FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Pennsylvania/Tasks-Vital Records Other Repositories

Task
Wiki Project Pennsylvania Tasks - Vital Records Other Repositories

Description
Add a template for other repositories for vital records. Add links to WorldCat, FS Catalog and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Instructions
1. Copy the following template and paste it in wiki text under the last information for death records:



2. In the template, replace the countyBerks with the name of the county you are working on.

3. In the template, change the numbers listed with the number you obtain from doing the following:


 * While in the new FS Catalog on FamilySearch, select any record under the county's "vital records" topic.
 * 1. Put your county into the search "For" field, i.e. Berks, Pennsylvania.
 * 2. Click on the county name as it appears beneath what you are typing.
 * 3. Select the vital records topic from the list.
 * 4. Select any record listed in the vital records topic.
 * 5. In the vital record, under the "Subjects" heading select the link called "Pennsylvania, (your county)– vital records".
 * 6. Click on this blue subject link (i.e. Pennsylvania, Berks - vital Records).
 * 7. In the upper left corner you will find a heading titled "Search" containing the term Subject Number. Under that is the heading "For" with a number. Copy the number in the "For" field.
 * 8.Paste the number in template listed in #1 above replacing the number field in the template.

NOTE: The template links to the FS Catalog and will show any additional records that are added to the FS Catalog in the future.

Example
Finding Vital Records at Other Repositories

Additional vital records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Berks County Pennsylvania Vital Records in online catalogs like:


 * Historical Society of Pennsylvania
 * WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
 * (For instructions see FS Catalog Place-name Search).

County-wide Database

 * 1700-1821 - Pennsylvania Marriage Records Ancestry.com – ($) This database is incomplete for all counties.
 * Pre-1810 – Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry.com – ($) This database is incomplete for all counties. Includes 35,000 marriage records from vol. VIII of of the second series of the Pennsylvania Archives.

Birth

 * 1852-1854 – Pennsylvania, Births, 1852-1854 Index with images. Ancestry ($)
 * 1726-1930 - - free index. Not complete for all years.

Marriage

 * 1700-1821 - Pennsylvania Marriage Records Ancestry.com – ($) This database is incomplete for all counties.
 * 1725-1976 - - free index. Not complete for all years.
 * Pre-1810 – Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry.com – ($) This database is incomplete for all counties. Includes 35,000 marriage records from vol. VIII of of the second series of the Pennsylvania Archives.

Divorce
Divorce records are handled by the office of the Prothonotary. While no on-line indexes or records are available, records may be obtained by visiting or writing to the Prothonotary at: Office of the Prothonotary PO Box 549 230 E. Market Street Clearfield, PA 16830 Phone:(814) 765-2641

Death

 * 1852-1854 – Pennsylvania Deaths Ancestry.com – ($) Index with images.
 * Clearfield County PA USGenWeb Archives Death Register Page