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The following records are available at the Lancaster County Archives


 * 1852-1854 Death Records, online index
 * 1893-1906 Death Records, online index

For birth and death records prior to 1906 contact: Lancaster County Archives 150 North Queen Street, Suite 10 Lancaster PA 17603 Phone: 717-299-8319 Fax: 717-735-9606 [mailto:archives@colancaster.pa.us archives@colancaster.pa.us]

Lancaster County Courthouse 50 North Duke Street Lancaster PA 17602 (717)299-8242

Montgomery County Courthouse Airy &amp; Swede Streets Norristown, PA 19404 (610) 278-3411

Philadelphia County Birth and Death Records City Archives 3101 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 685-9402

Philadelphia County Marriage Records Marriage Bureau City Hall, Room 415 Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 686-2234

York County Judicial Center 45 North George Street York, PA 17401 (717) 771-9288

Vital Records
The Archive Research Center, located on the third floor of the Bucks County Courthouse, is open to the public for genealogical research. The Bucks County Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphan's Court has microfilm records dating back to 1684. Some original records are stored off-site and are available by advance request. Copy services (by fee) include the following:


 * 1684-1950 Genealogical Search Request, index search by name
 * 1684-1987 Index printout with name, death year, index number
 * 1987-present Index printout also includes date of death
 * 1885-present Marriage Application Record, Certified Application, Marriage Certificate
 * 1893-1906 Certified Birth/Death Record

Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans' Court 55 East Court Street 3rd Floor, Administration Building Doylestown PA 18901 Register of Wills: 215-348-6265, registerofwills@co.bucks.pa.us Orphans' Court: 215-348-6271, orphanscourt@co.bucks.pa.us

Marriage
Search and order Bucks County marriage records online or visit in person. Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans' Court 55 East Court Street 3rd Floor, Administration Building Doylestown PA 18901 Register of Wills: 215-348-6265 Orphans' Court: 215-348-6271 registerofwills@co.bucks.pa.us orphanscourt@co.bucks.pa.us

Wills/Orphans' Court Division Marriage License Bureau 414 Grant Street 1st Floor, City-County Building Pittsburgh PA 15219

Divorce
Divorce records are handled by the office of the Prothonotary and Domestic Relations (Family Court). No Family Court documents are available on-line. Records may be obtained on site or by correspondence.

The Office of the Prothonotary Bucks County Courthouse 55 East Court Street Doylestown PA 18901 Phone: 215-348-6191 Fax: 215-348-6184

Divorce
Divorce records are handled by the Department of Court Records Civil/Family Division (formerly the office of the Prothonotary). While no on-line indexes or records are available, records may be obtained on site or by correspondence. Department of Court Records Civil/Family Division City-County Building 414 Grant Street, First Floor Pittsburgh PA 15219-2469 Phone: (412)350-4200 Fax: (412)350-5260 civil@alleghenycounty.us

Sandbox CA
Learn more.

Birth Indexes


 * FamilySearch Historical Records
 * FamilySearch Historical Records

(CABI) (1905-1995) is available for free at:


 * California Births at Family Tree Legends
 * California Birth Menu at Vitalsearch

For additional information (including the mailing address) on ordering birth, marriage and death certificates from the state of California visit: A comprehensive resource for locating vital records.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

California, Birth Index (FamilySearchHistorical Records)

Marriage Indexes


 * FamilySearch Historical Records
 * FamilySearch Historical Records
 * FamilySearch Historical Records
 * California Marriages 1949-1986, Vitalsearch

A wiki article describing this collection is found at:

California County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Death Records
Early to 1905

The Family History Library has been acquiring microfilmed copies of the original records from many counties. For example, the Family History Library has microfilms of death records (1877-1905, indexed 1873-1920). You can also write to each County Recorder for information.

1905 - Present

 Death Indexes  (CADI) (1940-1997) is available for free at:


 * California Death Indexes
 * California Death Index
 * California Death Index Family Tree Legends
 * Rootsweb Death Search
 * Pre 1905 California Death Index Project

The death index includes: Deceased's full name, date of birth and country or state of birth, death date and death place in California, Social Security Number, and mother's maiden name.

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


 * California, Death Index, 1905-1939 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * California Death Index, 1940-1997 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * California, San Joaquin, County Public Library Obituary Index File (FamilySearch Historical Records)