Wisconsin County Naturalization Records - FamilySearch Historical Records/Known Issues

Note
NOTE: For a way to determine what digital records are likely to be found within a collection or how to find missing images elsewhere, see Article 56000, Using Film Notes in the Catalog to determine the content of a final waypoint in Historical Records.

NOTE: Most missing records are available on microfilm which can be viewed at the Family History Library or some FamilySearch Centers.

Question 1
Question 1: Some records are missing. Where can they be viewed? Answer 1: See answers below for information about known missing records and their respective film numbers, if available, or alternate online location:


 * Dodge &gt; Declarations of intention 1865 records are found in Door &gt; Declarations of intention 1865.
 * Douglas &gt; Declarations of intention 1936-1939 vol 17, no 5239-5638 only includes records No 5239-5441 and years 1936-1938; the remaining records 5442-5638 are contained on Film 1940294 Item 1.
 * La Crosse &gt; Petitions for naturalization and petition evidence 1917-1920 vol 4, no 501-750 is not missing images; they are just out of order … image 1 starts with No. 528, page 28. The Index pages and petitions 501-527 are from a previous film. The images have been added at the end of this waypoint and are located on images 740-852. The indexes are on images 740-767, Petitions 501-528 are on images 768-852.
 * La Crosse &gt; Petitions for naturalization and petition evidence 1920-1926 vol 5, no 751-1000 is not missing images; they are just out of order … image 1 starts with No 784, page 34. The index pages and petitions 751-783 were on a previous film and were added at the end of the waypoint. They are located on images 746-878. The indexes are on images 746-771, Petitions 751-783 are on images 772-878.

Question 2
Question 2: The Event Type and Year Range (waypoint) title does not properly reflect the actual digital record content. Is there a way to determine what digital records are likely to be found within a collection? Answer 2: The following list of known waypoint discrepancies describes the event type or year range that actually exist in this collection:


 * Door &gt; Declarations of intention 1865 belong under Dodge County,

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