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=== Statewide Records of Births and Deaths === | === Statewide Records of Births and Deaths === | ||
Records for this time period are available through Ancestry.<br> | |||
:*Currently [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5164 1906-1924 Death Certificates] are available | |||
Additional records will be released as follows:<br> | |||
:*1925-44 death certificates - June 2014 | |||
:*1945-63 death certificates - November 2014 | |||
Statewide registration of births and deaths began in January, 1906, and was generally complied with by 1915. You can obtain copies by writing to: | Statewide registration of births and deaths began in January, 1906, and was generally complied with by 1915. You can obtain copies by writing to: | ||
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'''Birth and Death Indexes:[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686 Pennsylvania Department of Health]'''<br>State your relationship to the individual you want information about and your reason. The current fees for obtaining copies of the state's records are available at the website for the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/pennsylvania.htm Center for Disease Control] and Prevention (CDC) or at [http://www.vitalrec.com/ Vitalrec.com]. You can also write to the [http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?A=168&Q=229939 Division of Vital Statistics] for current information. | '''Birth and Death Indexes:[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686 Pennsylvania Department of Health]'''<br>State your relationship to the individual you want information about and your reason. The current fees for obtaining copies of the state's records are available at the website for the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/pennsylvania.htm Center for Disease Control] and Prevention (CDC) or at [http://www.vitalrec.com/ Vitalrec.com]. You can also write to the [http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?A=168&Q=229939 Division of Vital Statistics] for current information. | ||
'''Records at the Pennsylvania State Archives:'''<br>Currently birth certificates 1906 | '''Records at the Pennsylvania State Archives:'''<br>Currently birth certificates 1906 through 1908 and death certificates, 1906 through 1963 are available at the [[Pennsylvania State Archives|Pennsylvania State Archives]]. If you walk into the archives the certificates are only 50 cents per certificate. Certificates are limited to ten per person per day.<br> | ||
'''Other walk-in locations include:''' [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=556852&mode=2 Erie], [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=556848&mode=2 Harrisburg], [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=556853&mode=2 New Castle], [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=556854&mode=2 Philadelphia], [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=556851&mode=2 Pittsburgh] and [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=556849&mode=2 Scranton]. | '''Other walk-in locations include:''' [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=556852&mode=2 Erie], [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=556848&mode=2 Harrisburg], [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=556853&mode=2 New Castle], [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=556854&mode=2 Philadelphia], [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=556851&mode=2 Pittsburgh] and [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=556849&mode=2 Scranton]. | ||