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The records of most pre-1950 federal district and circuit federal courts are collected by the National Archives regional branch that serves the area. Records of the Supreme Court are indexed in the Supreme Court Digest. Records of the U.S. circuit courts of appeal are indexed in the Federal Digest. These publications are available at most law libraries and federal repository libraries. The Family History Library has copies of a few federal court records. For details about federal court records see: | The records of most pre-1950 federal district and circuit federal courts are collected by the National Archives regional branch that serves the area. Records of the Supreme Court are indexed in the Supreme Court Digest. Records of the U.S. circuit courts of appeal are indexed in the Federal Digest. These publications are available at most law libraries and federal repository libraries. The Family History Library has copies of a few federal court records. For details about federal court records see: | ||
*''Sourcebook of Federal Courts: U.S. District and Bankruptcy.'' Public Record Research Library. Tempe, Arizona: BRB Publications, 1993. ( | *''Sourcebook of Federal Courts: U.S. District and Bankruptcy.'' Public Record Research Library. Tempe, Arizona: BRB Publications, 1993. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=693434&disp=The+Sourcebook+of+federal+courts%2C+U%2E%20%20&columns=*,0,0 973 P2fc].) Explains court structure, record keeping, record searching, state-by-state districts, counties covered, addresses, telephone numbers, indexing information, and search fees. | ||
*Szucs, Loretto Dennis, and Sandra Luebking. ''The Archives: A Guide to the National Archives Field Branches''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, 1988. ( | *Szucs, Loretto Dennis, and Sandra Luebking. ''The Archives: A Guide to the National Archives Field Branches''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, 1988. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=630522&disp=The+Archives+%3A+a+guide+to+the+National%20%20&columns=*,0,0 973 A3sz].) Pages 94-122 give federal court history and structure, record content and types, arrangement, finding aids, state-by-state location of records, and microfilm collections of court records at regional branches. | ||
=== Adoption Records === | === Adoption Records === | ||