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From: " Tom Jenkins" <>
Subject: Re: [OHERIE-L] New Publications by the Erie Co. Chapter of OGS
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 10:03:12 -0500


Carol,
Thank you for the information on the Erie Co., Ohio Common Pleas
Court Journals.
Tom Jenkins
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From: Carol A. Steele <>
To: <>
Date: Sunday, May 16, 1999 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: [OHERIE-L] New Publications by the Erie Co. Chapter of
OGS

>Tom
> The Index for the Common Pleas Court Journals list Plaintiffs and
>Defendants on all cases filed in Common Pleas Court. The Journal
records
>the actual Judge's decision in these cases. In the begining of Erie
Co
>(as with most if not all OH counties) ALL proceedings were recorded
>together, so these Journals contain:
>Divorces (which are hinted at in the index by having the plaintiff
and
> defendant having the same last name & of course each of a
> different sex)
>Naturalizatins (identified by person's name in the defendants slot,
and
> "Naturalization" in the plaintiff's slot
>Criminal cases (identified usually because "State of Ohio" is the
> plaintiff)
>Civil lawsuits (just as today, anyone could sue anyone - but only the
> first plaintiff and first defendants are listed in the Index)
>It wasn't until later that divorces were separated into Domestic
>division, guardianships to Probate, Naturalization to US courts, &
civil
>and criminal cases in separate divisions of the court.
> This is only the index, the actual Journals are available at the
>Center for Archival Collections at Bowling Green State Univ., but
once
>you know the volume and page number for the Journal, it is easy to
>request the copy from Bowling Green. Before this was compiled, the
>original Index had to be searched and it is not totally alphabetical
& in
>the cursive writing of the time.
> Hope this helps you - it is an invaluable resource to Erie
>County's earliest records!
>Carol
>
>
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