Records of the U.S. Circuit and District Courts, Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Division
These records are held in the National Archives regional facility in Chicago, Illinois.
Record Group 21
- U.S. Circuit Court, 1862-1911
- U.S. District Court, 1847-1993
- General Records, 1862-1993
- Admiralty Records, 1847-1919
- Bankruptcy Records - Act of 1867, 1867-1888
- Bankruptcy Records - Act of 1898, 1898-1982
- Civil Records, 1862-1991
- Chancery Records, 1912-1919
- Equity Records, 1862-1938
- Law Records, 1871-1889
- Criminal Records, 1862-1993
- Naturalization Records, 1848-1990
- Confiscation Records, 1862-1866
- Internal Revenue Records, 1863-1906
- Clerk's Records, 1896-1961
- U.S. Commissioners' Records, 1873-1968
Records of the U.S. Circuit Court
Journals, 1862-1911 (11 vols.)
Execution Docket Book, 1862-1911 (1 vol.)
Civil Docket Book, 1907-1911 (1 vol.)
Chancery Docket Books, 1862-1907 (7 vols.)
Final Record Books-Chancery, 1862-1911 (21 vols.)
Chancery Case Files, 1862-1911 (122 cubic feet)
Cross Index: Judgement Record Book, 1910-1911 (1 vol.)
Judgement Record Book, 1862-1911 (1 vol.)
Equity Order Book, 1862-1875 (1 vol.)
Law Docket Books, 1862-1907 (6 vols.)
Law Case Files, 1862-1907 (40 cubic feet)
Internal Revenue Records, 1871-1877
Internal Revenue Docket Book (Record Book), 1871-1877 (1 vol.)
Records of the U.S. District Court
Journals, 1862-1929 (21 vols.)
Civil (Mixed) Docket Book, 1934-1935 (1 vol.)
Mixed Case Files, 1907-1938 (146 cubic feet)
Magistrate Cases Docket Books, 1974-1993 (9 vols.)
Miscellaneous Cases Docket Books, 1956-1993 (6 vols.)
Case Indices, 1954-1993 (21 cubic feet)
Attorney Admissions, 1900-1993 (7.5 cubic feet)
Satisfied Judgements, 1954-1993 (2 cubic feet)
Judgment Dockets, 1954-1993 (4 cubic feet)
Execution Dockets, 1878-1955 (1 vol.)
Notice of Tax Liens, 1929 (1 vol.)
Trust Funds Record Book, 1936-1954 (0.5 cubic feet)
Minute Books, 1954-1974 (8 vols.)
Journals, 1929-1938 (6 vols.)
Magistrate's Dockets, 1968-1974 (3 vols.)
Judgment and Order Books, 1971 (1 cubic feet)
Admiralty Docket Books, 1862-1919 (12 vols.)
Admiralty Case Files, 1847-1907 (20 cubic feet)
Bankruptcy Records - Act of 1867, 1867-1888
Bankruptcy Minute Books, 1867-1888 (8 vols.)
Voluntary Bankruptcy Docket Books, 1867-1878 (3 vols.)
Involuntary Bankruptcy Docket Books, 1867-1878 (2 vols.)
Money Registers, 1868-1880 (2 vols.)
Voluntary Bankruptcy Case Files, 1867-1878 (47 cubic feet)
Involuntary Bankruptcy Case Files, 1867-1878 (25 cubic feet)
Bankruptcy Records - Act of 1898, 1898-1982
Involuntary Bankruptcy Docket Book, 1898-1907 (1 vol.)
Voluntary Bankruptcy Docket Books, 1898-1907 (2 vols.)
Bankruptcy Minute Books, 1898-1929 (14 vols.)
Money Register, 1898-1900 (1 vol.)
Referee's Cash Book, 1939-1943 (1 vol.)
Involuntary Bankruptcy Case Files, 1898-1907 (23 cubic feet)
Bankruptcy Case Files, 1898-1944 (698 cubic feet)
Bankruptcy Docket Books, 1929-1975 (107 cubic feet)
Closed 1984 Adversary Bankruptcy Case Files, 1979-1982 (35 cubic feet)
Execution Docket Book, 1962-1878 (1 vol.)
Civil (Law) Docket Book, 1862-1906 (1 vol.)
Miscellaneous (Civil) Record Book, 1900-1918 (1 vol.)
Civil (Law) Case Files, 1862-1906 (11 cubic feet)
Civil Action Case Files, 1938-1969, 1971-1980 (632 cubic feet)
Civil Docket Books, 1907-1991 (177 vols.)
Civil Order Books, 1938-1954 (3 cubic feet)
Cross-Index, Judgement Record Book, 1910-1928 (1 vol.)
Judgment Record Book, 1862-1928 (1 vol.)
Equity Journals, 1913-1938 (6 vols.)
Equity Order Book, 1914-1938 (1 vol.)
Equity Case Files-Suits by Assignees, 1900-1907 (1 cubic foot)
Law Docket Books-Suits by Assignees, 1871-1889 (6 vols.)
Law Case Files-Suits by Assignees, 1871-1889 (7 cubic feet)
Criminal Docket Books, 1862-1907 (4 vols.)
Final Record Books-Criminal, 1887-1919 (13 vols.)
Criminal Case Files, 1862-1969, 1975-1980 (239 cubic feet)
Criminal Docket Books, 1907-1993 (20 cubic feet)
Criminal Order Books, 1955-1974 (8 vols.)
Criminal Case Record of Proceedings, 1958-1964 (1 cubic foot)
Naturalization Records, 1848-1990
Naturalization Petition and Record Books, 1848-1970 (293 vols.)
Index to Declarations and Petitions, 1943-1954 (1 cubic foot)
Declarations of Intention, 1848-1971 (9.5 cubic feet)
Repatriation Order Book, 1940 (1 cubic foot)
Orders Granting and Denying Citizenship, 1929-December 12, 1979 (1 cubic foot)
Naturalization Depositions, 1908-1972 (9 vols.)
Naturalization Index, 1848-1990 (905 cubic feet)
Index Naturalization Record, 1894-1906 (1 vol.)
Index Declaration of Intention, 1856-1906 (5 vols.)
Naturalization Transfer Petitions, June 30, 1953-October 8, 1982. Petitions TR1-TR151
Armed Forces Petitions, October 23, 1943-January 23, 1956. Petitions 40-355
Confiscation Records, 1862-1866
Confiscation Docket Books, 1862-1864 (2 vols.)
Confiscation Record Book, 1864 (1 vol.)
Confiscation Case Files, 1862-1866 (2 cubic feet)
Internal Revenue Records, 1863-1906
Internal Revenue Informations, 1863-1906 (1 vol.)
Internal Revenue Case Files, 1863-1867 (1 cubic foot)
Fees Received from U.S. Marshals, 1896-1911 (1 vol.)
Clerk's Blotter, 1918-1923 (2 vols.)
Clerk's Judgment Docket and Index, 1929-1961 (2 vols.)
Cash Books, 1942-1954 (5 vols.)
U.S. Commissioners' Records, 1873-1968
U.S. Commissioners' Records, 1873-1943 (36 vols.)
Commissioners' Transcript Docket, 1929-1950 (1 vol.)
Commissioners' Dockets, 1947-1968 (9 vols.)
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