Pennsylvania Guided Research
FamilySearch identified the most complete online indexes for birth, marriage, and death information.
Birth
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Birth - Where can I find birth records?
Start here:
• 1700s-1950s: Pennsylvania Birth Collections at FamilySearch - (List of collections) Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906
If the birth record was not found, try this next:
• 1906-1910: Pennsylvania, Birth Certificates at Ancestry ($)
What else you can try:
• Why the record may not exist
Marriage
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Marriage - Where can I find marriage records?
Start here:
• 1670s-2000s: Pennsylvania Marriage Collections at FamilySearch - (List of collections) Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951
Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950
Pennsylvania, Church Marriages, 1682-1976
Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940
Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950
Pennsylvania Obituary and Marriage Collection, 1947-2010
If the marriage record was not found, try this next:
• 1720s-2015: United States Marriages, Pennsylvania at Findmypast ($)
What else you can try:
• Why the record may not exist
Death
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Death - Where can I find death records?
Start here:
• 1906-1966: Pennsylvania, Death Certificates at Ancestry ($)
If the death record was not found, try this next:
• 1906-1967: Pennsylvania Death Indexes at the Pennsylvania State Archives
What else you can try:
• Why the record may not exist