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Currently records for this time period are being scanned by Ancestry and should appear on their website by the end of 2013.  
Currently records for this time period are being scanned by Ancestry and should appear on their website by the end of 2013.  


Copies of death certificates may be requested from the Pennsylvania Archives by mail:<br><br>Pennsylvania State Archives<br>350 North Street<br>Harrisburg, PA 17120-0090
Copies of death certificates may be requested from the Pennsylvania Archives by mail:<br><br>[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_25699_3144_382943_43/http%3B/pubcontent.state.pa.us/publishedcontent/publish/cop_environment/phmc/communities/extranet/archivalprograms/relayarchivespage/mailrefinstuctucontent/mailreferenceorderform2012a.pdf Pennsylvania State Archives]<br>350 North Street<br>Harrisburg, PA 17120-0090<br>Phone: (717) 783-3281
 
 
 
 
 
using the [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_25699_3144_382943_43/http%3B/pubcontent.state.pa.us/publishedcontent/publish/cop_environment/phmc/communities/extranet/archivalprograms/relayarchivespage/mailrefinstuctucontent/mailreferenceorderform2012a.pdf 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.


Uncertified copies of death certificates, 1906-present, also may be obtained from the Division of Vital Records for a fee of $3.00 per record.  
Uncertified copies of death certificates, 1906-present, also may be obtained from the Division of Vital Records for a fee of $3.00 per record.  
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