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*District courts operate on a county, district, or municipal level with jurisdiction over misdemeanors, ordinance violations, and minor civil matters. | *District courts operate on a county, district, or municipal level with jurisdiction over misdemeanors, ordinance violations, and minor civil matters. | ||
*Municipal courts have citywide jurisdiction in minor criminal and civil cases. Some also hear small claims cases. | *Municipal courts have citywide jurisdiction in minor criminal and civil cases. Some also hear small claims cases. | ||
*Supreme Court is the final court of appeal. The | *Supreme Court is the final court of appeal. The FamilySearch Library has copies of the following: | ||
Michigan. Supreme Court. ''Court Records, 1819–1857: Index to Cases, 1805-1857''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974. ( | Michigan. Supreme Court. ''Court Records, 1819–1857: Index to Cases, 1805-1857''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|395479|title-id|disp=films 955816–29}}.) An index to supreme court case files for 1805–1857 and court journals for 1819 to 1857. | ||
United States. Territorial Court (Michigan). ''Records of the Territorial Court, Michigan, 1816–1836''. M1111. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1988. ( | United States. Territorial Court (Michigan). ''Records of the Territorial Court, Michigan, 1816–1836''. M1111. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1988. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|588854|title-id|disp=films 1601888–96}}.) Records of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Michigan acting as Circuit and District Court of the United States of America. | ||
County courts were abolished in 1833 and left few records of genealogical value. | County courts were abolished in 1833 and left few records of genealogical value. | ||
You can obtain copies of court records from the clerk's office in the appropriate court. The | You can obtain copies of court records from the clerk's office in the appropriate court. The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of a few Michigan court records, notably some circuit court records for some of the northern counties. | ||
[https://www.archives.gov/chicago National Archives at Chicago] hold the archives of court cases for [https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/ The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan]. Case copies may be requested (for a fee). | [https://www.archives.gov/chicago National Archives at Chicago] hold the archives of court cases for [https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/ The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan]. Case copies may be requested (for a fee). | ||
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