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Vital records were also kept by some of the larger cities. The library has birth and death records on microfilm for the cities of Altoona, Harrisburg, Johnstown, McKeesport, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading, Scranton, Wilkinsburg, Williamsport, and York. | Vital records were also kept by some of the larger cities. The library has birth and death records on microfilm for the cities of Altoona, Harrisburg, Johnstown, McKeesport, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading, Scranton, Wilkinsburg, Williamsport, and York. | ||
For example: MOVE TO COUNTY / CITY PAGE | For example: | ||
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'''Philadelphia County and City'''. | '''Philadelphia County and City'''. | ||
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Funeral records issued by a funeral home include financial records (cost of casket, dressings, etc.), funeral cards given out at the time of the funeral, etc. These records usually give the name of the deceased, when and where buried, if shipped out to another funeral home, purchaser of cemetery plot, etc. The library has many records of funeral homes. An example from Philadelphia is: | Funeral records issued by a funeral home include financial records (cost of casket, dressings, etc.), funeral cards given out at the time of the funeral, etc. These records usually give the name of the deceased, when and where buried, if shipped out to another funeral home, purchaser of cemetery plot, etc. The library has many records of funeral homes. An example from Philadelphia is: | ||
David H. Bowen and Son, Undertakers (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). ''Funeral Records, 1845-1899''. (On 13 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=527812 527812].) | David H. Bowen and Son, Undertakers (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). ''Funeral Records, 1845-1899''. (On 13 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=527812 527812].)<br> | ||
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=== Delayed Registration of Birth Records === | === Delayed Registration of Birth Records === | ||
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= Family History Library Pennsylvania Vital Records Collections = | = Family History Library Pennsylvania Vital Records Collections = | ||
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== Birth Records == | == Birth Records == | ||
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The Family History Library. Microfilm records are available for all counties EXCEPT Carbon, Chester, Huntingdon, Lehigh, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, and Union. | The Family History Library. Microfilm records are available for all counties EXCEPT Carbon, Chester, Huntingdon, Lehigh, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, and Union. | ||
== Marriage Records == | == Marriage Records == | ||
''Marriage Register of Pennsylvania, 1684 to 1689''. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=189466&disp=Marriage+register+of+Pennsylvania%2C+168%20%20&columns=*,0,0 20438 item 4].) This contains mainly Quaker records in Philadelphia. | ''Marriage Register of Pennsylvania, 1684 to 1689''. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=189466&disp=Marriage+register+of+Pennsylvania%2C+168%20%20&columns=*,0,0 20438 item 4].) This contains mainly Quaker records in Philadelphia. | ||
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Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). Bureau of Health. ''Death Certificates, 1904-1915: Death Indexes, 1904-1915''. (On 781 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1289374 1289374].) | Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). Bureau of Health. ''Death Certificates, 1904-1915: Death Indexes, 1904-1915''. (On 781 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1289374 1289374].) | ||
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=== '''Published records include:''' === | === '''Published records include:''' === | ||