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    Pennsylvania Genealogy

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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

    Pennsylvania See All

    Colonial Genealogy Resources

    Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia

    Were your ancestors some of the earliest Americans? Use this list, organized by state, of some colonial genealogy resources for you to use in your research.

    Supreme Court Hears Case About Cemetery-Access Law

    Cemeteries, Pennsylvania

    Genealogy clashes with property rights in a Pennsylvania cemetery-access law. The highest court in the land heard the arguments from both sides.

    Historical Research Maps: Pittsburgh, 1891

    Pennsylvania

    Genealogists will flock to Pittsburgh for the 2017 FGS Conference. Check out this historical research map of Pittsburgh to learn about your Steel City ances...

    The Real Meaning of “Pennsylvania Dutch”

    Early American, German Genealogy, Immigration, Pennsylvania

    Here's why the "Pennsylvania Dutch" aren't Dutch, but German.
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