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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Court Records|U.S. Court Records]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Ohio|Ohio]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Court Records|U.S. Court Records]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Ohio|Ohio]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Ohio_Court_Records|Court Records]]'' | ||
=== Records === | === Records === | ||
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=== Common Pleas Court === | === Common Pleas Court === | ||
Ohio: The trial court of general criminal and civil jurisdiction, located in each of Ohio's counties. Judges are elected at large. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Common_Pleas_(United_States) Court of Common Pleas] </ref> | Ohio: The trial court of general criminal and civil jurisdiction, located in each of Ohio's counties. Judges are elected at large. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Common_Pleas_(United_States) Court of Common Pleas] </ref> | ||
*''Preble County, Ohio Common Pleas Court Records, 1810-1850'' <ref>Anita Short and Ruth Bowers, Preble County,''Preble County, Ohio Common Pleas Court Records, 1810-1850 '' 1970</ref> Land disputes, guardianships, petitions for divorce, estate records, pension claims, declarations of intent for citizenship, and lists of Preble County justices of the peace involving over 3000 individuals. The abstracts are all indexed. | *''Preble County, Ohio Common Pleas Court Records, 1810-1850'' <ref>Anita Short and Ruth Bowers, Preble County,''Preble County, Ohio Common Pleas Court Records, 1810-1850 '' 1970</ref> Land disputes, guardianships, petitions for divorce, estate records, pension claims, declarations of intent for citizenship, and lists of Preble County justices of the peace involving over 3000 individuals. The abstracts are all indexed. | ||
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=== Probate Court === | === Probate Court === | ||
[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1457 The Ohio Constitution of 1851] provided for the formation of a probate court in each Ohio county. Marriage records previously kept by the Common Pleas Court were transferred to this court beginning in 1852. All probate functions, such as the proving and recording of wills, the appointment of administrators, executors and guardians, the appraisment and inventories of estates, bonds and the settling of accounts all came under the jurisdiction of the Probate Court. Some other records of genealogical value found in this court include birth and death registers (1867-1909), Delayed Registration and Correction of Births <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=3eeNTYoOw48C&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=what+is+Delayed+Registration+and+Correction+of+Births+%2Bgenealogy&source=web&ots=VWgrsmhWe4&sig=Q0ZHGmZpSlXEsN8MtWKtb-V8TWI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result ''Hidden Sources'' By Laura Szucs Pfeiffer] </ref>(from 1941 forward), various forms of naturalization records (to 1906) and [http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/845.html Mothers' Pensions] (from 1914 to ca. 1930's). The Probate Court also presided over matters regarding incompetancies, lunacy, insanity, adoptions and juvenile delinquencies. These record types are generally regarded as not public records but can nevertheless be sometimes found in earlier court journal or minute books before such records were segregated and recorded into their own record books. | [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1457 The Ohio Constitution of 1851] provided for the formation of a probate court in each Ohio county. Marriage records previously kept by the Common Pleas Court were transferred to this court beginning in 1852. All probate functions, such as the proving and recording of wills, the appointment of administrators, executors and guardians, the appraisment and inventories of estates, bonds and the settling of accounts all came under the jurisdiction of the Probate Court. Some other records of genealogical value found in this court include birth and death registers (1867-1909), Delayed Registration and Correction of Births <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=3eeNTYoOw48C&amp;pg=PA64&amp;lpg=PA64&amp;dq=what+is+Delayed+Registration+and+Correction+of+Births+%2Bgenealogy&amp;source=web&amp;ots=VWgrsmhWe4&amp;sig=Q0ZHGmZpSlXEsN8MtWKtb-V8TWI&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;resnum=9&amp;ct=result ''Hidden Sources'' By Laura Szucs Pfeiffer] </ref>(from 1941 forward), various forms of naturalization records (to 1906) and [http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/845.html Mothers' Pensions] (from 1914 to ca. 1930's). The Probate Court also presided over matters regarding incompetancies, lunacy, insanity, adoptions and juvenile delinquencies. These record types are generally regarded as not public records but can nevertheless be sometimes found in earlier court journal or minute books before such records were segregated and recorded into their own record books. | ||
=== Websites === | === Websites === | ||
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*[http://www.auditor.state.oh.us/OGU/Resources/OhioSunshineLaws2009_AnOpenGovernmentResourceManual.pdf Ohio Sunshine Laws An Open Government Resource Manuel] | *[http://www.auditor.state.oh.us/OGU/Resources/OhioSunshineLaws2009_AnOpenGovernmentResourceManual.pdf Ohio Sunshine Laws An Open Government Resource Manuel] | ||
=== | === FamilySearch Historical Record Collections === | ||
<references /> | An online collection containing this record is located in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1878534 FamilySearch .org.] | ||
A wiki article describing this collection is found at: | |||
[[Ohio,Stark_County_Court_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)|Ohio, Stark County Court Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | |||
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[[Category:Ohio|Court]] | [[Category:Ohio|Court]] | ||