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''[[United States|United States]] > [[Ohio|Ohio]] > Ohio Court Records''<br> | ''[[United States|United States]] > [[Ohio|Ohio]] > Ohio Court Records''<br> | ||
=== Records === | === Records === | ||
Court records include record books, dockets, bonds, journals, petitions, minutes, final records, case files, and so forth. They contain many primary source materials that are useful for genealogical research. [[Family History Library Catalog Title Search|The Family History Library]] has many [[Ohio]] court records. Additional records are available at county courthouses, the [http://www.ohiohistory.org/ Ohio Historical Society], and the [ | Court records include record books, dockets, bonds, journals, petitions, minutes, final records, case files, and so forth. They contain many primary source materials that are useful for genealogical research. [[Family History Library Catalog Title Search|The Family History Library]] has many [[Ohio]] court records. Additional records are available at county courthouses, the [http://www.ohiohistory.org/ Ohio Historical Society], and the [[National Archives Great Lakes Region (Chicago)]]. Major courts that kept records of genealogical value were established as follows: | ||
'''1787-present:''' Courts of common pleas have districtwide jurisdiction over felonies, marriages, major civil cases, juvenile matters, probates until 1852, naturalization's until 1860 and after 1906, chancery matters until 1900, and divorces until 1894. [[Family History Library Catalog Title Search|The Family History Library]] has copies of some of the common pleas records, such as Cuyahoga County journals for 1823 to 1852. | '''1787-present:''' Courts of common pleas have districtwide jurisdiction over felonies, marriages, major civil cases, juvenile matters, probates until 1852, naturalization's until 1860 and after 1906, chancery matters until 1900, and divorces until 1894. [[Family History Library Catalog Title Search|The Family History Library]] has copies of some of the common pleas records, such as Cuyahoga County journals for 1823 to 1852. | ||
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For more information about court records and procedures, see: | For more information about court records and procedures, see: | ||
*''A History of the Courts and Lawyers of Ohio'' <ref>Marshall, Carrington Tanner, ed. ''A History of the Courts and Lawyers of Ohio''. New York, New York: American Historical Society, 1934. Four Volumes. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=75091&disp=A+history+of+the+courts+and+lawyers+of+O%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.1 P3ma].) </ref> | *''A History of the Courts and Lawyers of Ohio'' <ref>Marshall, Carrington Tanner, ed. ''A History of the Courts and Lawyers of Ohio''. New York, New York: American Historical Society, 1934. Four Volumes. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=75091&amp;disp=A+history+of+the+courts+and+lawyers+of+O%20%20&amp;columns=*,0,0 977.1 P3ma].) </ref> | ||
Court records are listed in the Place Search in The [[Family History Library Catalog Title Search|Family History Library Catalog]] under: | Court records are listed in the Place Search in The [[Family History Library Catalog Title Search|Family History Library Catalog]] under: | ||