Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Vernon County): Naturalization Records
Inclusive Dates: 1853-1947

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Vernon County)

Call Number: Vernon Series 15

Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (1 archives box, 17 volumes) and 5 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Housed at the Special Collections & Area Research Center, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; 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-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of naturalization cases in the Circuit Court of Vernon County, 1853-1947. Records include an Index to Citizenship (1857-1935), Declarations of Intention (1853-1947), Oaths and Court Orders (1857-1903), Petitions (1904-1943), Certificate of Naturalization Stub Books (1907-1927), Orders Granting and Denying Petitions (1930-1947), and Repatriations (1941-1944). All records are available on both positive microfilm and original paper format.

Note:

The microfilm portion of this series was produced in 1987 and 2006 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-vern0015

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

General

The Vernon County Naturalization Records consist of an Index to Citizenship (1857-1935), Declarations of Intention (1853-1947), Oaths and Court Orders (1857-1903), Petitions (1904-1943), Certificate of Naturalization Stub Books (1907-1927), Orders Granting and Denying Petitions (1930-1947), and Repatriations (1941-1944).

The original system of identifying volumes by number was retained because the Index to Citizenship is keyed to this system. Thus, when requesting a particular volume, the researcher must be sure to specify not only the volume number, but also the type of record and the inclusive dates of the volume. (For example, “Volume 3, Petitions, 1913-1914”).

For preservation purposes some volumes have been dismantled and placed in boxes. These volume numbers are designated by parentheses in the Contents List below for identification purposes; the box number is listed for retrieval purposes.

All records are available in both original format and on microfilm

Indexes

The Index to Citizenship (1857-1935) lists Declaration, Petition, and Certificate information for those individuals who completed the naturalization process in Vernon County. It is arranged in alphabetical segments by first letter of surname and chronologically by date of Petition therein.

For Declarations the Index gives the date and county in which the Declaration was filed and sometimes the volume number and page or Declaration number. Declaration numbers are shown in parentheses on the Contents List. For Petitions the Index gives the date, volume number, and page or Petition number (listed in parentheses on the Contents List). However, references to “Volume 1” prior to 1906 are actually references to the volume of Oaths and Court Orders (1857-1903), which are the only parts of the Petitions still in existence for those years. To find Certificates of Naturalization the key information to note is the Certificate number, which is also listed in parentheses on the Contents List.

Not only does the Index to Citizenship not index Declarations for those who failed to complete the naturalization process, but also it appears to skip some who did complete the process. Hence, if a name is not found in this index, the researcher should consult the indexes at the beginning of each volume. These indexes are grouped in alphabetical segments and are generally chronological thereunder. They list the page number or document number.

Volume   1 Reel   1	Index to Citizenship, 1857-1935
	Declarations of Intention, 1853-1947
Volume   1 Reel   1	1853-1872
Volume   2 Reel   1	1872-1906
Volume   1 Reel   1	, 1906-1912 (#1-100)
Volume   2 Reel   1	, 1912-1915 (#101-200)
Volume   3 Reel   1	, 1915-1918 (#201-299)
Volume   4 Reel   1	, 1918-1922 (#300-409)
Volume   5 Reel   2	, 1923-1929 (#410-472)
Volume   (6), in Box 1 Reel   2	, 1930-1940 (#473-572)
Volume   (7), in Box 1 Reel   5	, 1940-1947 (#573-614)
Volume   1 Reel   2	Oaths and Court Orders, 1857-1903
	Petitions, 1904-1943
Volume   3 Reel   5	1904-1907
Volume   1 Reel   2	, 1907-1910 (#1-50)
Volume   2 Reel   2	, 1910-1913 (#51-149)
Volume   3 Reel   3	, 1913-1914 (#150-249)
Volume   4 Reel   3	, 1914-1918 (#250-347)
Volume   5 Reel   3	, 1919-1921 (#350-447)
Volume   6 Reel   3-4	, 1921-1929 (#448-524)
Volume   (7), in Box 1 Reel   4	, 1929-1938 (#525-574)
Volume   (8), in Box 1 Reel   5	, 1938-1941 (#575-624)
Volume   (9), in Box 1 Reel   5	, 1941-1943 (#625-687)
Box   1 Reel   5	Certificate Stub Books, 1907-1927 (#17201-1700150)
Box   1 Reel   4	Orders Granting and Denying Petitions, 1930-1947
Box   1 Reel   5	Repatriations, 1941-1944