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 See Frank M. Eastman, Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania, ''Virginia Courts Held Within the Present Territory of Pennsylvania 2:367-76'', cited above, for an excellent discussion of court proceedings in the disputed Southwestern area of the state.
-For more information on federal court records, see the United States Research Outline (30972). The library has few of these, but does have ''United States, Circuit court (Pennsylvania; Eastern District), Naturalization Petitions and Records, 1795-1911'' (on 53 Family History Library films beginning with 1749854).
+For more information on federal court records, see the United States Research Outline (30972). The library has few of these, but does have ''United States, Circuit court (Pennsylvania; Eastern District), Naturalization Petitions and Records, 1795-1911'' (on 53 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=61800&disp=Naturalization+petitions+and+records%2C+++ 1749854]).
 The two sources below give an excellent description of available court records for the county. They provide important historical background and explain how to use the records and what they contain. They may indicate the extent of records available in many counties in the United States.