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== Pennsylvania Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online == | == Pennsylvania Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online == | ||
The following is a list of online resources useful for locating Pennsylvania Vital Records which consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], adoptions, [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], divorces, and [[United States Death Records|deaths]]. Most online resources for Pennsylvania Vital Records are indexes. After locating a person in an index always consult the original record to [[Contradictions and discrepancies|confirm the information]] in the index. It is important to note that current Pennsylvania laws do not permit state vital records to be preserved online. This policy includes a prohibition against having an online index of state births and deaths. Watch the [http://users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access PaHR-Access website] for information on helping to change this legislation. Available online records include those kept by the various counties or cities of Pennsylvania. These records generally cover births and deaths from 1893-1905, before the state began its vital records prgram in 1906. Births, deaths and marriaes were also officially recorded by the counties between 1851-1854. County marriages are then recorded from 1885 to the present. Some exceptions include city births or deaths beginning in 1803--as in the case of Philadelphia--or the 1870's. Also, some city, township, or borough vital records overlap the state records for several years as late as the 1940's. | The following is a list of online resources useful for locating Pennsylvania Vital Records which consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], adoptions, [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], divorces, and [[United States Death Records|deaths]]. Most online resources for Pennsylvania Vital Records are indexes. After locating a person in an index always consult the original record to [[Contradictions and discrepancies|confirm the information]] in the index. It is important to note that current Pennsylvania laws do not permit state vital records to be preserved online. This policy includes a prohibition against having an online index of state births and deaths. Watch the [http://users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access PaHR-Access website] for information on helping to change this legislation. Available online records include those kept by the various counties or cities of Pennsylvania. These records generally cover births and deaths from 1893-1905, before the state began its vital records prgram in 1906. Births, deaths and marriaes were also officially recorded by the counties between 1851-1854. County marriages are then recorded from 1885 to the present. Some exceptions include city births or deaths beginning in 1803--as in the case of Philadelphia--or the 1870's. Also, some city, township, or borough vital records overlap the state records for several years as late as the 1940's. | ||
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*Search the [http://www.ancestry.com/search/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=41&categoryFilterID=34&showPaging=true Pennsylvania Birth, Marriage & Death] Records at Ancestry.com - $ | *Search the [http://www.ancestry.com/search/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=41&categoryFilterID=34&showPaging=true Pennsylvania Birth, Marriage & Death] Records at Ancestry.com - $ | ||
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*Search [http://dsf.chesco.org/archives/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=609990 Pennsylvania, Chester County Archives Indexes]: includes births and deaths 1893-1905, marriages 1885-1930 - Free<br> | *Search [http://dsf.chesco.org/archives/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=609990 Pennsylvania, Chester County Archives Indexes]: includes births and deaths 1893-1905, marriages 1885-1930 - Free<br> | ||
*Search [http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/ Pennsylvania, Clearfield County Death Record Extracts, 1893-1905]: includes some births 1893-1905, select marriages - Free<br> | *Search [http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/ Pennsylvania, Clearfield County Death Record Extracts, 1893-1905]: includes some births 1893-1905, select marriages - Free<br> | ||
*Search [http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/vitals/deaths/dr185255.txt Pennsylvania, Cumberland County Death Record Abstracts, 1852-1855] - Free | |||
*Search [http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/depts/archives.html Pennsylvania, Delaware County Archives Indexes]: includes births and deaths 1893-1905, marriages 1885-1929 - Free<br> | *Search [http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/depts/archives.html Pennsylvania, Delaware County Archives Indexes]: includes births and deaths 1893-1905, marriages 1885-1929 - Free<br> | ||
*Search [http://paperless.co.lancaster.pa.us/viewerportal/portal.asp?cc=true Pennsylvania, Lancaster County Marriage Records Index, 1950-2010] - Free<br> | *Search [http://paperless.co.lancaster.pa.us/viewerportal/portal.asp?cc=true Pennsylvania, Lancaster County Marriage Records Index, 1950-2010] - Free<br> | ||
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*Search [http://www.co.schuylkill.pa.us/info/Offices/Archives/MarriageDockets.csp Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County Marriage Records Index, 1885-2010] - Free<br> | *Search [http://www.co.schuylkill.pa.us/info/Offices/Archives/MarriageDockets.csp Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County Marriage Records Index, 1885-2010] - Free<br> | ||
*Search [http://users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access-index.htm Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Orwigsburg Vital Records Extracts, 1894-1943] - Free | *Search [http://users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access-index.htm Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Orwigsburg Vital Records Extracts, 1894-1943] - Free | ||
*Search [http://www.joycetice.com/birth/tiog1852.htm Pennsylvania, Tioga County Vital Records Abstracts, 1851-1854] - Free<br> | *Search [http://www.joycetice.com/birth/tiog1852.htm Pennsylvania, Tioga County Vital Records Abstracts, 1851-1854] - Free<br> | ||
*Search [http://www.joycetice.com/birth/tcbirths.htm Pennsylvania, Tioga County Birth Record Extracts, partial 1893-1905] - Free<br> | *Search [http://www.joycetice.com/birth/tcbirths.htm Pennsylvania, Tioga County Birth Record Extracts, partial 1893-1905] - Free<br> | ||
*Search [http://westmorelandweb400.us:8088/EGSPublicAccess.htm Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County Marriage Record Extracts, 1885-2010] - Free | *Search [http://westmorelandweb400.us:8088/EGSPublicAccess.htm Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County Marriage Record Extracts, 1885-2010] - Free | ||
*Search [http://www.yorkcountyarchives.org/records.asp Pennsylvania, York County Archives Indexes]: includes births and deaths 1893-1905, marriages 1885-1929 - Free<br> | *Search [http://www.yorkcountyarchives.org/records.asp Pennsylvania, York County Archives Indexes]: includes births and deaths 1893-1905, marriages 1885-1929 - Free<br> | ||
If you are aware of other online databases, please feel free to add them. | If you are aware of other online databases, please feel free to add them. | ||
== Birth And Death Records == | == Birth And Death Records == | ||