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Livengood, Candy Crocker. ''Genealogical Abstracts of the Laws of Pennsylvania and the Statutes at Large.'' Westminister, Maryland.: Family Line Pub., 1990. {{FSC|408852|item|disp=FS Library book 974.8 P38L}} It includes information about name changes, divorces, land disputes, pensions, etc. as found in the Laws of Pennsylvania and the Statutes at Large. | Livengood, Candy Crocker. ''Genealogical Abstracts of the Laws of Pennsylvania and the Statutes at Large.'' Westminister, Maryland.: Family Line Pub., 1990. {{FSC|408852|item|disp=FS Library book 974.8 P38L}} It includes information about name changes, divorces, land disputes, pensions, etc. as found in the Laws of Pennsylvania and the Statutes at Large. | ||
=== Vital Records Laws === | === Vital Records Laws === | ||
Pennsylvania | [1] "An Act To provide for a registration of marriages, births and deaths," Laws of the General | ||
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, (1852). | |||
[2] "An Act To repeal the Registration Act," Laws of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of | |||
Pennsylvania, (1855). | |||
[3] "An Act Relating to marriage licenses, providing for officers herein indicated to issue licenses for | |||
parties to marry," Laws of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, (1885). | |||
[4] "An Act to amend the first section of an act entitled ‘An Act relating to marriage licenses," | |||
Laws of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, (1909). | |||
[5] "An Act to Amend an act, entitled ‘An Act relating to marriage licenses," Laws of the General | |||
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, (1893). | |||
[6] "An Act Regulating the issuance of licenses to marry," Laws of the General Assembly of the | |||
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, (1913). | |||
Google AI response to query "years of pennsylvana vital records laws"<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=years+of+pennsylvana+vital+records+laws&oq=years+of+pennsylvana+vital+records+laws&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQIRgKGKABMgkIAhAhGAoYoAEyCQgDECEYChigATIJCAQQIRgKGKABMgcIBRAhGJ8FMgcIBhAhGI8CMgcIBxAhGI8C0gEKMzI4MzJqMGoxNagCCLACAfEF_IHf34mSu0fxBfyB39-JkrtH&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Google AI Overview] in response to query "years of pennsylvana vital records laws" accessed 18 March 2025</ref> | |||
Pennsylvania's first statewide law requiring vital records per Google AI overview | |||
*1853 registration was enacted in 1852 | *1853 registration was enacted in 1852 | ||
*1885 Statewide registration of marriages<< | *1885 Statewide registration of marriages<< | ||
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*1893-1906: Counties again took up the task of recording births and deaths. | *1893-1906: Counties again took up the task of recording births and deaths. | ||
*1906: The state took over and maintains birth and death records to date. | *1906: The state took over and maintains birth and death records to date. | ||
*1953: The "Vital Statistics Law of 1953" was enacted, which provides for the administration of a statewide system of vital statistics. | *1953: The "Vital Statistics Law of 1953" was enacted, which provides for the administration of a statewide system of vital statistics. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||