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 ==== 12. Chancery Court Records: Court records  ====
-Court records are government documents concerning civil matters. Most court records name people who were defendants, plaintiffs, jurors, or witnesses. In these records you may find a person's residence, occupation, physical description, family relationships, name of spouse, and some death and marriage information. Court records seldom provide birth information but may give ages.
+Chancery court records&nbsp;document&nbsp;numerous&nbsp;of litigative causes brought forward to, or against&nbsp;the government in&nbsp;concerning estate,&nbsp;property, business,&nbsp;civil matters. Most of these&nbsp;records name many people who were defendants, plaintiffs, jurors, or witnesses, family members and/or relatives. In these records you may find a person's residence, occupation, physical description, family relationships, name of spouse, and some death and marriage information. Chancery court records seldom provide birth information but may give ages.
-Use court records after you have searched other records. Court records tend to be difficult to use because the handwriting is hard to read and they include unfamiliar legal terms. <br>What you are looking for <br>Your ancestor's name in chancery court records. <br>
+Chancery Court records are mostly written in Latin, tend to be difficult to use because the handwriting is hard to read and they include unfamiliar legal terms.&nbsp;<br> <br>
 ==== 13. Church Records: Church records  ====