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Adoptee Rights Law Center - Pennsylvania

Summary of the laws in this state for adoptees and their original birth certificates.

Ancestors at Rest - Death Records for Pennsylvania

Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.

Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Birth Records, 1906-1909 $

Original source: Pennsylvania (State). Birth certificates, 1906

Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964 $

Original source: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906

Ancestry.com - Search Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Including baptisms, christenings, divorces, burials, cemeteries and obituaries. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Archives.com - Search For Pennsylvania Death Records $

Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

Archives.com - Search For Pennsylvania Divorce Records $

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Archives.com - Search For Pennsylvania Marriage Records $

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FamilySearch - Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1885-1950 ^FREE

Name index and images of county marriage records acquired from local courthouses. Most of the records consist of marriage licenses, certificates, and affidavits, docket books, with a few marriage declarations & Justice of the Peace marriages.

FamilySearch - Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950 ^FREE

Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Pennsylvania. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.

FamilySearch - Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1709-1940 ^FREE

Name index to marriage records from the state of Pennsylvania. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.

FamilySearch - Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810, Volume 2

Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810. John B. Linn. (1980). The marriage records in this work were compiled from church registers rather than licenses. They cover 1685-1810 and comprise about 65,000 entries, arranged for the most part under both bride and groom. Over half of Vol. I is the marriage records of Christ Church (1709-1810) and Swedes' Church (1750-1810) of Philadelphia. The rest are records from churches at Carlisle, Chester, Falkner Swamp, New Hanover, Paxtang, and Derry. Vol. II has marriage records of the First, Second, and Third Presbyterian Churches of Philadelphia; Moravian church records of Bethlehem, Emmaus, Litiz, Nazareth, and Philadelphia; records of various churches in the counties of Bucks and Montgomery; and Quaker records of the Monthly Meetings of Buckingham, Falls, Middletown, Philadelphia, Quakertown, Richland, and Wrightstown. Also included are the records of St. Michael's and Zion Lutheran Church (1745-1800) and St. Paul's P.E. Church (1759-1806), both in Philadelphia.

FamilySearch Wiki - Pennsylvania Vital Records

An overview of vital records for this state and information for getting them by mail or online.

Online Pennsylvania Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

A Genealogy Records Guide by Joe Beine.

Pa. Historical Record Access - People for Better Pennsylvania Historical Records Access (PaHR-Access)

Listing vital records available online from each of the states and information on helping make PA vital records 50+ yrs. old public/open record.

Pennsylvania Department of Health - Birth and Death Certificates

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) - Published Pennsylvania Archives

This series contains essential records relating to one of America's earliest colonies, from 1664 to 1780, including military, tax, marriage, and land records, as well as documents from American history covering the Revolutionary War and the Whiskey Rebellion.

Pittsburgh Christian Advocate Marriage Notices & Death Records

Index of Marriages and Deaths reported between 1834-1870 from the Western PA Conference, United Methodist Church.

USGenWeb Archives

Vital Records US - Pennsylvania Vital Records

Information and guidelines on acquiring vital records information in the United States. Includes state and county contact and pricing information.