Pennsylvania Court Records - Revision history

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_Court_Records&feed=atom&action=history Pennsylvania Court Records - Revision history 2013-06-19T06:22:10Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.17.1 https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_Court_Records&diff=1117153&oldid=prev Donchallis at 14:46, 12 September 2012 2012-09-12T14:46:44Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 14:46, 12 September 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 86:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 86:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*Lewis, Lawrence. "The Courts of Pennsylvania in the Seventeenth Century," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 5 (1881):141-190. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniamag03penngoog Internet Archive] - free.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*Lewis, Lawrence. "The Courts of Pennsylvania in the Seventeenth Century," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 5 (1881):141-190. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniamag03penngoog Internet Archive] - free.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Template:Pros-PA}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== References  ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== References  ==</div></td></tr> </table>

Donchallis https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_Court_Records&diff=1007610&oldid=prev BingamanTD at 21:49, 23 May 2012 2012-05-23T21:49:14Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:49, 23 May 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 69:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 69:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Beginning in 1791 the state was divided into five judicial districts. Additional districts were designated through the years, and in 1969 there were 59. Frank M. Eastman, Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania, 2:546- 49, cited above, lists the districts and time periods for each county.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Beginning in 1791 the state was divided into five judicial districts. Additional districts were designated through the years, and in 1969 there were 59. Frank M. Eastman, Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania, 2:546- 49, cited above, lists the districts and time periods for each county.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Some of the larger cities had mayor's courts. The library has ''Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Mayor's Court, Court Docket, 1789-1837'' {{FHL|244373|item|disp=FHL film 972957 (first of 7 films}}. In addition to entries for criminal cases, these records include recommendations for public house licenses, appointments of overseers of poor, apprentice cases, and confirmations of constables.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Some of the larger cities had mayor's courts. The library has ''Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Mayor's Court, Court Docket, 1789-1837'' {{FHL|244373|item|disp=FHL film 972957 (first of 7 films<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</ins>}}. In addition to entries for criminal cases, these records include recommendations for public house licenses, appointments of overseers of poor, apprentice cases, and confirmations of constables.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>See Frank M. Eastman, Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania, ''Virginia Courts Held Within the Present Territory of Pennsylvania 2:367-76'', cited above, for an excellent discussion of court proceedings in the disputed Southwestern area of the state.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>See Frank M. Eastman, Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania, ''Virginia Courts Held Within the Present Territory of Pennsylvania 2:367-76'', cited above, for an excellent discussion of court proceedings in the disputed Southwestern area of the state.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>For more information on federal court records, see the United States Research Outline (30972). The library has few of these, but does have ''United States, Circuit court (Pennsylvania; Eastern District), Naturalization Petitions and Records, 1795-1911'' {{FHL|61800|item|disp=FHL film 1749854 (first of 53 films}}.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>For more information on federal court records, see the United States Research Outline (30972). The library has few of these, but does have ''United States, Circuit court (Pennsylvania; Eastern District), Naturalization Petitions and Records, 1795-1911'' {{FHL|61800|item|disp=FHL film 1749854 (first of 53 films<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</ins>}}.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The two sources below give an excellent description of available court records for the county. They provide important historical background and explain how to use the records and what they contain. They may indicate the extent of records available in many counties in the United States.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The two sources below give an excellent description of available court records for the county. They provide important historical background and explain how to use the records and what they contain. They may indicate the extent of records available in many counties in the United States.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 81:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 81:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Catanese, Lynn Ann. ''Guide to Records of the Court of Common Pleas, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1900: Records of the Prothonotary, Civil Records of the Sheriff, Select Civil Records of the Circuit Court of Chester County and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.'' (West Chester, PA: Chester County Historical Society, 1987. {{FHL|660748|item|disp=FHL book 974.813 P2g}}.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Catanese, Lynn Ann. ''Guide to Records of the Court of Common Pleas, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1900: Records of the Prothonotary, Civil Records of the Sheriff, Select Civil Records of the Circuit Court of Chester County and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.'' (West Chester, PA: Chester County Historical Society, 1987. {{FHL|660748|item|disp=FHL book 974.813 P2g}}.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Compared to the court records that appear to exist, the library has relatively few court records.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Compared to the court records that appear to exist, the library has relatively few court records.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Websites  ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Websites  ==</div></td></tr> </table>

BingamanTD https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_Court_Records&diff=1007609&oldid=prev BingamanTD at 21:48, 23 May 2012 2012-05-23T21:48:43Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:48, 23 May 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 43:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 43:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== 1722 - 1968 Court of quarter sessions of the peace  ===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== 1722 - 1968 Court of quarter sessions of the peace  ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In 1722 the civil and criminal responsibilities of the county court were divided and the court of common pleas and court of general quarter sessions of the peace were established. Prior to 1895 appeals from these courts were to the state supreme court (established in 1722), but after that time appeals were made to the superior court. The library has some court of quarter sessions (so called because they met quarterly) records such as ''Pennsylvania, Court of Quarter Sessions (Philadelphia County), Court Docket, 1753-1879'' {{FHL|335635|item|disp=FHL film 965370 (first of 65 films}}. Besides criminal case entries listing all parties involved and all jury members, there are also some records of roads, appointments of civil officials, and tavern and peddler's licenses issued. These courts were abolished by constitutional amendment in 1968, and became a part of the courts of common pleas. The filing clerk for this court was the clerk of quarter sessions, now known as the clerk of courts in most counties.<br>  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In 1722 the civil and criminal responsibilities of the county court were divided and the court of common pleas and court of general quarter sessions of the peace were established. Prior to 1895 appeals from these courts were to the state supreme court (established in 1722), but after that time appeals were made to the superior court. The library has some court of quarter sessions (so called because they met quarterly) records such as ''Pennsylvania, Court of Quarter Sessions (Philadelphia County), Court Docket, 1753-1879'' {{FHL|335635|item|disp=FHL film 965370 (first of 65 films<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</ins>}}. Besides criminal case entries listing all parties involved and all jury members, there are also some records of roads, appointments of civil officials, and tavern and peddler's licenses issued. These courts were abolished by constitutional amendment in 1968, and became a part of the courts of common pleas. The filing clerk for this court was the clerk of quarter sessions, now known as the clerk of courts in most counties.<br></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== 1722 - pres. Court of common pleas  ===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== 1722 - pres. Court of common pleas  ===</div></td></tr> </table>

BingamanTD https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_Court_Records&diff=1007607&oldid=prev BingamanTD at 21:47, 23 May 2012 2012-05-23T21:47:58Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:47, 23 May 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 23:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 23:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== 1682 - 1968 Orphans' courts  ===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== 1682 - 1968 Orphans' courts  ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Orphans' courts dealt with orphan, guardianship, and estate issues. In the larger cities, the orphans' courts became totally separate from other courts. The orphans' court also appears to have been the main equity court for much of the colonial period. The library has some orphans' court records such as ''Pennsylvania, Orphan's Court (York County)'', ''Orphan's Court Dockets, 1749-1881''<nowiki>;</nowiki>''General Index to Dockets, 1749-1887'' {{FHL|91545|item|disp=FHL film 22150 (first of 24 films}}. These courts were abolished by constitutional amendment in 1968, and became a part of the courts of common pleas; however, in most counties, the filing clerk remained the Clerk of the Orphans'&nbsp;Court after the formal abolishment.<br>  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Orphans' courts dealt with orphan, guardianship, and estate issues. In the larger cities, the orphans' courts became totally separate from other courts. The orphans' court also appears to have been the main equity court for much of the colonial period. The library has some orphans' court records such as ''Pennsylvania, Orphan's Court (York County)'', ''Orphan's Court Dockets, 1749-1881''<nowiki>;</nowiki>''General Index to Dockets, 1749-1887'' {{FHL|91545|item|disp=FHL film 22150 (first of 24 films<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</ins>}}. These courts were abolished by constitutional amendment in 1968, and became a part of the courts of common pleas; however, in most counties, the filing clerk remained the Clerk of the Orphans'&nbsp;Court after the formal abolishment.<br></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== 1684 - 1722 Provincial court  ===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== 1684 - 1722 Provincial court  ===</div></td></tr> </table>

BingamanTD https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_Court_Records&diff=1007605&oldid=prev BingamanTD at 21:47, 23 May 2012 2012-05-23T21:47:19Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:47, 23 May 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 19:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 19:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== 1682 - pres. Justice of the peace  ===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== 1682 - pres. Justice of the peace  ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Courts Justice of the prespeace courts for each township were established from the time of William Penn. These courts have become less influential and no longer exist in some localities. The library has a few records from these courts, such as ''Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Justice of the Peace, Court Dockets, 1811-1905'' {{FHL|52505|item|disp=<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">disp </del>FHL films 1032470-71}}. This source includes some marriage records. Other records of this type may also contain marriage records. These courts are now known as magisterial district courts.<br>  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Courts Justice of the prespeace courts for each township were established from the time of William Penn. These courts have become less influential and no longer exist in some localities. The library has a few records from these courts, such as ''Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Justice of the Peace, Court Dockets, 1811-1905'' {{FHL|52505|item|disp=FHL films 1032470-71}}. This source includes some marriage records. Other records of this type may also contain marriage records. These courts are now known as magisterial district courts.<br></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== 1682 - 1968 Orphans' courts  ===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== 1682 - 1968 Orphans' courts  ===</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>web</p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 22:33, 11 May 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 81:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 81:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Catanese, Lynn Ann. ''Guide to Records of the Court of Common Pleas, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1900: Records of the Prothonotary, Civil Records of the Sheriff, Select Civil Records of the Circuit Court of Chester County and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.'' (West Chester, PA: Chester County Historical Society, 1987; Family History Library book {{FHL|660748|title-id|disp=974.813 P2g}}.)  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Catanese, Lynn Ann. ''Guide to Records of the Court of Common Pleas, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1900: Records of the Prothonotary, Civil Records of the Sheriff, Select Civil Records of the Circuit Court of Chester County and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.'' (West Chester, PA: Chester County Historical Society, 1987; Family History Library book {{FHL|660748|title-id|disp=974.813 P2g}}.)  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Compared to the court records that appear to exist, the library has relatively few court records.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Compared to the court records that appear to exist, the library has relatively few court records<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">== Websites ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*Lewis, Lawrence. "The Courts of Pennsylvania in the Seventeenth Century," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 5 (1881):141-190. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniamag03penngoog Internet Archive] - free</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== References  ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== References  ==</div></td></tr> </table>

Murphynw https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_Court_Records&diff=695255&oldid=prev Larry0011 at 09:08, 28 July 2011 2011-07-28T09:08:05Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:08, 28 July 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Pennsylvania Court Records|Court Records]]''  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>''[[United States|United States<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Court Records|U.S. Court Records</ins>]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Pennsylvania Court Records|Court Records]]''  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{Adoption PARoots}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{Adoption PARoots}}</div></td></tr> </table>

Larry0011 https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_Court_Records&diff=695171&oldid=prev Larry0011 at 06:59, 28 July 2011 2011-07-28T06:59:16Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 06:59, 28 July 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>''[[United States|United States]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt; </del>[[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]'' {{Adoption PARoots}} <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br> </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>''[[United States|United States]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] </ins>[[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Pennsylvania Court Records|Court Records</ins>]]''  </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{Adoption PARoots}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The development of the [[Pennsylvania]] system of courts was complicated. A comprehensive history is Frank M. Eastman, ''Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania: A History 1623-1923''. 3 vols. (New York: The American Historical Society 1922; Family History Library book {{FHL|280307|title-id|disp=974.8 P2e; fiche 6089143-45}}). See also Howard M. Jenkins, ed., ''Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal: A History 1608-1903, "The Judicial System" 3:98-118'' (Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania Historical Publishing Association, 1903; Family History Library book {{FHL|974.8 H2j|disp=974.8 H2j; film 824350}}).  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The development of the [[Pennsylvania]] system of courts was complicated. A comprehensive history is Frank M. Eastman, ''Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania: A History 1623-1923''. 3 vols. (New York: The American Historical Society 1922; Family History Library book {{FHL|280307|title-id|disp=974.8 P2e; fiche 6089143-45}}). See also Howard M. Jenkins, ed., ''Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal: A History 1608-1903, "The Judicial System" 3:98-118'' (Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania Historical Publishing Association, 1903; Family History Library book {{FHL|974.8 H2j|disp=974.8 H2j; film 824350}}).  </div></td></tr> </table>

Larry0011 https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_Court_Records&diff=552375&oldid=prev Mac3387: Added CP filing clerk information 2011-02-12T02:52:12Z

<p>Added CP filing clerk information</p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 02:52, 12 February 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 45:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 45:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== 1722 - pres. Court of common pleas  ===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== 1722 - pres. Court of common pleas  ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The court of common pleas and the orphans' court were closely allied and had the same judges, but they were distinct in practice. These courts had countywide jurisdiction over criminal and civil cases including real estate, bankruptcy, tax collection, naturalization, and divorce. As an example of these records, the library has ''Pennsylvania, Court of Common Pleas (Cumberland County), Appearance Dockets, 1769-1905; Adsecturm Index, 1750-1894 ''(on 40 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|420384|title-id|disp=1010167}}); and Pennsylvania, Court of Common Pleas (Cumberland County), ''Divorce Decrees, 1810-1905'' (Family History Library films {{FHL|420339|title-id|disp=1011472}}-84). In 1968, the court of common pleas greatly expanded its jurisdiction by emcompassing the courts of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, the court of quarter sessions of the peace, and the orphans' court, becoming the primary county-level court in Pennsylvania.<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The court of common pleas and the orphans' court were closely allied and had the same judges, but they were distinct in practice. These courts had countywide jurisdiction over criminal and civil cases including real estate, bankruptcy, tax collection, naturalization, and divorce. As an example of these records, the library has ''Pennsylvania, Court of Common Pleas (Cumberland County), Appearance Dockets, 1769-1905; Adsecturm Index, 1750-1894 ''(on 40 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|420384|title-id|disp=1010167}}); and Pennsylvania, Court of Common Pleas (Cumberland County), ''Divorce Decrees, 1810-1905'' (Family History Library films {{FHL|420339|title-id|disp=1011472}}-84)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. The filing clerk for civil actions historically associated with this court is known as the Prothonotary in most counties</ins>. In 1968, the court of common pleas greatly expanded its jurisdiction by emcompassing the courts of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, the court of quarter sessions of the peace, and the orphans' court, becoming the primary county-level court in Pennsylvania.<br></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== 1722 - pres. Supreme court  ===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=== 1722 - pres. Supreme court  ===</div></td></tr> </table>

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