Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1888-1971 (Creation)
Extent
44 cubic feet (44 record center cartons)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Circuit court cases dealing with civil actions. Legal papers include complaints, summonses, affidavits, petitions, court orders and decrees. Cases #1-1479, 1888-1930, consist of civil actions and cases #1493-3789, 1931-1971 consist of divorce cases only.
System of arrangement
Arrangement : Numerical by case number.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
RESTRICTION: Several of the case files in Box 34 were sealed under a judge's orders. These cannot be accessed without first seeking permission from the Burnett County Circuit Court.
COLLECTION STORED, ALL or IN-PART, AT ARC: Collection can be requested for transfer through the Area Research Center (ARC) Network, consult Reading Room Staff.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright may have not been transferred to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
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Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
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Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Court Record volumes D-G (Burnett Series 43) can be used as an index to part of this series.
Related descriptions
Notes element
General note
Finding aid includes a name index.
Specialized notes
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Sources used
Archivist's note
All county records dating 1887 and earlier (except for those of the Register of Deeds) were destroyed in an 1887 courthouse fire.
An index to this series is available at the Clerk of Courts Office, Siren, Wisconsin.