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'''1665–1683:''' Court of Assizes was the highest provincial court. It was established in New York City, hearing both civil and criminal cases. Along with the Court of general sessions of the peace, the Court of Assizes had jurisdiction over probates.<br> | '''1665–1683:''' Court of Assizes was the highest provincial court. It was established in New York City, hearing both civil and criminal cases. Along with the Court of general sessions of the peace, the Court of Assizes had jurisdiction over probates.<br> | ||
::The records for 1665–1682 have been published as Christoph, Peter R. and Florence A. Christoph, editors, ''New York Historical Manuscripts: English. Records of the Court of Assizes for the Colony of New York, 1665–1682'' (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983). {{WorldCat|10437309|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|32248|item|disp=FHL Book 974.7 H2ny, v. 4}}. | ::The records for 1665–1682 have been published as Christoph, Peter R. and Florence A. Christoph, editors, ''New York Historical Manuscripts: English. Records of the Court of Assizes for the Colony of New York, 1665–1682'' (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983). {{WorldCat|10437309|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|32248|item|disp=FHL Book 974.7 H2ny, v. 4}}. <br> | ||
'''1665–1962:''' Courts of general sessions of the peace were county courts having jurisdiction over criminal cases such as desertions, vice, apprenticeship disputes, bastardy, and other violations of vice and immorality laws. These courts handled probate matters from 1665 to about 1683. They heard only criminal cases after 1691. Their jurisdiction was transferred to the county court in 1847, except in New York County where the courts of general sessions of the peace continued until 1962.<br> | '''1665–1962:''' Courts of general sessions of the peace were county courts having jurisdiction over criminal cases such as desertions, vice, apprenticeship disputes, bastardy, and other violations of vice and immorality laws. These courts handled probate matters from 1665 to about 1683. They heard only criminal cases after 1691. Their jurisdiction was transferred to the county court in 1847, except in New York County where the courts of general sessions of the peace continued until 1962.<br> | ||
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'''1691–1847:''' Courts of common pleas were established in each city and county to handle civil cases such as marriages, naturalizations, name changes, probates, exemptions from military duty, lunacy cases, tavern licenses, insolvency cases, old age assistance, manumissions, laying of roads, insolvency, settlement of boundary disputes, and child support and custody. They handled appeals from justices of the peace. The court was replaced by the county court. In New York City, the court of common pleas and the superior court were abolished in 1895 and their activities taken over by the supreme court. The Family History Library has some records of the courts of common pleas. Search in the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch Catalog] for your specific New York county using a Place-Name search and then find the Court records topic in that county's listing. The Court of Common Pleas records will be listed under that topic. An example is the minutes of the court of Common Pleas found for Montgomery County, New York: {{FHL|187552|item|disp=FHL Film 513997}}<br> | '''1691–1847:''' Courts of common pleas were established in each city and county to handle civil cases such as marriages, naturalizations, name changes, probates, exemptions from military duty, lunacy cases, tavern licenses, insolvency cases, old age assistance, manumissions, laying of roads, insolvency, settlement of boundary disputes, and child support and custody. They handled appeals from justices of the peace. The court was replaced by the county court. In New York City, the court of common pleas and the superior court were abolished in 1895 and their activities taken over by the supreme court. The Family History Library has some records of the courts of common pleas. Search in the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch Catalog] for your specific New York county using a Place-Name search and then find the Court records topic in that county's listing. The Court of Common Pleas records will be listed under that topic. An example is the minutes of the court of Common Pleas found for Montgomery County, New York: {{FHL|187552|item|disp=FHL Film 513997}}<br> | ||
'''1691–present:''' The Supreme Court is a statewide court which holds terms in each county. Since 1847, it has heard appeals from the surrogates court. Only in some counties today, usually the largest ones, does the court handle naturalizations. The county clerk is also clerk of the supreme court. The Family History Library has some supreme court records, including New York County pleading indexes for 1754–1910 {{FHL|428663|item|disp=FHL Film 1204906 (39 Films)}}and minute books for 1704–1847 {{FHL|380857|item|disp=FHL Film 1018632 (19 Films)}}. The minutes for the years 1693–1701 have been published in ''Collections of the New-York Historical Society''. New York, New York: the Society, 1957–1959. | '''1691–present:''' The Supreme Court is a statewide court which holds terms in each county. Since 1847, it has heard appeals from the surrogates court. Only in some counties today, usually the largest ones, does the court handle naturalizations. The county clerk is also clerk of the supreme court. The Family History Library has some supreme court records, including New York County pleading indexes for 1754–1910 {{FHL|428663|item|disp=FHL Film 1204906 (39 Films)}}and minute books for 1704–1847 {{FHL|380857|item|disp=FHL Film 1018632 (19 Films)}}. The minutes for the years 1693–1701 have been published in ''Collections of the New-York Historical Society''. New York, New York: the Society, 1957–1959. <br> | ||
'''1778–1823:''' The Court of Probates handled most probates from 1778–1787. Until 1783 in British-occupied New York City, Long Island, and Staten Island, the Prerogative Court (see above) handled probates also. See [[New York Probate Records]] for more information. <br> | '''1778–1823:''' The Court of Probates handled most probates from 1778–1787. Until 1783 in British-occupied New York City, Long Island, and Staten Island, the Prerogative Court (see above) handled probates also. See [[New York Probate Records]] for more information. <br> | ||