Description
Prior to Adoptions being the responsibility of the Clerk of the Orphans' Court in 1925 July, adoptions were confirmed by the Prothonotary's Office, recorded in the Prothonotary's Appearance Dockets, and case papers filed in the Apperance Docket Case Papers. Information usually includes name of person to be adopted, the names of the original and adopting parent(s), petition and court confirmation date.
Note 1. One adoption case found in Orphans' Court Docket. Search from 1850 on is still to be conducted.
Arrangement: By Court year, term, and case number.
Arrangement:
Index: See "Inventory". Note: This is an artificial index.
Related Records: Orphans' Court Dockets 1. Volume 20 page 53 (1876)
Orphans' Court Papers 2. ADOPTION CASE FILES (these files are restricted)