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''[[United States|United States]] > [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]''  
''[[United States|United States]] &gt; [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]'' {{Adoption PARoots}} <br>


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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=280307&disp=Courts+and+lawyers+of+Pennsylvania%3B+a+++ 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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+H2j 974.8 H2j; film 824350]).  
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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=280307&disp=Courts+and+lawyers+of+Pennsylvania%3B+a+++ 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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+H2j 974.8 H2j; film 824350]).  
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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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=660748&disp=Guide+to+records+of+the+Court+of+Common+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 974.813 P2g].)  
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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=660748&disp=Guide+to+records+of+the+Court+of+Common+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 974.813 P2g].)  


Compared to the court records that appear to exist, the library has relatively few court records.
Compared to the court records that appear to exist, the library has relatively few court records.  


== References ==
== References ==


{{Place|Pennsylvania}}  
{{Place|Pennsylvania}}  


[[Category:Pennsylvania|Court Records]]
[[Category:Pennsylvania|Court Records]]
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