Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Winnebago County): Naturalization Records
Inclusive Dates: 1844-1964

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Winnebago County)

Call Number: Winnebago Series 110

Quantity: 14.0 c.f. (12 archives boxes and 24 separate volumes) and 20 reels of microfilm (35 mm)

Repository:

Housed at the Archives & Area Research Center, Polk Library, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Oshkosh Polk Library / Oshkosh 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 Winnebago County. Records include indexes to Declarations of Intention, Petitions, and Orders Granting and Denying Citizenship; Certificates of Loyalty, 1942-1949; and a Certificate of Naturalization Stub Book, 1916.

Note:

The microfilm portion of this series was produced in 1982, 1989, and 1999 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-winn0110

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

General

The Winnebago County Naturalization Records consist of Declarations of Intention, Petitions, Orders Granting or Denying Petitions, Certificates of Loyalty, a Certificate of Naturalization Stub Book, Repatriations, Indexes to Declarations, Petitions, and Orders Admitting to Citizenship, and one transfer.

Originally, several volumes were identified by the same volume number. In an attempt to eliminate some of the confusion, all volumes have been renumbered consecutively. However, since the indexes may sometimes refer to the original volume numbers, these original numbers are included on the contents list and are noted in parentheses on the labels. Also, because the original titles on several volumes were either inaccurate or misleading, they have been corrected and standardized on the labels and the contents list.

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 location purposes.

Indexes and Records

There are four different Indexes to the various portions of the naturalization records. Indexes are listed chronologically by earliest date. Entries are alphabetical by last name. In general, the key information in the entry is the date of the document.

Declarations of Intention, 1844-1904, are indexed in Volume 1, “Index to Declarations and Orders Admitting to Citizenship” (1844-1882), and Volume 2, “Index to Declarations” (1848-1904). Of these, Volume 2 should be consulted first because it is more accurate and complete. It is arranged in alphabetical segments and roughly chronologically therein. Entries give the name of the applicant, the date of the Declaration, and for the 1855-1904 period, the court number assigned to the Declaration. This number is the key information because it corresponds to the court numbers on the Declarations in Volumes 5-12. The volumes original court numbers are given in parentheses on the labels and are noted in the contents list.

Declarations filed between 1906 and 1962 are indexed in Volume 4, “Index to Declarations, Petitions, and Orders Admitting to Citizenship” (1906-1963). Again, the court number is the key information, although volume and page numbers may be used as a backup should inconsistencies appear. Declarations filed before 1906 are also referenced in this Index, if a Petition was filed after 1906. This index is arranged by alphabetical segments and roughly chronologically by date of court action (Declaration of Petition) therein.

The cumulative indexes to do not refer to Declarations filed in 1905 and most Declarations filed in 1906 (Volume 13). Volume 13, however, does include a name index, arranged in alphabetical segments.

Petitions and Orders Admitting to Citizenship (1851-1963) are indexed in Volumes 3, “Index to Petitions and Orders Admitting to Citizenship” (1851-1906), and Volume 4, “Index to Declarations, Petitions, and Orders Admitting to Citizenship” (1906-1963). Volume 3 provides only the name and the date of filing. Thus, the date is the key information. Because pre-October 1906 Petitions (Volumes 28-32) appear in roughly chronological order, finding a particular Petition can involve a fairly extensive search. Post-September 1906 Petitions are indexed in Volume 4, which gives name, date of filing, volume and page, court number, and date of hearing. The court number (listed in parentheses on the labels and noted in the contents list) is the key information, and the volume and page number provides a backup check. The “Orders Admitting Citizenship” are part of the Petition form.

Ancillary records include Certificates of Loyalty, 1942-1949 (Volume 71 in Box 6). This volume contains an alphabetical name index. It contains certificates of persons who were exempt from classification as “alien enemies” per the conditions of Section 326(d) of the Naturalization Act of 1940. Alien enemies were defined as persons from countries “with which the United States is at war.”

Repatriations are interfiled with Petitions in Volumes 54, 56, 60, and 61 (Boxes 3 and 4).

There is one Transfer, #3798 TR1, in Box 6.

Accession C1995/044 contains naturalization records of the Municipal Court for the City of Oshkosh.

Winnebago Series 110	Series: Indexes, 1844-1963
Archives Volume   1	Index to Declarations and Orders Admitting to Citizenship, 1844-1882
Archives Volume   2 Reel   1	Index to Declarations, 1848-1904
Archives Volume   3 Reel   1	Index to Petitions and Orders Admitting to Citizenship, 1851-1906
Archives Volume   4 Reel   1	Index to Declarations, Petitions, and Orders Admitting to Citizenship, 1906-1963
	Series: Declarations, 1853-1962	⇧
Archives Volume   5 Reel   2	#1 - 3465, 1855-1866
Archives Volume   6 in Box 7 Reel   2	#3466 - 4794, 1866-1870
Archives Volume   7 in Box 7 Reel   2	#4794 - 5765, 1870-1875
Archives Volume   8 in Box 8 Reel   3	#5766 - 6625, 1875-1878
Archives Volume   9 in Box 8 Reel   3	#6631 - 7690, 1878-1884
Archives Volume   10 in Box 9 Reel   3	#7691 - 8802, 1884-1888
Archives Volume   11 in Box 9 Reel   4	#8803 - 10005, 1888-1892 Note: On the film, Declarations #9153 - 9376 are repeated after #9376 appears the first time.
Archives Volume   12 in Box 10 Reel   4	#10003 - 11197, 1893-1904
Archives Volume   13 in Box 10 Reel   4	#11199 - 11286, 1905-1906
Archives Volume   14 in Box 11 Reel   7	Original Volume 1: #1 - 100, 1906-1908
Archives Volume   15 in Box 11 Reel   7	Original Volume 2: #101 - 200, 1908
Archives Volume   16 in Box 11 Reel   7	Original Volume 3: #201 - 500, 1908-1913
Archives Volume   17 Reel   7	Original Volume 4: #501 - 1000, 1913-1917
Archives Volume   18 Reel   8	Original Volume 5: #1001 - 1500, 1917-1920
Archives Volume   19 Reel   8	Original Volume 6: #1501 - 2000, 1920-1926
Archives Volume   20 Reel   8	Original Volume 1: #2001 - 2186, 1926-1929
Archives Volume   21 in Box 1 Reel   8	Original Volume 8: #2187 - 2287, 1929-1934
Archives Volume   22 in Box 1 Reel   15	Original Volume 9: #2288 - 2387, 1934-1936
Archives Volume   23 in Box 1 Reel   15	Original Volume 10: #2388 - 2486, 1936-1938
Archives Volume   24 in Box 1 Reel   15	Original Volume 11: #2487 - 2586, 1938-1939
Archives Volume   25 in Box 1 Reel   15	Original Volume 12: #2587 - 2686, 1939-1941
Archives Volume   26 in Box 1 Reel   15	Original Volume 13: #2687 - 2800, 1941-1948
Archives Volume   27 in Box 1 Reel   20	Original Volume 14: #2801 - 2904, 1948-1962
	Series: Petitions, 1872-1963	⇧
Archives Volume   28 Reel   5	1872-1894
Archives Volume   29 in Box 12 Reel   5	1894-1902
Archives Volume   30 Reel   6	Original Volume 3, 1903, 1905-1906
Archives Volume   31 Reel   6	Original Volume 2, 1906
Archives Volume   32 Reel   6	Original Volume 4, 1906
Archives Volume   33 Reel   8	Original Volume 1: #1 - 50, 1907-1908
Archives Volume   34 Reel   8-9	Original Volume 2: #51 - 200, 1908-1911
Archives Volume   35 Reel   9	Original Volume 3: #201 - 300, 1911-1912
Archives Volume   36 Reel   9-10	Original Volume 4: #301 - 550, 1912-1913
Archives Volume   37 Reel   10	Original Volume 5: #551 - 800, 1913-1915
Archives Volume   38 Reel   11	Original Volume 6: #801 - 1050, 1915-1917
Archives Volume   39 Reel   11-12	Original Volume 7: #1051 - 1300, 1917-1919
Archives Volume   40 Reel   12-13	Original Volume 8: #1301 - 1550, 1919-1922
Archives Volume   41 Reel   13	Original Volume 9: #1551 - 1800, 1922-1926
Archives Volume   42 Reel   13-14	Original Volume 10: #1801 - 1952, 1926-1929
Archives Volume   43 Reel   14	Original Volume 11: #1953 - 2002, 1929-1931
Archives Volume   (44) in Box 2 Reel   15	Original Volume 12: #2003 - 2052, 1931-1933
Archives Volume   (45) in Box 2 Reel   15	Original Volume 13: #2053 - 2102, 1933-1934
Archives Volume   (46) in Box 2 Reel   15	Original Volume 14: #2103 - 2152, 1934-1936
Archives Volume   (47) in Box 2 Reel   15	Original Volume 15: #2153 - 2202, 1936-1937
Archives Volume   (48) in Box 2 Reel   16	Original Volume 16: #2203 - 2252, 1937
Archives Volume   (49) in Box 2 Reel   16	Original Volume 17: #2253 - 2302, 1937-1938
Archives Volume   (50) in Box 3 Reel   16	Original Volume 18: #2303 - 2352, 1938
Archives Volume   (51) in Box 3 Reel   16	Original Volume 19: #2353 - 2402, 1938-1939
Archives Volume   (52) in Box 3 Reel   16	Original Volume 20: #2403 - 2452, 1939
Archives Volume   (53) in Box 3 Reel   16	Original Volume 21: #2453 - 2502, 1939-1940
Archives Volume   (54) in Box 3 Reel   16	Original Volume 22: #2503 - 2541, 1940 Note: Also contains Repatriations.
Archives Volume   (55) in Box 3 Reel   16	Original Volume 23: #2542 - 2591, 1940-1941
Archives Volume   (56) in Box 4 Reel   17	Original Volume 24: #2592 - 2641, 1941 Note: Also contains Repatriations.
Archives Volume   (57) in Box 4 Reel   17	Original Volume 25: #2642 - 2691, 1941
Archives Volume   (58) in Box 4 Reel   17	Original Volume 26: #2692 - 2741, 1941
Archives Volume   (59) in Box 4 Reel   17	Original Volume 27: #2742 - 2791, 1941-1942 Note: Also contains Repatriations.
Archives Volume   (60) in Box 4 Reel   17	Original Volume 28: #2792 - 2841, 1942-1943 Note: Also contains Repatriations.
Archives Volume   (61) in Box 4 Reel   17	Original Volume 29: #2842 - 2891, 1943 Note: Also contains Repatriations.
Archives Volume   (62) in Box 5 Reel   17	Original Volume 30: #2892 - 2942, 1943-1944
Archives Volume   (63) in Box 5 Reel   17	Original Volume 31: #2943 - 3000, 1944-1945
Archives Volume   (64) in Box 5 Reel   18	Original Volume 32: #3001 - 3050, 1945-1949
Archives Volume   (65) in Box 5 Reel   19	Original Volume 33: #3051 - 3163, 1949-1956
Archives Volume   (66) in Box 5 Reel   19	Original Volume 34: #3164 - 3274, 1956-1959
Archives Volume   (67) in Box 6 Reel   20	Original Volume 35: #3275 - 3374, 1959-1962
Archives Volume   (68) in Box 6 Reel   20	Original Volume 36: #3374 - 3397, 1962-1963
	Series: Ancillary Records, 1916-1964	⇧
Archives Volume   (69) in Box 6 Reel   18	List of Orders Granting or Denying Citizenship, 1930-1958
Archives Volume   (70) in Box 6 Reel   20	List of Orders Granting or Denying Citizenship, 1959-1964
Archives Volume   (71) in Box 6 Reel   18	Certificates of Loyalty, 1942-1949
Archives Volume   (72) in Box 6 Reel   20	Certificate of Naturalization Stub Book (#660201 - 660250), 1916
Box   6 Reel   20	Transfer 33798 TR1, 1953