National Archives at Chicago

Records of U.S. Courts (Cincinnati)

Records of the U.S. Circuit and District Courts,
Southern District of Ohio, Western Division (Cincinnati)

These records are held in the National Archives regional facility in Chicago, Illinois.

Record Group 21


Records of the U.S. Circuit Court

General Records, 1807-1911

Index, n.d.
Index, Execution Dockets, n.d. (1 vol.)
Judgement Index, 1880-1906 (2 vols.)
Index to Pending Cases, 1876-1911 (2 vols.)
General Index-Law and Chancery, 1829-1854 (2 vols.)
Index to Issue Dockets, Law and Chancery, 1846-1854 (6 vols.)
Issue Dockets, 1819-1855 (12 vols.)
Execution Dockets, 1808-1911 (8 vols.)
Journals (Order Books), 1807-1911 (34 vols.)
Records (Journals), 1808-1868 (20 vols.)
Rule Book, 1808-1837 (1 vol.)

Admiralty Records, 1858-1893

Admiralty Appeal Record, 1858-1893 (1 vol.)

Civil Records, 1819-1911

Appearance Docket, Series 1, 1819-1855 (4 vols.)
Index, Law and Chancery, 1844-1856 (1 vol.)
Index to Appearance and Judgement Dockets (Vols. 4-5), ca. 1866-1876 (1 vol.)
Appearance and Judgement Dockets (Series 2, Vol.1-19), 1844-1911, (19 vols.)
Civil Case Files (Old Series), 1847-1862 (20 cubic feet)
Index to Civil Cases, 1874-1882 (1 vol.)
Civil Case Files (New Series), 1863-1911 (186 cubic feet)

Chancery Records, 1828-1911

Orders in Chancery, 1843-1847 (1 vol.)
Chancery Calendar, 1861-1869 (1 vol.)
Chancery Record Books, 1828-1911 (90 vols.)

Law Records, 1851-1911

Law Records (Old Series), 1851-1863 (7 vols.)
Law Records (New Series), 1868-1911 (49 vols.)

Criminal Records, 1850-1900

Criminal Dockets, 1850-1898 (3 vols.)
Criminal Record Books, 1872-1900 (9 vols.)
Criminal Case Files, 1850-1898 (11 cubic feet)

Naturalization Records, 1852-1905

Naturalization Journals, 1852-1905 (2 vols.)
Final Petitions for Naturalization, 1885-1904 (1 box)

Clerk's Records, 1884-1911

Testimony, Law Case #255, 1905 (1 vol.)

U.S. Commissioners' Records, 1884-1917

Transcripts of U.S. Commissioners, 1884-1911 (1 vol.)
U.S. Commissioners' Criminal Records, 1889-1901 (5 vols.)


Records of the U.S. District Court

General Records, 1803-1982

Index to Execution Docket, 1829 (1 vol.)
Index, 1874-1877 (1 vol.)
Index, District Court Docket, n. d. (1 vol.)
Judgment Index, 1880-1906 (2 vols.)
Index to Pending Suits, 1888-1938 (3 vols.)
Records (Journals), 1814-1842 (3 vols.)
Order Books, 1803-1938 (4 vols.)
Judge's Docket, 1869 (1 vol.)
Appearance Docket, 1842-1857 (1 vol.)
Execution Docket Books, 1821-1930 (5 vols.)
Court Docket Book, 1853-1875 (2 vols.)
Journals (Vols. 1-13), 1849-1921 (13 vols.)
Motion Record Books, 1940-1962 (1 vol.)
List of Jurors, 1900-1962 (1 vol.)
Mixed Case Files, 1856-1925 (76 cubic feet)

Admiralty Records, 1852-1906

Index to Admiralty Records, n. d. (1 vol.)
Admiralty Record Books, 1852-1906 (9 vols.)
Admiralty Docket Book, 1860-1863 (1 vol.)

Bankruptcy Records - Act of 1841 1841-1843

Index to Bankruptcy Cases, 1842-1843 (3 vols.)
Bankruptcy Docket Books, 1842-1855 (3 vols.)
Bankruptcy Order Books, 1842-1859 (1 vol.)
Bankruptcy Docket "B," 1842 (1 vol.)
Bankruptcy (Appearance) Docket, 1842-1843 (1 vol.)
Register of Creditors, 1842 (1 vol.)
Bankruptcy Case Files, 1841-1843 (33 cubic feet)
Bankruptcy Decree Books, 1842-1844 (4 vols.)

Bankruptcy Records - Act of 1867 1867-1879

Bankruptcy Journals (Order Books), 1867-1898 (3 vols.)
Bankrupt[cy] Docket No.2, 1868-1879 (1 vol.)
Bankruptcy Decree Books, 1867-1878 (2 vols.)
Bankruptcy Register, 1867 (1 vol.)
Bankruptcy Record, 1867-1872 (1 vol.)
Bankruptcy Docket Books, 1867-1878 (4 vols.)
Bankruptcy Case Files, 1867-1878 (107 cubic feet)

Bankruptcy Records - Act of 1898 1898-1982

General Index Bankruptcy, 1898-1951 (2 vols.)
Bankruptcy Docket Books, 1898-1979
Bankruptcy Journals, 1898-1949 (12 vols.)
Record of Referee Appointments, 1898-1953 (1 vol.)
Bankruptcy Case Files, 1898-1947 (710 cubic feet)
Adversary Bankruptcy Case Files, 1977-1982 (15 cubic feet)

Civil Records, 1842-1981

Civil (Law) Records, 1842-1918 (20 vols.)
Civil Journals, 1938-1952 (3 vols.)
Civil Docket Books, 1938-1959 (8 cubic feet)
Civil Case Files, 1938-1969 (233 cubic feet)
Closed 1978 Civil Case Files, 1970-1978 (29 cubic feet)
Closed 1980 Civil Case Files, 1969-1980 (22 cubic feet)
Closed 1981 Civil Case Files, 1973-1981 (44 cubic feet)

Chancery Records, 1869-1915

Chancery Record, 1869-1915 (7 vols.)

Equity Records, 1912-1938

Equity Records, 1913-1919 (1 vol.)
Equity Docket (Vol. 1-8), 1912-1938 (8 vols.)
Equity Journals (Vol. 1-4), 1912-1938 (4 vols.)
Equity Case Files, 1912-1938 (122 cubic feet)

Law Records, 1875-1938

Civil (Law) Dockets (Vols. 3-17), 1875-1938 (15 vols.)
Law Journals (Vols. 14-18), 1921-1938 (5 vols.)
Law Case Files, 1925-1938 (38 cubic feet)

Criminal Records, 1888-1968

Final Record Books-Criminal, 1888-1916 (17 vols.)
Criminal Docket Books, 1888-1960 (4.7 cubic feet)
Criminal Journals, 1938-1949 (6 vols.)
Case Files on Detained Enemy Aliens, 1917-1919 (1 box)
Criminal Case Files, 1888-1968 (204 cubic feet)

Naturalization Records, 1852-1966

Index to Naturalization Records, 1852-1906 (1 vol.)
Declarations of Intention, 1861-1906 (2 boxes)
Naturalization Final Papers, 1859-1906 (9 boxes)
Naturalization Journals, 1858-1906 (4 vols.)
Index to Declarations of Intention and Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1942 (1 vol.)
Naturalization Petition and Record, 1906-1963
Declarations of Intention (Vols. 1-54), 1905-1956 (53 vols.)
Depositions re Naturalization, 1909-1929 (3 boxes)
Naturalization Certificate Stubs, 1907-1926
Naturalization Repatriation Petitions, 1935-1966 (1 box)
Naturalization Overseas Petitions, August 1943 - November 1955 (1 box)
Naturalization Order Books, December 1926 - July 1961 (2 boxes)

Clerk's Records, 1889-1934

Clerk's Files, 1926-1934
U.S. Marshal's Fee Book, 1889-1896 (1 vol.)

U.S. Commissioners' Records, 1917-1969

U.S. Commissioners' Criminal Record, 1917-1943 (29 vols.)
U.S. Commissioners' Transcript Dockets, 1916-1959 (2 vols.)
U.S. Commissioners' Criminal Docket Sheets, 1953-1968 (2 cubic feet)

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