University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archives Department.

Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Sheboygan County).

Naturalization records, 1851-1982.

Sheboygan Series 8

27 cubic ft. (30 archives boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 16 index card boxes, and 51 volumes)



ABSTRACT: Collection contains card indexes, arranged alphabetically by surname, to declarations of intention, petitions for naturalization, and naturalization certificates. The index to unbound petitions also includes citations to declarations that are attached to the petitions. The index to naturalization certificates also includes the item number for bound petitions.

The series contains the declarations of intention (1860-1978), unbound petitions for citizenship (1857-1906), bound petitions for citizenship (1907-1980), certificates of naturalization (1851-1906), certificate stub books (1907-1926), court orders for petitions for naturalization recommended to be granted or denied (1944-1982), depositions and petitions denied (1911-1930), petitions for naturalization transferred from another court (1962-1977), and repatriation applications (1940-1957).


ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law. However, the researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection. (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).



SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Sheboygan County Naturalization Records, 1851-1982, consist of the Card Indexes, 1851-1980; Declarations of Intention; Petitions; Certificates, Certificate Stubs, and Ancillary Documents.

For preservation purposes, some volumes were dismantled and placed in boxes, however the original system of numbering volumes was retained since the indexes are often keyed to this system. For these volumes, the container list gives the volume number for identification purposes, and the box and item number for location purposes.

Researchers should begin by consulting the Card Indexes, 1851-1980, to naturalization records. The card indexes consist of an index to Declarations of Intention (1857-1906), an index to Petitions (1857-1906), and an index to Naturalization Certificates (1851-1982). Each set of cards is arranged roughly alphabetically by surname. The index to Petitions also includes citations to declarations that are attached to petitions. The index to Naturalization Certificates also includes the item number for post-1906 petitions. The index to Naturalization Certificates was created by the Sheboygan County Clerk of Courts while the indexes to Declarations of Intent and Petitions were created by independent volunteers. The card indexes may not be comprehensive nor accurate, so if a name is not found and researchers know the approximate date of declaration or citizenship, the chronologinally arranged index volumes may be helpful.

There are two sets of index volumes: to Declarations of Intention (1860-1906) and to Certificates of Naturalization (1851-1960). Volumes in each set are arranged chronologically, with some overlap, and entries within each volume are in alphabetical segments and thereunder by date of declaration or certificate. Index to Citizenship volumes 3 and 4 also include citations to petitions and declarations.

Individual volumes [of declarations, petitions, and certificates] may also contain an index in the front of each volume. These indexes are arranged in alphabetical segments by surname and roughly chronological thereunder. The Declarations of Intention date 1860-1978 and are arranged chronologically. Declarations from 1857-1906 can be located through the card index to Declarations of Intent while post-1906 Declarations can be found through the index to Naturalization Certificates.

The Petitions date 1857-1980. Pre-1906 Petitions are arranged alphabetically by surname and can be found through the card index to Petitions while post-1906 Petitions are arranged by filing date and assigned a unique number. Numbers for post-1906 petitions are found in the card index to Naturalization Certificates. For preservation purposes, many Petitions have been disbound and placed in archival folders and boxes. The original order has been retained.

Certificates and Certificate Stubs date 1851-1926. Certificates issued before October 1906 exist as pre-printed forms in bound volumes. Post-October 1906 Certificates consist of the certificate stub retained by the circuit court. All certificates are arranged chronologically and can be located through the index to Naturalization Certificates.

Ancillary Documents include a few Depositions of Witnesses, 1911-1913; several Petitions Denied, 1911-1930; and small quantity of Petitions Transferred From Another Court, 1962-1977. Also included are one folder of Repatriation Records, 1940-1957, with an alphabetical name index; and three folders of Court Orders Granting and Denying Citizenship, 1930-1982, arranged chronologically with no name index.

COLLECTION CITATION: This collection should be cited as:

Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Sheboygan County). Naturalization records, 1851-1982. Sheboygan Series 8. Wisconsin Historical Society. Milwaukee Area Research Center. UWM Libraries. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.


RELATED COLLECTIONS:

Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Ozaukee County). Naturalization Records [microform], 1842-1906. (Ozaukee Series 11)

Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Washington County). Naturalization records, 1845-1963. (Washington Series 10)

Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Waukesha County). Naturalization records, 1847-1955. (Waukesha Series 42)



PROCESSING: The Genealogical Society of Utah microfilmed the collection, including the indexes, in the summer through the fall of 1995. Many of the volumes were disbound during the process, and the Wisconsin Historical Society placed the items in folders. The WHS gave the collection a single box numbering sequence, replacing the original sequence of box numbers. However, because the Index to the Unbound Petitions for Citizenship cited the original pre-microfilm box numbering, the Unbound Petitions for Citizenship retain their numbering as boxes 1-11. These boxes 1-11 would have been boxes 19-29 if the new numbering was used.

MARC RECORD SEARCH TERMS: The following terms were used in the online bibliographic MARC record to this collection:


SHEBOYGAN SERIES 8.
Card Indexes, 1851-1980.
BOX
Index to Certificate Stubs, A-Dom, 1907-1926 11
Index to Certificate Stubs, Don-Hie, 1907-1926 12
Index to Certificate Stubs, Hil-Las, 1907-1926 13
Index to Certificate Stubs, Lat-Pit, 1907-1926 14
Index to Certificate Stubs, Pl-Sp, 1907-1926 15
Index to Certificate Stubs, St-Zw, 1907-1926 16
Index to Certificates, A-Dom, 1851-1980 11
Index to Certificates, Don-Hie, 1851-1980 12
Index to Certificates, Hil-Las, 1851-1980 13
Index to Certificates, Lat-Pit, 1851-1980 14
Index to Certificates, Pl-Sp, 1851-1980 15
Index to Certificates, St-Zw, 1851-1980 16
Index to Declarations of Intent, A-Ek, 1860-1906 1
Index to Declarations of Intent, El-Hu, 1860-1906 2
Index to Declarations of Intent, Ih-Mar, 1860-1906 3
Index to Declarations of Intent, Mas-Ru, 1860-1906 4
Index to Declarations of Intent, Sa-Tw, 1860-1906 5
Index to Declarations of Intent, Ud-Zw, 1860-1906 6
Index to Petitions, A-Dom, 1897-1980 11
Index to Petitions, Don-Hie, 1897-1980 12
Index to Petitions, Hil-Las, 1897-1980 13
Index to Petitions, Lat-Pit, 1897-1980 14
Index to Petitions, Pl-Sp, 1897-1980 15
Index to Petitions, St-Zw, 1897-1980 16
Index to Petitions, Unbound, A-Ge, 1857-1906 7
Index to Petitions, Unbound, Gi-K, 1857-1906 8
Index to Petitions, Unbound, L-R, 1857-1906 9
Index to Petitions, Unbound, S-Z, 1857-1906 10

 

SHEBOYGAN SERIES 8.
Naturalization Records, 1851-1982.

VOLUME

BOX

ITEM NUMBER

Ancillary Documents, Court Orders, Petitions for Naturalization Recommended to be Granted or Denied, 1930-1982   49  
Ancillary Documents, Depositions of Witnesses, 1911-1913   49  
Ancillary Documents, Petitions, Denied, 1911-1930   49  
Ancillary Documents, Petitions, Naturalizations Transferred from Another Court, 1962-1977   49  
Ancillary Documents, Repatriation Records, 1940-1957   49  
Certificate Stubs, 1907-1908 1 45 17501-17510
Certificate Stubs, 1908-1909 2 45 17511-17520
Certificate Stubs, 1909-1910 3 45 17521-17530
Certificate Stubs, 1910-1911 4 45 17531-17540
Certificate Stubs, 1911 5 45 17451-17555
Certificate Stubs, 1911 6 45 137251-137260
Certificate Stubs, 1911 7 45 137261-137270
Certificate Stubs, 1911 8 45 137271-137280
Certificate Stubs, 1911-1912 9 45 239401-239450
Certificate Stubs, 1912-1913 10 45 312401-312450
Certificate Stubs, 1913 11 45 380951-381000
Certificate Stubs, 1913-1914 12 45 381001-381050
Certificate Stubs, 1914 13 45 471401-471450
Certificate Stubs, 1914 14 45 531701-531750
Certificate Stubs, 1914-1915 15 45 531751-531800
Certificate Stubs, 1915-1916 16 45 571251-571300
Certificate Stubs, 1916 17 45 571301-571350
Certificate Stubs, 1916-1917 18 45 685601-685650
Certificate Stubs, 1917-1918 19 46 719201-719250
Certificate Stubs, 1918-1919 20 46 1134751-1134800
Certificate Stubs, 1919 21 46 1015001-1015050
Certificate Stubs, 1919-1920 22 46 1015051-1015100
Certificate Stubs, 1920 23 46 1015101-1015150
Certificate Stubs, 1920-1921 24 46 1015151-1015200
Certificate Stubs, 1921 25 46 1574651-1574700
Certificate Stubs, 1921 26 46 1574701-1574750
Certificate Stubs, 1921 27 46 1574751-1574800
Certificate Stubs, 1921 28 47 1574801-1574850
Certificate Stubs, 1921 29 47 1574851-1574900
Certificate Stubs, 1921 30 47 1574901-1574950
Certificate Stubs, 1921-1922 31 47 1652451-1652500
Certificate Stubs, 1922 32 47 1652501-1652550
Certificate Stubs, 1922 33 47 1652551-1652600
Certificate Stubs, 1922-1923 34 47 1652601-1652650
Certificate Stubs, 1923 35 47 1757551-1757400
Certificate Stubs, 1923-1924 36 48 1871001-1871050
Certificate Stubs, 1924 37 48 1211901-1211950
Certificate Stubs, 1924-1925 38 48 2101201-2101250
Certificate Stubs, 1925-1926 39 48 2220051-2220100
Certificate Stubs, 1926 40 48 2220101-2220150
Certificates, 1851-1871 1   1-234
Certificates, 1871-1891 2   1001-1449
Certificates, 1891-1896 3   1450-1714
Certificates, 1896-1903 4   1715-1979
Certificates, 1903-1906 5   1981-2125
Certificates, 1906 6   2126-2634
Certificates, 1906 7   2635-2915
Certificates, 1906 8   2916-3401
Declarations of Intention, 1860-1870 1    
Declarations of Intention, 1870-1884 2    
Declarations of Intention, 1885-1890 3    
Declarations of Intention, 1890-1894 4    
Declarations of Intention, 1894-1900 5    
Declarations of Intention, 1900-1906 6    
Declarations of Intention, 1906 [not indexed] 7    
Declarations of Intention, 1906-1908 1   1-300
Declarations of Intention, 1906-1910 2   301-600
Declarations of Intention, 1906-1912 3   601-900
Declarations of Intention, 1913-1915 4   901-1200
Declarations of Intention, 1915-1917 5   1201-1700
Declarations of Intention, 1917-1918 6   1701-2200
Declarations of Intention, 1918-1919 7   2201-2696
Declarations of Intention, 1919-1922 8   2697-3196
Declarations of Intention, 1992-1924 9   3197-3696
Declarations of Intention, 1924-1926 10   3697-4196
Declarations of Intention, 1926-1928 11   4197-4496
Declarations of Intention, 1928 12 17 4497-4615
Declarations of Intention, 1928-1929 13 17 4616-4705
Declarations of Intention, 1929-1931 14 17 4706-4910
Declarations of Intention, 1931-1934 15 17 4911-5010
Declarations of Intention, 1934 16 17 5011-5110
Declarations of Intention, 1934 17 17 5111-5210
Declarations of Intention, 1934 18 17 5211-5310
Declarations of Intention, 1934-1936 19 18 5311-5500
Declarations of Intention, 1936-1937 20 18 5501-5685
Declarations of Intention, 1937-1939 21 18 5686-5786
Declarations of Intention, 1939-1941 22 18 5787-5987
Declarations of Intention, 1941-1945 23 18 5988-6188
Declarations of Intention, 1945-1978 24 18 6189-6379
Petitions, Bound, 1907-1912 1   1-150
Petitions, Bound, 1912-1914 2   151-400
Petitions, Bound, 1914 3   401-500
Petitions, Bound, 1914-1915 4   501-600
Petitions, Bound, 1915-1916 5-6   601-700
Petitions, Bound, 1916-1917 7   701-800
Petitions, Bound, 1917-1918 8   801-900
Petitions, Bound, 1918-1919 9   901-1000
Petitions, Bound, 1919 10   1001-1100
Petitions, Bound, 1919-1920 11   1101-1200
Petitions, Bound, 1920 12   1201-1300
Petitions, Bound, 1920-1921 13   1301-1400
Petitions, Bound, 1921 14   1401-1500
Petitions, Bound, 1921-1922 15   1501-1600
Petitions, Bound, 1922-1923 16   1601-1700
Petitions, Bound, 1923-1924 17   1701-1800
Petitions, Bound, 1924-1925 18   1801-1900
Petitions, Bound, 1925-1927 19   1901-2000
Petitions, Bound, 1927-1928 20 30 2001-2100
Petitions, Bound, 1928-1929 21 31 2101-2200
Petitions, Bound, 1929 22 32 2201-2300
Petitions, Bound, 1929 23 32 2301-2341
Petitions, Bound, 1929-1931 24 33 2342-2441
Petitions, Bound, 1931 25 33 2442-2542
Petitions, Bound, 1931-1932 26 33 2453-2643
Petitions, Bound, 1932-1934 27 34 2644-2743
Petitions, Bound, 1934 28 34 2744-2843
Petitions, Bound, 1934-1935 29 34 2844-2945
Petitions, Bound, 1935-1936 30 35 2946-3045
Petitions, Bound, 1936 31 35 3046-3145
Petitions, Bound, 1936 32 35 3146-3245
Petitions, Bound, 1936-1937 33 36 3246-3345
Petitions, Bound, 1937 34 36 3346-3445
Petitions, Bound, 1937-1938 35 36 3446-3545
Petitions, Bound, 1938 36 37 3546-3645
Petitions, Bound, 1938-1939 37 37 3646-3746
Petitions, Bound, 1939 38 37 3747-3847
Petitions, Bound, 1939 39 38 3848-3948
Petitions, Bound, 1939-1940 40 38 3949-4048
Petitions, Bound, 1940 41 38 4049-4148
Petitions, Bound, 1940-1941 42 39 4149-4248
Petitions, Bound, 1941 43 39 4249-4449
Petitions, Bound, 1941-1942 44 40 4450-4600
Petitions, Bound, 1942 45 40 4601-4750
Petitions, Bound, 1942-1944 46 41 4751-4900
Petitions, Bound, 1944-1945 47 41 4901-5050
Petitions, Bound, 1945-1947 48 42 5051-5201
Petitions, Bound, 1947-1952 49 42 5202-5302
Petitions, Bound, 1952-1955 50 42 5303-5403
Petitions, Bound, 1955-1958 51 43 5404-5580
Petitions, Bound, 1958-1961 52 43 5581-5750
Petitions, Bound, 1965-1972 53 43 5751-5900
Petitions, Bound, 1961-1965 54 44 5901-6105
Petitions, Bound, 1972-1976 55 44 6106-6176
Petitions, Bound, 1977-1980 56 44 6177-6247
Petitions, Unbound, A-Bo, 1857-1906   1  
Petitions, Unbound, Bo-Er, 1857-1906   2  
Petitions, Unbound, Er-Gr, 1857-1906   3  
Petitions, Unbound, Gr-Hi, 1857-1906   4  
Petitions, Unbound, Hi-Ki, 1857-1906   5  
Petitions, Unbound, Kl-La, 1857-1906   6  
Petitions, Unbound, La-Mo, 1857-1906   7  
Petitions, Unbound, Mo-Qu, 1857-1906   8  
Petitions, Unbound, R-Sch, 1857-1906   9  
Petitions, Unbound, Sch-Ty, 1857-1906   10  
Petitions, Unbound, U-Z, 1857-1906   11  

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