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US TERRITORY OR
COLONY SETTLED
1682
STATEHOOD
1787
AVAILABLE STATE CENSUSES
(OR SIMILAR)
Colonial, 1671, 1857 (Chester Co. only); tax records
FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS
1790
PUBLIC-LAND OR
STATE-LAND STATE
State
BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
BEGIN
1906
MARRIAGE RECORDS
BEGIN
Request records since 1885 at county level
CONTACT FOR VITAL RECORDS
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Division of Vital Records
Box 1528
New Castle, PA 16103
(724) 724-2358
