FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Pennsylvania/Tasks-Repositories Courthouse

WikiProject Pennsylvania Progress Chart  Wiki Project Pennsylvania Tasks - Repositories: Courthouse

Description
The purpose of this task is to find the county courthouse and list the contact information, website, collections and databases for family history research.

Instructions
Please cite at least one source for each item you add. See Berks County for examples. See also


 * FamilySearch Wiki:Verifiable policy page
 * Help:How to add citations instruction page
 * FamilySearch Wiki:Source Citation Formats guidelines

1. Add the courthouse information under the county courthouse heading in Repositories-courthouse.

2. To locate the county courthouse, search the following websites:


 * Pennsylvania Courthouses Click at the bottom of the page under County Seats. Click on the highlighted county name to access the courthouse web site.
 * Google "[county name and state] courthouse"

3. Add the following information:


 * Name of the courthouse. If the courthouse has a website, add the link to the name of the courthouse. See the example below. If there is no website link, bold the name of the archive.
 * Address
 * Phone number
 * Email

4. Add one or two sentences that discuss the strengths and peculiarities of the databases or collections of the county courthouse.

5. You may also wish to include the following:


 * Rules for using the courthouse collections
 * Copy policies
 * Research help
 * Cost of entrance

5. If you copy a link and add it to the county page, make sure the link works. Do not add any broken links.

Courthouse
Berks County Courthouse 633 Court Street Reading, PA 19601 Phone: (610) 478-6136 Hours: 8 AM to 5 PM Closed on holidays

Public parking is available on the south side of Court Street across from the Service Center.