People for Better Pennsylvania Historical Records Access  (PaHR-Access)

 

   Vital Records Currently Available Online

   

Note:

 

We have included links to the few Pennsylvania vital records available online we could find. Most of these are county birth, marriage and death records and in the cases of birth and death records are predominately from before 1906. Except for the Philadelphia death records 1803-1915 and Pittsburgh death records 1870-1905 all are only indexes or extracted data. The  Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, PA death records include scanned images with the cause of death and are those recorded by the cities and not any of those kept by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

 

Below the links for Pennsylvania vital records are the links for those states for which there is free online access to  their older government birth, marriage and death records comparable to Pennsylvania's state vital records, i.e. starting in 1906. So far the death certificates for  eighteen states, Washington, DC and numerous counties and birth records for five states and marriage records for a number of states have been scanned and the images are available online also fee free.

 

Extracted data from the older state death records of  Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Mexico and Washington, but these databases do not include scanned images of the death certificates at this time.

 

Scanned images of the state birth, marriages and death records of Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Vermont, Virginia and Washington are available online through Ancestry.com. Ancestry also has extracted data from births, marriages and deaths for Rhode Island. However access to the records requires a subscription to Ancestry, but at least they are available to the public at large by some means (many libraries and LDS Family History Centers have a subscription to Ancestry and people can access these records without paying for subscription by going to these libraries and centers).

 

Private concerns have sporadically extracted the information and it is available on different websites which often require payment for access. There have also been a number of indexes developed with some state run and some privately run (See "Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA" far down below). Where To Write For Vital Records" will take you to each state's health or vital records agencies' websites where you can find further information on the various requirements and restrictions in each state.

 

At this link is our rundown of the overall accessibility and availability of birth and death records and indexes for every state as best as we can determine:

 

  http://users.rcn.com/pahraccess/PaHR-Access-statesall.htm 

 

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission through Ancestry.com)

(statewide births certificates 1906-1908 & deaths certificates 1906-1964)

  http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Ancestry-PA.aspx

 

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission)

(statewide birth indices 1906-1910)

  http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Birth-Indices.aspx

(statewide death indices 1906-1965)

  http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Death-Indices.aspx

 

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission) (also available on Ancestry.com)

(statewide marriage records 1885-1889)

  http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/

 

Pennsylvania (Family Search)

(civil marriage records 1677-1950)

 https://familysearch.org/

(county marriage records 1885-1950)

 https://familysearch.org/

 

Pennsylvania (PaHR-Access)

(chart of county birth and death records 1893 to 19?? available and who holds them)

  http://users.rcn.com/pahraccess/PaHR-Access-countiesall.htm 

 

Pennsylvania: Berks County (Berks County Register of Wills)

(county marriage records index 1885-present, birth and death records index 1893-1905, website includes an estate index, City of Reading birth, marriage and death record indexes 1875-1905)

  http://rwills.co.berks.pa.us/geneology/

 

Pennsylvania: Bradford County (Joyce M. Tice)

(county births records 1893-1905, extracted data, includes parents' names)

  http://www.joycetice.com/birth/bcbirths.htm

(county marriage records 1885-1911, extracted data, includes parents' names)

  http://www.joycetice.com/marriage/

(county deaths records 1893-1905, extracted data)

  http://www.joycetice.com/death/bcdeaths.htm

 

Pennsylvania: Bucks County (Bucks County Register of Wills & Orphans Court)

(county marriage records index 1885-present)

  http://propublic.co.bucks.pa.us/

 

Pennsylvania: Butler County (Butler County USGENWEB)

(county birth records 1893-1905, extracted data, includes parents' names)

  www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

 

Pennsylvania: Cambria County (Cambria County PAGENWEB)

(county marriage records index 1885-1920)

  http://www.camgenpa.com/

 

Pennsylvania: Cambria County, Blacklick Township (Cambria Search)

(township birth records 1908-1923, extracted data, includes parents' names)

  www.cambriasearch.com

(township death records 1908-1921, extracted data, includes parents' names and cause of death)

  www.cambriasearch.com

 

Pennsylvania: Chester County (Chester County Archives & Record Services)

(extracted data from county birth and death records 1893-1907, marriage records 1885-1930, website includes many other indexes for the Chester County Archives)

  http://dsf.chesco.org/archives/

 

Pennsylvania: Clearfield County (USGenWeb Archives)

(extracted data from county death records 1893-1905, some birth records 1893-1905 and a few marriage records, click on births, deaths or marriages to view the records mentioned)

  http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/births.htm

 

Pennsylvania: Delaware County (Delaware County Archives)

(county marriage records index 1885-1935, birth and death records index 1893-1906, website includes many other indexes for the Delaware County Archives)

  http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/depts/archives.html

 

Pennsylvania: Greene County (USGENWEB Archives)

(county birth & deaths records 1893-1915, extracted data, includes cause of death)

  http://usgwarchives.net/pa/greene/

 

Pennsylvania: Lackawanna County (Lackawanna County Register of Wills)

(county marriage records index 1885-present)

  http://www.lackawannacounty.org/

 

Pennsylvania: Lancaster County (Lancaster County Register of Wills)

(county marriage records index 1950-2010)

  http://paperless.co.lancaster.pa.us/

 

Pennsylvania: Montgomery County (Montgomery County Register of Wills)

(county marriage records index 1990's-present)

  http://webapp.montcopa.org/

 

Pennsylvania: Northampton County (PaHR-Access)

(county birth records 1897) (only partial data extraction)

  Northampton County Births

(county death records 1899 & 1933-1936) (only partial data extraction, updated January 1st, 2013)

  Northampton County Deaths

 

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia (Family Search)

(birth records 1860-1906)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1803-1915)

  https://familysearch.org/

(marriage records index 1885-1951)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh (Family Search)

(death records 1870-1905)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County (Schuylkill County Archives)

(county marriage records index 1885-2010)

  http://www.co.schuylkill.pa.us/

 

Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County: Orwigsburg (PaHR-Access)

(borough vital records 1894-1943)

  http://users.rcn.com/pahraccess/PaHR-Access-index.htm

 

Pennsylvania: Tioga County (Joyce M. Tice)

(county births records 1893-1905, extracted data, includes parents' names, partially complete)

  http://www.joycetice.com/birth/tcbirths.htm

 

Pennsylvania: Westmoreland County (Westmoreland County, PA's Electronic Government Solution)

(county marriage records 1885-2010) (contains only extracted information from marriage records)

  http://westmorelandweb400.us:8088/EGSPublicAccess.htm

 

Pennsylvania: York County (York County Archives)

(county marriage records index 1885-1929, birth and death records index 1893-1906, website includes many other indexes for the York County Archives)

  http://www.yorkcountyarchives.org/records.asp

 

 

 

Alabama (Family Search)

(death records 1908-1974) (contains only extracted information from death certificates)

  https://familysearch.org/

(county marriage records 1809-1950)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Arizona (Arizona Department of Health Services)

(birth records more than 75 years and death records more than 50 years old)

  http://genealogy.az.gov/

 

Arizona (Family Search)

(marriage records 1865-1949)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Arkansas (Family Search)

(county marriage records 1837-1957)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Arkansas: Sebastian County (Family Search)

(county births and deaths 1877-1963)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

California (Family Search)

(county marriage records 1850-1952)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Colorado (Family Search)

(county marriage records 1850-1952)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Delaware (Family Search)

(birth records 1861-1922)

  https://familysearch.org/

(marriage records 1813-1954)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1855-1961)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Florida (Family Search)

(marriage records 1830-1993)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1877-1939) (contains only extracted information from death certificates)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Georgia (Georgia Archives)

(death records 1914-1927)

  http://cdm.sos.state.ga.us:8888/cdm4/gadeaths.php  

 

Georgia (Family Search)

(county marriage records 1785-1950)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1928-1940)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Hawaii (Hawaii State Archives)

(marriage records 1826-1929) (also a small number of births and deaths)

  http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/

 

Idaho (Family Search)

(death records 1911-1937)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1938-1961)

  https://familysearch.org/

(county marriage records 1864-1950)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Illinois (Family Search)

(county marriage records 1810-1940) (for a limited number of counties)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1916-1947) (contains only extracted information from death certificates)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Illinois: Cook County (Family Search)

(birth certificates 1878-1940)

  https://familysearch.org/

(birth registers 1871-1915)

  https://familysearch.org/

(marriage records 1871-1920)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1878-1939, 1955-1994)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Indiana (Family Search)

(marriage records 1811-1959) (contains only extracted information from marriage records)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Iowa (Family Search)

(county birth records 1880-1935) (contains only extracted information from birth records)

  https://familysearch.org/

(county marriage records 1838-1934)

  https://familysearch.org/

(county death records 1880-1992) (contains only extracted information from death records)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1920-1941)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Kansas (Family Search)

(county marriage records 1855-1911)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Kentucky (Kentucky Vital Records Project)

(birth, marriage and death records 1792-present, however, the collection is only partial) (considerably more death certificates are available through Ancestry.com)

  http://kyvitals.com/vis/search/search_death_recs.php

(county marriage records 1797-1954)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1911-1961) (contains only extracted information from death certificates)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Louisiana (Family Search)

(deaths 1850-1877 and 1894-1954) (contains only extracted information from death certificates)

  https://familysearch.org/

(parish marriage records 1837-1957)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Maine (Family Search)

(vital records 1670-1920) (contains only extracted information from vital records)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Maryland (Family Search)

(county marriage records 1658-1940) (contains only extracted information from vital records)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Massachusetts (Family Search)

(birth records 1841-1915)

  https://familysearch.org/

(marriages records 1842-1915)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1841-1915)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Michigan (Seeking Michigan/Michigan State Library) (use advanced search)

(death records 1897-1952)

  http://cdm16317.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p129401coll7

 

Michigan (Family Search)

(birth records 1867-1902)

  https://familysearch.org/

(marriage records 1868-1925)

  https://familysearch.org/

(county marriage records 1820-1940) (does not include all counties)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1921-1952) (extracted data only)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Minnesota (Family Search) (limited number of counties included)

(county marriages 1860-1949)

  https://familysearch.org/

(deaths 1866-1916) (contains only extracted information from a limited number of records)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Mississippi (Family Search) (index only)

(county marriages 1800-1911)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Missouri (Missouri State Archives)

(death records 1910-1963)

  http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/advanced.asp

 

Missouri (Family Search)

(county marriages 1900-1991)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Montana (Family Search)

(marriages 1865-1950)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death index 1860-2007)

  https://familysearch.org/

(county birth and death records 1840-2004)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

New Hampshire (Family Search)

(birth records to 1900)

  https://familysearch.org/

(birth records 1901-1915)

  https://familysearch.org/

(marriage records 1637-1947)

  https://familysearch.org/

(marriage certificates 1948-1959)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1654-1947)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1938-1959)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

New Hampshire: Conway (Conway Public Library)

(death records 1887-2003, marriages 1887-1947, births 1887-2000) (contains only extracted data)

  http://conway.lib.nh.us/vitals/vitalstoc.htm

 

New Jersey (Family Search)

(county marriage records 1682-1956)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

New Mexico (Family Search)

(death records 1889-1945) (contains only extracted data from death certificates)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

New York (Family Search)

(county marriage records 1908-1935)

  https://familysearch.org/

(New York City birth records 1846-1909)

  https://familysearch.org/

(New York City marriage records 1846-1909)

  https://familysearch.org/

(New York City municipal death records 1795-1949)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

North Carolina (Family Search)

(birth index records 1800-2000)

  https://familysearch.org/

(county marriage records 1762-1979)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1906-1930)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1931-1994) (contains only extracted data from death certificates)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

North Carolina: Davidson County  (Family Search)

(death records and marriage licenses 1867-1984)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Ohio (Family Search)

(county birth records 1789-2013)

  https://familysearch.org/

(county marriage records 1789-2013)

  https://familysearch.org/

(county death records 1840-2013)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1908-1953)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Oklahoma (Family Search)

(county marriage records 1890-1995)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Oregon (Family Search)

(county marriage records 1851-1975)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

South Carolina (Family Search)

(death records 1915-1943)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1944-1955) (contains only extracted information from death certificates)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

South Dakota (South Dakota Department of Health)

(birth records 1905-1908) (contains only extracted information from birth certificates)

  http://apps.sd.gov/applications/PH14Over100BirthRec/index.asp

 

Tennessee (Family Search)

(marriage records 1790-1950)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1914-1955)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Tennessee: Shelby County (Shelby County and the Register of Deeds)

(birth records 1874-1912, marriage records 1820-1970 and death records 1848-1964)

   http://register.shelby.tn.us/

 

Additionally this website includes a statewide index of deaths 1949-2009 and marriages 1980-2009.

 

Texas (Family Search)

(birth certificates 1903-1935)

  https://familysearch.org/

(county marriage records 1837-1965)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1890-1976)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1977-1986)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Utah (Utah State Archives)

(death records 1904-1965)

  http://archives.utah.gov/research/indexes/20842.htm  

 

Utah (Family Search)

(birth certificates 1903-1914) (limited number)

  https://familysearch.org/

(county marriage records 1887-1940) (extracted data only)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Vermont (Family Search)

(birth, marriage and deaths 1760-1954)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Washington, DC (Family Search)

(marriages 1811-1950)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records & certificates 1874-1961)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Washington State (Washington State Digital State Archives & Family Search)

(birth records 1891-1929 and all statewide marriage records)

  Washington State Digital Archives

(county marriages 1855-2008)

  https://familysearch.org/

(death records 1907-1960) (contains only extracted information from death certificates)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Additionally the State of Washington, in cooperation with Microsoft Research, is digitizing many of the state's public and historic records. Eventually images of the death certificates will be available online, but no date is projected.  

 

West Virginia (West Virginia Division of Culture and History) 

(birth, death and marriage records from as early as 1840 to as late as 1970)

  http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx  

 

Wisconsin (Family Search)

(marriage records 1836-1930) (extracted data only)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

Wyoming (Family Search)

(marriage records 1877-1920) (extracted data only)

  https://familysearch.org/

 

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Social Security Death Index (GenealogyBank.com)

 

  http://www.genealogybank.com/

 

 

Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA

 

  http://www.germanroots.com/deathrecords.html  

 

 

Where To Write For Vital Records

 

  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w.htm

 

 

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Tim Gruber

 pahraccess@rcn.com

 

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(updated January 1, 2017)