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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