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 == '''Deaths 1906-1962'''  ==
-'''PART A: You know the exact date of death '''
+began the period of state wide registration for deaths. Currently death certificates 1906-1962 are available at the State Archives. The certificates may be reviewed in person during public research hours, Wednesday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Certificates will not be pulled from 12.00-1.00pm, and call slips for records to be retrieved before noon must be turned in by 11.45am.  An index will be available on the website of the Division of Vital Records as well as in the Archives research room. Researchers will be limited to ten certificates per day for records with known file numbers; otherwise, only one carton of files will be pulled at a time for on-site research. Requests for certificates or cartons will be pulled in the order that they are received. The researcher must be in the Archives research room to place a records retrieval request; no telephone or e-mail requests in advance of one's visit to the Archives will be accepted. Researchers should plan to allow a minimum of 20-40 minutes for retrieval of these records.
-With an exact date (from your records), you can order a copy of the death record for a fee from the following locations:
+**Beginning Monday, August 27, 2012, the State Archives will be scanning the original 1906-1907 birth certificates and 1906-1962 death certificates in its custody. This process will continue for approximately 18 months. During this period, selected certificates will not be available for immediate, on-site access. Researchers visiting the Archives should be aware of this situation and consult with an archivist on duty in the research room if desired certificates are in the scanning process.
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+Copies of these birth and death certificates may be requested by mail using the Mail Reference Order Form. If the name of the person and the date of birth or death are known, the fee is $15.00 per name for requests from Pennsylvania residents, $25.00 per name for requests from outside Pennsylvania. The birth or death certificate number also will be useful in research. The research charge is $50.00 per name per hour if only the name is provided.
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-| align="center" colspan="4" | '''To Order Death Certificates'''
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-| width="50%" align="center" colspan="2" | [http://vitalrec.com/wv.html#County From County of Death]
-| width="50%" align="center" colspan="2" | [http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/hsc/vital/birthcert.asp From WV Dept. of Health State office]
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-| width="25%" align="center" | '''Pros'''
-| width="25%" align="center" | '''Cons'''
-| width="25%" align="center" | '''Pros'''
-| width="25%" align="center" | '''Cons'''
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-| May be less expensive and faster than ordering from the state
-| County websites can be more difficult to use
-| Offers a search of the state index for an additional fee
-| May be more expensive than ordering from the county
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-See [[How to Find West Virginia Death Records#Restrictions_for_Obtaining_Death_Records|list of restrictions]] for ordering death records
+Uncertified copies of birth and death certificates, 1906-present, also may be obtained from the Division of Vital Records for a fee of $3.00 per record.
-If you do not want to order the death record, you can search [[Substitute Records For United States Death Information|other records with death information]].
+For certified copies of birth and death certificates, 1906-present, and for birth and death records that have not been transferred to the State Archives, contact the Division of Vital Records, P.O. Box 1528, 101 South Mercer Street, New Castle, PA; telephone: (724) 656-3100.
 <br> '''PART B: You don't know the exact date of death'''