbers 63-43 through 64-7
Volume   3	Box/case numbers 64-8 through 64-96
Volume   4	Box/case numbers 64-94 through 65-49
Volume   5	Box/case numbers 65-69 through 66-48
Volume   6	Box/case numbers 66-50 through 67-124
Volume   7	Box/case numbers 67-125 through 68-24
Volume   8	Box/case numbers 68-25 through 68-100
Volume   9	Box/case numbers 68-103 through 69-72
Volume   10	Box/case numbers 69-73 through 69-148
Volume   11	Box/case numbers 71-38 through 71-112
Volume   12	Box/case numbers 71-113 through 72-39
Volume   13	Box/case numbers 72-43 through 72-99
Volume   14	Box/case numbers 72-102 through 73-30
Volume   15	Box/case numbers 73-31 through 73-89
Volume   16	Box/case numbers 73-91 through 74-42
Volume   17	Box/case numbers 74-43 through 75-12
Volume   18	Box/case numbers 75-14 through 75-85
Volume   19	Box/case numbers 75-86 through 75-128
Volume   20	Box/case numbers 76-17 through 76-74
Volume   21	Box/case numbers 76-75 through 77-26
Volume   22	Box/case numbers 77-30 through 77-91
Volume   23	Box/case numbers 77-97 through 78-63
Volume   24	Box/case numbers 80-18 through 80-78
Volume   25	Box/case numbers 96-68 through 97-2
Volume   25	Box/case numbers 65-134 through 66-6