Pennsylvania Court Records online includes all types of court records such as miscellaneous court collections, guardianship records, some probate records, and more. This is a preliminary list.

 

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Pennsylvania Court Records Online at the federal and state level

US – United States Public Records, 1970-2009, at FS 

US – U.S. Circuit Court Criminal Case Files, 1790-1871, at Anc$ 

US – United States, Index of Court Cases, 1833-2018, at MH

US – U.S., F.B.I. Deceased Criminal Identification Files, 1971-1994, at Anc$ 

US – American Protective League Correspondence, 1917-1919, at Anc$ 

US – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909, at Anc$ 

US – United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Patents, 1970-2019, at Anc$ 

US – International Patents, 1890-2020, at Anc$ 

Pennsylvania – The boundary controversy between Pennsylvania and Virginia, 1748-1785 : minute book of the Virginia Court held at Fort Dunmore (Pittsburgh) for the District of West Augusta, 1775-1776, Crumrine, Boyd, 1838-1916; Virginia. County Court (West Augusta District), at FS 

Pennsylvania – Clemency file, 1790-1873 ; pardon books, 1791-1877, Pennsylvania. Secretary of the Commonwealth, at FS 

Pennsylvania – Coroner’s inquisitions, 1751-1796, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court (Eastern District), at FS 

Pennsylvania – Court of Admiralty records, 1780-1795, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court (Eastern District), at FS 

Pennsylvania – Court records for the Eastern District, 1736-1856, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court (Eastern District), at FS 

Pennsylvania – Court records, 1789-1843, United States. District Court (Pennsylvania : Eastern District), at FS 

Pennsylvania – Court records, 1801-1802, United States. Circuit Court (Pennsylvania : Western District), at FS 

Pennsylvania – Death warrants, 1794-1873, Pennsylvania. Governor, at FS 

Pennsylvania – Death warrants, 1874-1899, Pennsylvania. Board of Pardons, at FS 

Pennsylvania – Equity papers, 1836-1880, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court (Eastern District), at FS 

Pennsylvania – General motions docket 1750-1837 ; Divorce docket 1800-1805, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court (Eastern District), at FS 

Pennsylvania – Habeas Corpus, 1771-1773, 1775, 1785-1787, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court (Eastern District), at FS 

Pennsylvania – Information case files, 1789-1843 and docket, March 25, 1808-April 15, 1843, United States. District Court (Pennsylvania : Eastern District), at FS 

Pennsylvania – Judgment dockets (indices), 1756-1896,Pennsylvania. Supreme Court (Eastern District), at FS 

Pennsylvania – Law records, 1789-1844, United States. District Court (Pennsylvania : Eastern District); United States. District Court (Pennsylvania : Eastern District), at FS 

Pennsylvania – Minute book of the Virginia court held for Yohogania County, first at Augusta town (now Washington, Pa.), and afterwards on the Andrew Heath farm near West Elizabeth; 1776-1780. Edited by Boyd Crumrine, Crumrine, Boyd, 1838-1916, at FS 

Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania, various records : Greens and Browns collection, Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), at FS 

Pennsylvania – Perpetuation of testimony docket, 1781-1801, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court (Eastern District), at FS 

Pennsylvania – Preliminary inventory of the records of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, (record group 21), United States. National Archives and Records Administration; Johnson, Marion M.; Grotenrath, Mary Jo; Ulasek, Henry T., at FS 

Pennsylvania – Records of the district of West Augusta, Ohio County, and Yohogania County, Virginia : District of West Augusta, minutes of the court (1775-1776), deeds (1775-1776); Ohio County, minutes of the court (1777-1780); Yohogania County, minutes of the court (1776-1780), wills (1776-1780), Loveless, Richard William, 1942-1992, at FS 

Pennsylvania – Registrar book, 1720-1739, Pennsylvania. Chancery Court, at FS 

Pennsylvania – Warrant of attorney docket, 1795-1874, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court (Eastern District), at FS 

Pennsylvania – The courts of Pennsylvania in the seventeenth century, Lewis, Lawrence, Jr., at FS 

Pennsylvania – History of the courts of Cumberland County: a paper read before the Cumberland County Historical Society and Hamilton Library Association, November 5, 1970, Shughart, Mary Ann; Shughart, Barbara Jean; Cumberland County Bar Association; Cumberland County Historical Society (Carlisle, Pennsylvania), at FS 

Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania, Oaths Of Allegiance Lists, at FMP$

Pennsylvania – U.S. Circuit Court Criminal Case Files, 1790-1871, at Anc$

Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania, Prison, Reformatory, and Workhouse Records, 1829-1971, at Anc$

 

 

 

Pennsylvania Court Records Online by County

Adams County – Court Records – Adams County Court Records, at FS

Allegheny County – Court Records – Index to Adoption and Change of Name, Allegheny County (Pennsylvania), 1865-1917, at FS

Armstrong County – Court Records – Orphans’ Court Dockets, 1817-1868 ; Index to the Orphans’ Court Dockets, 1805-1931, Pennsylvania. Orphans’ Court (Armstrong County), at FS

Allegheny County – Guardianship – Index to Adoption and Change of Name, Allegheny County (Pennsylvania), 1865-1917, at FS

Allegheny County – Guardianship – Orphans’ Court Dockets, 1789-1905, at FS

Adams County – Adams County court records at FS

Allegheny County – Index to adoption and change of name, Allegheny County (Pennsylvania), 1865-1917 at FS

Allegheny County – Orphans’ court dockets, 1789-1905 at FS

Beaver County – Will and intestate Index 1800-1961, at BCGHC

Beaver County – Orphan Court Index 1804-1897, at BCGHC

Beaver County – Court Records – Dockets, 1828-1910, at FS

Beaver County – Court Records – Orphan’s Court Dockets, 1804-1881 ; Orphan’s Court Index, 1804-1952, at FS

Beaver County – Guardianship – Orphan’s Court Dockets, 1804-1881 ; Orphan’s Court Index, 1804-1952, at FS

Beaver County – Guardianship – Orphan’s Court Dockets, 1864-1920, at FS

Bedford County – Court Records – Slave Records, 1780-1834, at FS

Bedford County – Court Records – Transcript of Orphan Court Records, Vol. 1, 1772-1814, Bedford County, at FS

Bedford County – Court Records – Widows Appraisements, 1876-1953, at FS

Bedford County – Guardianship – Accounts and Reports in Orphans Court of Administrators, Executors and Guardians, 1849-1901, at FS 

Bedford County – Guardianship – Guardians Bonds, 1832-1906, at FS 

Bedford County – Guardianship – Orphans Court Dockets, Records of Requests and Appointments of Guardians for Minors, 1772-1900, at FS 

Berks County – Court Records – Berks County Court Records, at FS

Berks County – Court Records – Court Dockets, 1806-1828, at FS

Berks County – Court Records – Minutes and Probate Court Records, 1751-1792, at FS

Berks County – Court Records – Register’s Docket, 1832-1911, at FS

Blair County – Probate Records – Orphans’ Court Dockets, 1846-1882 ; Estate and Proceedings Indexes, 1846 -1980, at FS

Bucks County – Court Records – Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Marriage License Bonds, 1772-1782 : with Miscellaneous Documents and Letters, at FS

Bucks County – Court Records – Extracts from Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions Courts and Abstracts from Justice Docket of Buckingham, Pennsylvania : Indentures of Servants and Marriages, 1684-1805, at FS

Bucks County – Court Records – Records of the Courts of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1684-1700, at FS

Bucks County – Court Records – Records of the Courts of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1700-1730, at FS

Bucks County – Guardianship – Orphans’ Court Records, 1683-1866 ; General Index to the Orphans’ Court Records, 1683-1958, at FS

Butler County – Guardianship – Orphans’ Court Dockets, 1804-1866 ; Index to Orphans’ Court Dockets, 1800-1971, at FS

Cameron County – Guardianship – Orphans’ Court Dockets, 1859-1882 ; Index to Orphans’ Court Dockets, 1854-1972, at FS

Carbon County – Court Records – Pennsylvania, Carbon County, Court Records, 1845-1978, at FS

Chester County – Court Records – Court Records Including Marriages 1792-1796 for the County of Chester, Pennsylvania, at FS

Chester County – Court Records – Court Records of Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1697 and Petitions for Licenses, 1717-1750, at FS

Chester County – Court Records – Court Records of Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1712, at FS

Chester County – Court Records – Dockets, 1812-1924, at FS

Chester County – Court Records – Dockets, V. 1-3, 1802-1911, at FS

Chester County – Court Records – Judgements, 1795-1796, by John Graves, Justice of the Peace in Chester County, Pennsylvania, at FS

Chester County – Court Records – Letters of Attorney of Chester County, Pennsylvania, A-1 to B-2, 1774-1816, at FS

Chester County – Court Records – List of Magistrates in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1791-1838, at FS

Chester County – Court Records – Minutes of the Provincial Court & Provincial Taxes of Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1756-1778, at FS

Chester County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Court Records, 1697-1788, at FS

Chester County – Court Records – Quarter Session Docket, 1714-1906, at FS

Chester County – Court Records – Records of the Courts of Chester County, Pennsylvania, at FS

Chester County – Court Records – Records, 1718-1852, at FS

Chester County – Court Records – Sheriff’s Deeds, 1775-1905, with Index to Grantee and Grantor, at FS

Chester County – Court Records – Tavern Petitions and Index, 1700-1800, at FS

Clearfield County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Dockets, 1863-1948, at FS

Clearfield County – Guardianship – Probate Records, 1823-1919; Indexes, at FS 

Clinton County – Guardianship – Orphans’ Court Records, 1839-1869 ; Index to Orphans’ Court Records, 1839-1974, at FS 

Columbia County – Guardianship – Orphans’ Court Dockets, 1814-1869, at FS 

Columbia County – Court Records – Common Pleas Dockets, 1814-1861, at FS

Columbia County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Deed Records Index, 1813-1973, at FS

Columbia County – Court Records – Orphans’ Court Dockets, 1814-1869, at FS

Crawford County – Guardianship – Orphans’ Court Records, 1825-1868 ; Index to Orphans Court Records, 1825-1921, at FS 

Crawford County – Court Records – Early Wills of Crawford Co., Pennsylvania : [dates of Testamentary for Daniels], at FS

Crawford County – Court Records – Orphans’ Court Records, 1825-1868 ; Index to Orphans Court Records, 1825-1921, at FS

Cumberland County – Court Records – Appearance Dockets, 1769-1905; Adsecturm Index, 1750-1894, at FS

Cumberland County – Court Records – Continuance Dockets, 1750-1851, at FS

Cumberland County – Court Records – Court Records: Cumberland County Quarter Session Records, 1754, at FS

Cumberland County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Papers in Connection with the Quarter Sessions Docket, 1860-1905, at FS

Cumberland County – Court Records – Oyer and Terminer Dockets, Vol. 1-3, 1798-1895, at FS

Cumberland County – Court Records – Quarter Sessions Docket, 1750-1909, at FS

Cumberland County – Court Records – Writs of Habeas Corpus, 1799-1905, at FS

Delaware County – Court Records – Records, 1718-1852, at FS

Dauphin County – Court Records – Court Dockets, 1797-1801, at FS

Elk County – Court Records – Court Docket, 1857-1886, at FS

Erie County – Court Records – Court Dockets, 1822-1868, at FS

Fayette County – Court Records – Execution Dockets, 1784-1818, at FS

Fayette County – Court Records – Orphans’ Court Docket, 1783-1802 and Minutes of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, 1783-1808, at FS

Fayette County – Court Records – Sheriff’s Deed Books, 1787-1875, at FS

Forest County – Court Records – Court Dockets, 1855-1888, at FS

Forest County – Court Records – Sheriffs’ Deed Book, 1852-1904, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Courthouse Records of Franklin County, Pennsylvania : Including Probates, Wills, and Land Records, 1752-1838, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Executors & Administrators, and Guardian Accounts, 1850-1900, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Orphans Court Dockets, 1785-1903 : with General Index, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Orphans’ Court Auditor’s Docket, 1852-1900, at FS

Franklin County – Guardianship – Appointment of Guardians : Vol. A, 1864-Dec. 1888, Vol. B, 1889-1908, at FS 

Greene County – Court Records – Court Dockets, 1797-1803, at FS

Greene County – Court Records – Iams Collection at the Citizens Library in Washington, Pennsylvania, at FS

Greene County – Court Records – Orphans’ Court Dockets and Accounts, 1797-1869 ; Orphans’ Court Docket Index, 1797-1949, at FS

Huntingdon County – Guardianship – Orphans’ Court Dockets, 1788-1866 ; Index to Orphans’ Court Dockets, 1786-1972, at FS 

Indiana County – Guardianship – Court Dockets, 1807-1881 ; Index to Orphan’s Court Records, 1803-1870, at FS 

Indiana County – Court Records – Court Dockets, 1807-1881 ; Index to Orphan’s Court Records, 1803-1870, at FS

Lancaster County – Court Records – Certificate of Conocition and Respublica Against Nicholas Cline and George Bough, 1782, at FS

Lancaster County – Court Records – Court Papers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1735-1810, at FS

Lancaster County – Court Records – Justice of the Peace Docket Book, 1784-1791, at FS

Lancaster County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Books, 1742-1867 ; Index to Miscellaneous Books, 1742-1891, at FS

Lancaster County – Court Records – Records, 1718-1852, at FS

Lancaster County – Guardianship – Index and Abstracts of Orphans’ Court Records, 1742-1755, at FS 

Lancaster County – Guardianship – Miscellaneous Books, 1742-1867 ; Index to Miscellaneous Books, 1742-1891, at FS 

Lawrence County – Guardianship – Orphan’s Court Docket, 1845-1916, at FS 

Lawrence County – Court Records – Coroner’s Inquisitions, 1852-1910

Lawrence County – Court Records – Sheriff’s and Treasurer’s Deeds, 1850-1933 ; Index, 1850-1986

Lebanon County – Court Records – Court Dockets, 1811-1905, at FS

Lehigh County – Court Records – Alderman and Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1850-1881, at FS

Lehigh County – Court Records – Biography – History of the Bar Association of Lehigh County, at FS

Luzerne County – Court Records – Orphans’ Court Index, 1778-1874, at FS

Luzerne County – Court Records – Orphans Court Dockets 1787-1866 ; Index 1787-1874, at FS

McKean County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1826-1871, at FS

McKean County – Court Records – Orphans’ Court Records, 1832-1898; Index, 1832-1906, at FS

Mercer County – Court Records – Register of Persons Naturalized, 1813-1825, at FS

Mifflin County – Court Records – Court Records, 1793-1840,1843-1914, at FS

Mifflin County – Court Records – Index to Register and Orphans Court, at FS

Mifflin County – Court Records – Record of Coroners Inquests, 1875-1919, at FS

Mifflin County – Court Records – Selected Appearance Papers, 1851-1905, at FS

Montgomery County – Guardianship – Orphans’ Court Dockets, 1784-1866, at FS

Montour County – Court Records – Common Pleas Docket, 1850-1907, at FS

Montour County – Court Records – Orphans Court Docket, Vol. 1-2, 1851-1865, at FS

Northampton County – Court Records – Orphans Court Records and Index, 1752-1882, at FS

Northampton County – Probate Records – Orphans Court Records and Index, 1752-1882, at FS, at FS, at FS

Northumberland County – Court Records – Orphans Court Docket, 1772-1868; Index 1772-1930, at FS

Philadelphia County – Court Records – Abstract of Wills of Philadelphia County. Administration Book C, Administration of Martha Eanon, at FS

Philadelphia County – Court Records – Court Docket, 1753-1879, at FS

Philadelphia County – Court Records – Landlord and Tenant Docket, 1878-1908, at FS

Philadelphia County – Court Records – Lunacy Docket, 1781-1824, at FS

Philadelphia County – Court Records – Minutes of Court Records and Probate Actions, 1716-1755, at FS

Philadelphia County – Court Records – Minutes, 1801-1838, at FS

Philadelphia County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Books, 1799-1955 [includes Deeds], at FS

Philadelphia County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Docket, 1856-1867, at FS

Philadelphia County – Court Records – Naturalization Petitions and Records, 1795-1911, at FS

Philadelphia County – Court Records – Oyer and Terminer Docket, 1794-1840, at FS

Philadelphia County – Court Records – Proceedings in Lunacy, 1889-1913, at FS

Philadelphia County – Court Records – Proprietor List Under Grant to Baron Bastrop : for Land in Ouachita Parish (County), Louisiana, at FS

Philadelphia County – Court Records – Records, 1713-1784, at FS

Philadelphia County – Guardianship – Orphans’ Court Records 1719-1856 ; Index 1719-1938, at FS 

Potter County – Guardianship – Orphans’ Court Docket, 1836-1885, at FS 

Potter County – Court Records – Stevens – Outman Family Papers, at FS

Somerset County – Court Records – Coroner’s Inquisitions, 1853-1922, at FS

Somerset County – Court Records – Dockets 1800-1902 ; Index 1795-1920, at FS

Sullivan County – Court Records – Orphans Court Dockets, 1848-1879; Index, 1848-1931, at FS

Susquehanna County – Guardianship – Minutes, 1870-1916, at FS 

Susquehanna County – Guardianship – Orphans’ Court Dockets, 1814-1917 ; Index, 1814-1949, at FS 

Warren County – Court Records – Docket of J.P. Houser, 1858-1893, at FS

Washington County – Guardianship – Orphans’ Court Dockets, 1781-1868 ; Index to Orphans’ Court Records, 1781-1952, at FS 

Washington County – Court Records – Iams Collection at the Citizens Library in Washington, Pennsylvania, at FS

Washington County – Court Records – Minute Book of the Virginia Court Held for Yohogania County, First at Augusta Town (now Washington, Pa.), and Afterwards on the Andrew Heath Farm Near West Elizabeth; 1776-1780. Edited by Boyd Crumrine, at FS

Washington County – Court Records – Orphans’ Court Dockets, 1781-1868 ; Index to Orphans’ Court Records, 1781-1952, at FS

Washington County – Court Records – Washington County, Pennsylvania Orphans Court Records, at FS

Washington County – Court Records – Washington County, State of Pennsylvania, an Abstract of Will Book One (#1), at FS

Wyoming County – Court Records – Orphans Court Docket, 1843-1866, at FS

Wayne County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1824-1912, at FS

Wayne County – Court Records – Naturalizations, 1799-1906, at FS

Wayne County – Court Records – Orphans Court Dockets, 1803-1869, at FS

York County – Court Records – Dockets, 1749-1794, at FS, at FS

York County – Court Records – Orphan’s Court Dockets, 1749-1881 ; General Index to Dockets, 1749-1887, at FS, at FS

York County – Guardianship – Orphan’s Court Dockets, 1749-1881 ; General Index to Dockets, 1749-1887

 

 

Pennsylvania Court Records Online by City

Birmingham Township – Court Records – Copy of the Docket of Squire Thomas Cheney, Abt. 1780, at FS

Conewago Township – Court Records – Docket Book, 18 Oct 1839-1 Nov 1852 of John Reeser, Justice of Peace for Conewago Township, York County, Pennsylvania, at FS, at FS

East Goshen Township – Court Records – Docket Books, 1798-1822, at FS

Easttown Township – Court Records – Docket Books, 1798-1822, at FS

Elk Lick Township – Court Records – Justice of the Peace Docket Book, 1811-1818, 1825-1834, at FS

Philadelphia – Court Records – Arguments of the Defendants’ Counsel, and the Judgment of the Supreme Court, U.S., in the Case of Vidal and Another, Complainants and Appellants, Versus the Mayor, &c., of Philadelphia, the Executors of S. Girard, and Others, Defendants & Appellees : January Term, 1844 : to Which is Added the Will of Stephen Girard, at FS

Philadelphia – Court Records – Copy of Petition of Thos. G. Morton, Et Al. Vs. City of Philadelphia : to Restrain the Loan of the “Old Liberty Bell” for the Purposes of Exhibition at the International Cotton Exhibition at Atlanta, Ga. Together with the Argument of Counsel and the Opinion of President Judge, M. Russell Thayer, Refusing the Injunction Prayed for, at FS

Philadelphia – Court Records – Court Docket, 1789-1837, at FS

Philadelphia – Court Records – Desertion Docket, 1865-1914, at FS

Philadelphia – Court Records – Evidence Book, 1877-1878, at FS

Philadelphia – Court Records – Landlord and Tenant Docket, 1878-1908, at FS

Philadelphia – Court Records – Misc Philadelphia Records – Deeds and Court Records, at FS

Philadelphia – Court Records – Naturalization Petitions and Records, 1795-1911, at FS

Reading – Guardianship – Orphan’s Court Docket, 1884-1918

Upland – Court Records – Record of Upland Court from the 14th of November, 1676, the 14th of June, 1681. Index, at FS

Upland – Court Records – The Record of the Court at Upland, in Pennsylvania, 1676 to 1681 : and a Military Journal, Kept by Major E. Denny, 1781 to 1795, at FS

West Chester – Court Records – Docket Books, 1798-1822, at FS

Willistown Township – Court Records – Docket Books, 1798-1822, at FS

 

 

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