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''[[United States|United States]] > [[United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] > [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] > Pennsylvania Vital Records'' | ''[[United States|United States]] > [[United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] > [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] > Pennsylvania Vital Records'' | ||
= Pennsylvania Birth, Marriage and Death Records | = Pennsylvania Birth, Marriage and Death Records = | ||
== Pennsylvania Vital Records Online Links == | == Pennsylvania Vital Records Online Links == | ||
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*Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). Board of Health. ''Marriage Returns, 1860-1885, Filed by Person Performing the Ceremony''. (On 28 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=605351&disp=Marriage+returns%2C+1860%2D1885%2C+filed%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1764889].) These records are returns of marriages arranged quarterly under the name of the person performing the marriage. They include the date of ceremony, the name, age, place of birth, and residence of parties involved; and the groom's occupation and race. The records are the source for: | *Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). Board of Health. ''Marriage Returns, 1860-1885, Filed by Person Performing the Ceremony''. (On 28 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=605351&disp=Marriage+returns%2C+1860%2D1885%2C+filed%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1764889].) These records are returns of marriages arranged quarterly under the name of the person performing the marriage. They include the date of ceremony, the name, age, place of birth, and residence of parties involved; and the groom's occupation and race. The records are the source for: | ||
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). Board of Health. ''Marriage Register, 1860-1885''. <ref> 7 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=250079&disp=Marriage+register%2C+1860%2D1885%20%20&columns=*,0,0 978997]. </ref> These films are difficult to read in many places. | *Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). Board of Health. ''Marriage Register, 1860-1885''. <ref> 7 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=250079&disp=Marriage+register%2C+1860%2D1885%20%20&columns=*,0,0 978997]. </ref> These films are difficult to read in many places. | ||
Pennsylvania. Magistrate's Court (Philadelphia). ''Record of Marriages, 1880-1908, in Magistrate's Court No. 9''. | *Pennsylvania. Magistrate's Court (Philadelphia). ''Record of Marriages, 1880-1908, in Magistrate's Court No. 9''. <ref> Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=232553&disp=Record+of+marriages%2C+1880%2D1908%2C+in%20%20&columns=*,0,0 475647]. </ref> | ||
Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania). ''Clerk of the Orphans' Court. Affidavit of Applicant for Marriage License 1885-1915; Index 1885-1916''. | *Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania). ''Clerk of the Orphans' Court. Affidavit of Applicant for Marriage License 1885-1915; Index 1885-1916''. <ref> 598 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=217392&disp=Affidavit+of+applicant+for+marriage+lice%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1290579]. </ref> | ||
Justice of the Peace records may contain marriages before 1885. The library has these records from the counties of Beaver, Chester, Dauphin, Greene, Lancaster, Lebanon, Montgomery, and Somerset. For example see: | Justice of the Peace records may contain marriages before 1885. The library has these records from the counties of Beaver, Chester, Dauphin, Greene, Lancaster, Lebanon, Montgomery, and Somerset. For example see: | ||
Potter County (Pennsylvania). ''Justice of the Peace. Records, 1865-1927''. | *Potter County (Pennsylvania). ''Justice of the Peace. Records, 1865-1927''. <ref> Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=591293&disp=Records%2C+1865%2D1927%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1421828]. </ref> This source contains summons, warrants, and marriages. It also includes typewritten indexes to the records and a separate typewritten index to marriages (1865-1896). | ||
Bucks County (Pennsylvania). ''Justice of the Peace. Register of Marriages Performed by Lewis Swift, a Justice of the Peace of Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1835-1839''. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=193203&disp=Register+of+marriages+performed+by+Lewis%20%20&columns=*,0,0 20447 item 3].) | Bucks County (Pennsylvania). ''Justice of the Peace. Register of Marriages Performed by Lewis Swift, a Justice of the Peace of Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1835-1839''. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=193203&disp=Register+of+marriages+performed+by+Lewis%20%20&columns=*,0,0 20447 item 3].) | ||