Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Outagamie County): Naturalization Records
Inclusive Dates: 1852-1963

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Outagamie County)

Call Number: Outagamie Series 5

Quantity: 10.0 cubic feet (5 index card boxes, 12 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 20 volumes) and 19 reels of microfilm (35 mm)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; 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-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of naturalization cases in the Circuit Court of Outagamie County. Records include Declarations of Intention (1852-1963); Certificates of Naturalization and Petitions (1853-1906); Petitions (1907-1963), indexes to these records (1852-1963), Transfer Petitions (1960-1962), and Orders Granting and Denying Petitions (1929-1963).

Note:

Microfilm Reels 1-18 were produced in 2003 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-outa0005

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

General

The Outagamie County Naturalization Records consist of Declarations of Intention, Certificates of Naturalization and Petitions, Petitions, a cardindex to these records, Transfer Petitions, and Orders Granting and Denying Petitions.

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 of Intention) and dates.

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

Indexes

The most comprehensive index is the CARD INDEX TO CERTIFICATES AND PETITIONS, 1853-1963. The alphabetically arranged cards give various pieces of information, but the key information is the volume number and the page or Petition number. It also indirectly provides access to post 1906 declarations since a copy of the declaration is often attached to the petition.

Pre-1906 declarations can be found using the INDEX TO DECLARATIONS OF INTENTION, 1852-1906. It is arranged in alphabetical segments by the first letter of the surname and roughly chronologically thereunder. Entries give the name, date of filing, country of birth, and declaration number. Use the declaration number to request the appropriate volume (Volumes 1-4). There is no separate cumulative index to declarations filed after 1906 so the researcher must either consult the indexes located at the front of each declaration volume or view the copy attached to the petition.

Records

DECLARATIONS, 1852-1963, are arranged by Declaration number which is assigned roughly by date filed. The key to finding a declaration is the document number, however the filing date is also important because two separate sequences of declaration numbering result in some numbers being used twice. As can be seen on the Container List, Declarations in Volumes 1-4 (1852-1906) are numbered 1-6119 and Volumes (1)-(11) begin numbering again with number 1 and continue through 2204. Thus, for example, if the index indicates the desired Declaration is numbered “1003” and was filed in 1866, the researcher must be sure to request Volume 1, 1852-1870 of Declarations and not Volume 7, 1919-1924.

CERTIFICATES AND PETITIONS, 1853-1906, approve the individual's petition and confer citizenship all in one document and court appearance. The Outagamie County Court seems to have kept two sets of these records for this function during this time period.

The Certificates and Petitions in Volumes 1-4 (1853-1906) are transcriptions of the original documents. The volumes are indexed by the CARD INDEX in Boxes 1-5 and each volume has an alphabetical name index in the front. Also, they cover a wider time span than the originals, beginning in 1853.

The Certificates and Petitions in Boxes 7-13 are the unbound originals for Volume 2, p. 188 through Volume 4 with some gaps. They begin in 1899 and are arranged roughly chronologically by date filed and are not indexed. The jacket accompanying each person's documents often lists the volume and page number of the transcription. The only informational difference between the originals and the transcriptions (i.e. unbound papers or volumes) is that the loose papers are more likely to include a copy of the declaration or a document certifying the legality of the declaration.

PETITIONS, 1907-1963, are arranged chronologically by date filed. Most Petitions have the Declarations attached, and each volume contains an index.

ANCILLARY RECORDS include a few petitions transferred from other jurisdictions to Outagamie County, 1960-1962, and Orders Granting And Denying Petitions, 1929-1963. The Orders are arranged chronologically and consist of lists of petitions noting petition numbers granted or denied, name, and name change if applicable. There is no name index to these documents.

Name index prepared by Green Bay Area Research Center.

Outagamie Series 5	Series: Indexes, 1852-1963
Box   18 Reel   6	Index to Declarations of Intention, 1852-1906 Note: The order of items on Reel 6 is: 1) Index, 2) Certificates and Petitions Volume 1 (transcription), 3) Certificates and Petitions Volume 2 (original), 4) part of Certificates and Petitions Volume 3 (original).
Box   1-5 Reel   1-2	Card Index to Certificates and Petitions, 1853-1963
	Series: Declarations of Intention, 1852-1963	⇧
Volume   1 Reel   3	1852-1870, nos. 1-1925
Volume   2 Reel   3	1870-1884, nos. 1926-3750
Volume   3 Reel   3-4	1884-1896, nos. 3751-5673
Volume   4 Reel   4	1896-1906, nos. 5674-6119
Volume   (1), in Box 6 Reel   4	1907-1909, nos. 1-100
Volume   (2), in Box 6 Reel   4	1909-1912, nos. 101-200
Volume   (3), in Box 6 Reel   4	1912-1914, nos. 201-300
Volume   4 Reel   4	1914-1917, nos. 301-600
Volume   (5), in Box 6 Reel   4	1917-1918, nos. 601-700
Volume   6 Reel   4	1918-1919, nos. 701-1000
Volume   7 Reel   4	1919-1924, nos. 1001-1500
Volume   8 Reel   5	1924-1929, nos. 1501-1800
Volume   (9), in Box 6 Reel   5	1929-1937, nos. 1801-1925
Volume   (10), in Box 6 Reel   5	1937-1941, nos. 1926-2025
Volume   (11), in Box 6 Reel   5	1941-1963, nos. 2026-2204
	Series: Certificates and Petitions, 1853-1906	⇧
	Unbound Originals
Volume   (2), in Box 7 Reel   6	1899-1903 Note: The order of items on Reel 6 is: 1) Index, 2) Certificates and Petitions Volume 1 (transcription), 3) Certificates and Petitions Volume 2 (original), 4) part of Certificates and Petitions Volume 3 (original).
Volume   (3), in Box 7-8 Reel   6-7	1903-1906, July Note: The order of items on Reel 6 is: 1) Index, 2) Certificates and Petitions Volume 1 (transcription), 3) Certificates and Petitions Volume 2 (original), 4) part of Certificates and Petitions Volume 3 (original).
	1906
Volume   (3), in Box 9 Reel   7	August-September, pages 242-398
Volume   (3), in Box 10 Reel   7	August, pages 399-508
Volume   (4), in Box 10 Reel   7	September, pages 1-96
Volume   (4), in Box 11 Reel   7-8	September, pages 97-249
Volume   (4), in Box 12 Reel   8	September, pages 251-366
Volume   (4), in Box 13 Reel   8	September, pages 367-565
	Transcriptions (Volumes)
Volume   1 Reel   6	1853-1890 Note: The order of items on Reel 6 is: 1) Index, 2) Certificates and Petitions Volume 1 (transcription), 3) Certificates and Petitions Volume 2 (original), 4) part of Certificates and Petitions Volume 3 (original).
Volume   2 Reel   8	1890-1903
Volume   3 Reel   8-9	1903-1906
Volume   4 Reel   9	1906
	Series: Petitions, 1907-1963	⇧
Volume   (1), in Box 14 Reel   9	1907-1910, nos. 1-50
Volume   2 Reel   9-10	1910-1912, nos. 51-150
Volume   3 Reel   10-11	1912-1917, nos. 151-400
Volume   4 Reel   11-12	1917-1919, nos. 401-650
Volume   5 Reel   12-13	1919-1920, nos. 651-900
Volume   6 Reel   13-14	1920-1923, nos. 901-1150
Volume   7 Reel   14-16	1923-1928, nos. 1151-1400
Volume   (8), in Box 14 Reel   16	1928-1929, nos. 1401-1505
Volume   (9), in Box 15 Reel   16	1929-1931, nos. 1506-1556
Volume   (10), in Box 15 Reel   16	1931-1935, nos. 1557-1606
Volume   (11), in Box 15 Reel   17	1935-1937, nos. 1607-1651
Volume   (12), in Box 15 Reel   17	1937-1939, nos. 1652-1750
Volume   (13), in Box 16 Reel   17	1939-1941, nos. 1751-1849
Volume   (14), in Box 16 Reel   17	1941-1942, nos. 1850-1899
Volume   (15), in Box 16 Reel   17-18	1942-1944, nos. 1900-2000
Volume   (16), in Box 16 Reel   18	1944-1952, nos. 2001-2100
Volume   (17), in Box 17 Reel   19	1952-1956, nos. 2101-2199
Volume   (18), in Box 17 Reel   19	1956-1958, nos. 2200-2299
Volume   (19), in Box 17 Reel   19	1958-1961, nos. 2300-2399
Volume   (20), in Box 17 Reel   19	1961-1963, nos. 2400-2465
	Series: Ancillary Records, 1929-1963	⇧
Volume   (21), in Box 17 Reel   19	Transfer Petitions, 1960-1962, nos. TR1-TR6
Volume   (22), in Box 17 Reel   18	Orders Granting and Denying Petitions, 1929-1963