Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States Pennsylvania  Montgomery County

Guide to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ancestry, family history and genealogy in courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, Revolutionary War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

Montgomery County Pennsylvania Historical Facts


Parent Counties: Formed from Philadelphia County 10 September 1784.

County Seat: Norristown

Neighboring Counties: Montgomery County residents may also have records in:


 * Lehigh
 * Berks
 * Philadelphia
 * Delaware
 * Chester
 * Bucks

Montgomery County was named for either Richard Montgomery, the American Revolutionary War general who was killed at Battle of Quebec in 1775 or for Montgomeryshire, Wales, from where much of early Welsh Quakers came from. The Quakers settled in the Welsh Tract. Early histories yielded nothing as to how the name came to be.

Description
It's county seat is Norristown and was founded September 10, 1784. It is located in the South Central area of the state.

Boundary Changes
No counties were formed from Montgomery County.

For animated maps illustrating Pennsylvania county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Pennsylvania County Boundary Maps" (1673-1878) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Records Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Biographies

 * Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvaniacontaining genealogical records of representative families, including many of the early settlers and biographical sketches of prominent citizens. Ellwood Roberts, Editor. Courtesy USGenWeb Archives
 * Biographies from Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (1904) published by T. S. Benham and The Lewis Publishing Co., are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.


 * Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery located in West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,
 * First Presbyterian Cemetery is located at 113 Airy St., Norristown, PA 19401
 * Reformed Church at Providence, St. Luke's Cemetery, Trappe BillionGraves


 * The Mennonite Heritage Center 565 Yoder Road Harleysville PA 19438-1020 Phone: 215-256-3020 Email: [mailto:library@mhep.org library@mhep.org] The Cemetery Database at the Mennonite Heritage Center includes 86,000 burial records from 125 local cemeteries. Records cover cemeteries in the counties of Berks, Bucks, Butler, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, and Westmoreland. The database provides transcriptions from Mennonite, Brethren, Lutheran, Reformed, Union, Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, community, and private cemeteries. Search the list of cemeteries and the alphabetical surname lists in Adobe PDF format. Visit the Mennonite Heritage Center to search the cemetery database by various criteria. The transcriptions are available for further research at the MHC library.

County-wide Database - Multi-denominational



 * 1708-1985 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $, free to members of the society; Also available at Ancestry.com – $; 7,542,774 entries. This database is incomplete for all counties.


 * Contains the church records of:
 * Ambler: Calvary United Methodist Church; Trinity Episcopal Church
 * Anconia Township: Anconia Mennonite Cemetery Gravestone Inscriptions; Salford Mennonite Church
 * Ardmore: Methodist Episcopal Church; United Methodist Church
 * Barren Hill: St. Peter's Lutheran Church
 * Blue Bell: Boehm's Reformed Church (United Church of Christ)
 * Bridgeport: Christ Church
 * Collegeville: Skippack Brethren Cemetery; Trinity Christian Church; Trinity Reformed Cemetery
 * Conshohocken: Calvary Church; Calvary Episcopal Church
 * Eagleville: Lower Providence Presbyterian Church
 * East Greenville: New Goshenhoppen United Church of Christ
 * Elkins Park: Church of the Annunciation
 * Fairview: Riton Brethren Cemetery
 * Flourtown: David H. Kollock III Funeral Homes, Record Books; First Presbyterian Church
 * Franconia: Indian Creek Reformed Church
 * Harleysville: Vincent Mennonite Cemetery
 * Lansdale: Plains Mennonite Cemetery
 * Limerick: James Union Lutheran and Reformed
 * Lower Salford Township: Salford Mennonite Church
 * Marion: Westminster Cemetery Company
 * Montgomeryville: Montgomery Square United Methodist
 * New Hanover: New Hanover Evangelical Lutheran Church
 * Norristown: Christ United Church of Christ; St. John's Episcopal Church; St. John's Episcopal Church (2)
 * Oaks: Germantown Ministry Church of the Brethren
 * Obelisk: St. Luke's Lutheran Church
 * Plymouth: Reverend L O Knipp Diary and Pastoral Record
 * Potts Grove: Presbyterian Church
 * Pottstown: Christ Episcopal Church; Trinity United Church of Christ
 * Prospectville: Prospectville Methodist Episcopal Church
 * Rockhill: Rockhill Mennonite Church
 * Roxborough: St. Timothy's Episcopal Church; St. Timothy's Protestant Episcopal Church [sic]
 * Schwenksville: Mennonite Cemetery
 * Skippack: Charles M. Pool Undertaker Records; Lower Skippack Mennonite Cemetery; Neutralist Newspaper; Upper Skippack Mennonite Cemetery; Warren G. Bean Ministerial Records
 * Towamencin Township: Towamencin Mennonite Cemetery Gravestone Inscriptions
 * Trappe: Frank W. Shalkop Undertaker Records
 * Upper Frederick Township: Riton Brethren Cemetery
 * Upper Hanover: Gehman Family Papers
 * Upper Providence: Providence Mennonite Cemetery
 * Worcester: Worcester Mennonite Cemetery


 * 1682-1800 Humphrey, John T. Pennsylvania Births, Montgomery County, 1682-1800. Washington, D.C.: Humphrey Pub., 1993..


 * Contains baptisms of Abington Friends Monthly Meeting, Lower Merion Friends, Abington Presbyterian Church, Gwynedd Friends Monthly Meeting, Lower Dublin or Pennypack Baptist, Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church at Trappe, New Goshenhoppen Reformed, St. Paul's Lutheran at Red Hill, New Hanover Lutheran, Falkner Swamp Reformed, Horsham Friends Monthly Meeting, Old Goshenhoppen Lutheran, Indian Creek Reformed, Indianfield Lutheran, St. Luke's Reformed at Trappe, Wentz's Reformed, Boehm's Reformed, Old Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, St. Paul's Lutheran at Barren Hill, Trinity Reformed at Pottstown, St. Paul's Lutheran at Ardmore, St. John's Lutheran at Centre Square, Emanuel Lutheran at Pottstown, St. Peter's Lutheran in North Wales Township, St. Thomas Protestant Episcopal, Plymouth Friends Monthly Meeting, records of Rev. John Casper Stoever (Lutheran), and records of Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (Lutheran).


 * Montgomery County Church Records, courtesy USGenWeb Archives


 * 1793-1844 Skippack Death Index 1793-1844 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.

Episcopalian
St. James's Church, Perkiomen

Early registers, which began in 1730, are lost. Surviving registers date from 1800.

For a history, read:


 * Barrow, A.J. "St. James's, Perkiomen," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 19 (1895):87-95. For free online access, see WeRelate.

St. Thomas's Church, Whitemarsh

Early registers "were destroyed in the Revolution."

Lutheran
Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trappe


 * 1712-1777 Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trappe, Marriage Index 1712-1777 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.

Indianfield Lutheran Church, Franconia Township


 * 1753-1838 Indianfield Lutheran Church, Franconia Township, Baptism Index 1753-1838 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.
 * 1753-1780 Indianfield Lutheran Church, Franconia Township, Marriage Index 1753-1780 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.

Lutheran Church, New Hanover


 * 1745-1809 Marriage Record of the Lutheran Church, New Hanover, Montgomery County, PA., 1748-1800 (Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, Vol. 8, Part 7) at Ancestry ($); Google Books - free.

Lutheran Church, Old Goshenhoppen


 * 1751-1780 Lutheran Church, Old Goshenhoppen, Marriage Index 1751-1780 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.

St. Peter's Yellow Church, North Wales Township


 * 1787-1856 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1787-1856: St. Peter's Yellow Church, North Wales Township at Ancestry ($). Births, marriages, deaths.

Methodist

 * 1920  Directory, First Cheltenham Methodist Episcopal Church, Cheltenham, Pa. ... February, 1920 at Ancestry ($).

Presbyterian
Ashbourne Presbyterian Church, Elkins Park


 * 1878-1919 Ashbourne Presbyterian Church, Elkins Park, Baptism Index 1878-1919 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.
 * 1881-1919 Ashbourne Presbyterian Church, Elkins Park, Marriage Index 1881-1919 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.

Presbyterian Church, Abington


 * 1819-1864 Presbyterian Church, Abington, Baptism Index 1819-1864 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.
 * 1820-1862 Presbyterian Church, Abington, Marriage Index 1820-1862 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.

Reformed
Boehm's Reformed Church


 * 1803-1852 Boehm's Reformed Church Marriage Index 1803-1852 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.
 * Directory, Boehm's Reformed Church ... Blue Bell Montgomery County, Pa., founded 1740 ... at Ancestry ($).

Indian Creek Reformed Church


 * 1753-1851 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1753-1851: Indian Creek Reformed Church at Ancestry ($). Baptisms, marriages.

Reformed Church, Falkner Swamp


 * 1748-1800 Marriage Record of the Reformed Church, Falkner Swamp, Montgomery County, PA., 1748-1800 (Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, Vol. 8, Part 6) at Ancestry ($); Google Books - free.
 * 1748-1854 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1748-1854: Falckner Swamp Reformed Congregation at Ancestry ($). Births, marriages, deaths.

St. Paul's Memorial Church


 * Directory, St. Paul's Memorial Church ... Oaks, Pa. ... Lent, 1926 at Ancestry ($).

Trinity Reformed Church, Pottstown


 * 1770-1865 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1770-1865: Trinity Reformed Church of Pottstown at Ancestry ($). Births, marriages, deaths.

Court of Common Pleas
The Courts of Common Pleas are the trial courts of Pennsylvania. Major civil and criminal cases are heard in these courts. Judges also decide cases involving adoption, divorce, child custody, abuse, juvenile delinquency, estates, guardianships, charitable organizations and many other matters. The Common Pleas courts are organized into 60 judicial districts. Montgomery County has its own judicial district. Judges of the Common Pleas courts are elected to 10-year terms. A president judge and a court administrator serve in each judicial district.

Prothonotary
Mark Levy, Prothonotary Office of the Prothonotary P.O. Box 311 Norristown, PA 19404-0311 Phone: 610-278-3360

Orphan's Court (see Vital Records)
D. Bruce Hanes, Esq., Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans’ Court One Montgomery Plaza, 4th floor Norristown, PA 19404 Orphans' Court: 610-278-3400 Marriage License: 610-278-3414 Mailing Address: Montgomery County Register of Wills/Orphans' Court Marriage License Department P.O. Box 311 Norristown, PA 19404-0311

Gazetteers

 * United States Geographic Survey Place Names - GNIS for Montgomery County (over 2000) (may not always be present in alphabetic order on first try.)

Genealogy

 * All of the family biographies from The Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania published in 1904 by T. S. Benham &amp; Company and The Lewis Publishing Company are available free online on My Genealogy Hound.

Published Histories

 * Surnames on 1887 Atlas, courtesy USGenWeb Archives
 * Bean's History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1884, courtesy USGenWeb Archives
 * Every Name Index:History of the Alan Wood Iron and Steel Company, 1792-1920, courtesy USGenWeb Archives
 * Every Name Index:Kriebel's, A Brief History of Montgomery Co., PA, courtesy USGenWeb Archives

Land and Property
Land records in Montgomery County began in 1850. These records are filed with the Recorder of Deeds office in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts, indexes, mortgages, leases, grants, sheriff sales, land patents, and maps. Property records include liens as well as livestock brands and estray records.

The following are examples of available resources:

Online Land Records

The Register and Recorder offers online access to land records (available years are unknown). The online indexes are free but fees apply for copies.

Land Record Abstracts


 * Abstracts of Early Deeds, 17 06:Philadelphia (many now Montgomery Co.), courtesy USGenWeb Archives

Land Records on Microfilm


 * 1784-1877 Deeds, 1784-1866; Index, 1784-1877.
 * 1784–1946 Mortgages, 1785-1822; Index, 1784-1946.

Additional Resources

Note that the "Maps" section below also includes maps related to land ownership.

See Pennsylvania Land and Property for more information about using land records, especially about original land warrants, surveys, and patents filed at the state land office.

Additional resources can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Montgomery County Pennsylvania Land in online catalogs such as:


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

Maps
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 * Maps of Pennsylvania (1673-1878)
 * Ancestor Tracks has posted free downloadable images from the 1868 Barnes' Driving Map of Philadelphia and Surroundings. This wall map located in the Library of Congress shows major landowner and geographic sites at the date of publishing. While the physical maps are in the public domain, the images we have taken of the maps belong to us and are not to be used commercially. We hereby give permission to use them strictly for personal use; please attribute to Ancestor Tracks.

Migration
Early migration routes to Montgomery County for European settlers included:


 * Minsi Path from Kingston, New York to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that is, from the Ulster and Delaware Turnpike to the Great Valley Road.
 * Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths from Unadilla, New York to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that is, from the Catskill Turnpike to the Great Valley Road.

Revolutionary War
Local newspapers published obituaries on many Montgomery County Revolutionary War veterans. Summers abstracted these records and his article is available for free online:


 * Summers, William. "Obituary Notices of Pennsylvania Soldiers of the Revolution," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 38 (1914):443-460. For free online access, see WeRelate.

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records


 * 1795-1952  on FamilySearch.org - free, National Archives publication M1248, browsesable images of card.


 * 1795-1931  on FamilySearch.org - free, National Archives publication M1522, browsesable images of petitions, no index, use index listed above.


 * 1795-1930 Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930 on Fold3.com - ($), indexed, National Archives publication M1522, incomplete for all counties.


 * 1795-1930 Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania located in Selected US Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974 database on Ancestry.com - ($), indexed, National Archives publication M1522.

Original Naturalization Records on Microfilm


 * 1791–1906 Naturalization Papers

Newspapers
Newspapers of Montgomery County


 * Pennsylvania Newspapers
 * Chronicling America US Newspaper Directory

Online Newspapers

To learn if there are newspapers online for a specific town or city in Pennsylvania, see news.google.com/newspapers and search for the town or the name of a newspaper.


 * Ambler Gazette Collection through Wissahickon Valley Public Library.

Online Newspaper Abstracts


 * PA-Roots Newspaper Articles for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
 * Newspaper Clippings for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Obituaries
Obituaries are generally found in local newspapers where the person died. However, sometimes an obituary is found in the location from which he or she originated. To find an obituary, see the information under the Newspaper heading

Online Obituary Abstracts


 * PA-Roots Obituaries for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
 * Index to Montgomery County Obituaries Death Notices and Funeral Notices (USGenWeb.com)
 * Montgomery County Obituaries, courtesy USGenWeb Archives

Obituary Excerpts and Abstracts


 * Marriages...Deaths from Der Nautralist, 1845-1854 (Trenton, New Jersey:NMI, Norton Micro-Images for the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania)
 * Compiled and arranged by Michael J. Osiol, Pottstown Area Necrology (S.I.:M.J. Osiol, 19--?) ;

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes


 * 1683 - 1993 Pennsylvania Wills and Probate Records 1683-1993 at Ancestry.com — index and images $


 * 1683 - 1994 at FamilySearch — images


 * 1784-1850 Williams, Richard T. Index of Wills &amp; Estate Settlements, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1784-1850. Danboro, Pa.: R.T. and M.C. Williams, 1972. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Online Probate Records

Many original Montgomery County probate records are available free online as digital images at:


 * 1784-1973  at FamilySearch.org - free. Includes  Will Index (1784-1942), Will Books 1-34 (1784-1907); Administration Record Index (1784-1941); Estate Index A-Z (1784-1973); Orphan's Court Dockets Volumes 1-15 (1784-1866); Proceedings Index Volumes 1-45 (1784-1973).

Online Probate Record Abstracts


 * Will Abstracts 1784-1823 and index, courtesy USGenWeb Archives

Original Probate Records on Microfilm


 * 1784-1941 Index to Administrations
 * 1784-1973 Probate Records
 * 1784-1907 Wills - Index included: 1784-1942

Repositories

 * List of Pennsylvania Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Archives

 * National Archives at Philadelphia 14700 Townsend Road Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096 Phone: 215-305-2044 Fax: 215-305-2052
 * National Archives at Philadelphia 14700 Townsend Road Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096 Phone: 215-305-2044 Fax: 215-305-2052


 * Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center Library and Archive 105 Seminary Street Pennsburg, PA 18073 Phone: 215–679–3103 Email: [mailto:info@schwenkfelder.com info@schwenkfelder.com]


 * This organization has over "200 unpublished records from churches in Montgomery, Berks, Lehigh and Bucks County, from the Schwenkfelder, Reformed, Lutheran, Mennonite, Brethren, and Roman Catholic congregations." It also has many years of five local newspapers, family genealogies and files, local and county histories, diaries, printed fraktur, cemetery records, photographs, and other types of records.


 * Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel 8339 Old York Road Elkins Park, PA 19027 Phone: 215-887-8700 Fax: 215-887-1070


 * The Archives has the records of this Jewish synagogue from its founding in 1847 to the present.

Courthouse

 * Montgomery County Courthouse 493 Swede Streeet Norristown, PA 19401 P.O. Box 311 Norristown, PA 19404-0311 Phone: 610-278-3000


 * Register of Wills/Orphans’ Court One Montgomery Plaza, 4th flr. Swede and Airy Streets Norristown, PA


 * This office probates wills, processes intestate estates, and is an agent for the Commonwealth in collecting inheritance taxes.The Clerk of the Orphans’ Court issues marriage licenses and has charge of the Orphans’ Court dockets. Petitions for adoptions are filed here. The Register of Wills also keeps the records of all persons born in Montgomery County between 1893 and 1915. Records after that time are filed with the Department of Health.


 * Recorder of Deeds One Montgomery Plaza Swede and Airy Streets, Suite 303 P.O. Box 311 Norristown, PA 19404


 * Records and collects deeds. mortgages, and other land records for the county.


 * Office of the Prothonotary Montgomery County Courthouse 2 East Airy Street P.O. Box 311 Norristown, PA 19404-0311 Phone: 610-278-3360


 * This office is responsible for recording and filing a wide variety of legal papers such as: personal injury, medical malpractice, divorce, custody, protection from abuse, judgments, change of name, District Justice appeals, Federal income tax liens, and administers oaths and affirmations. They also processes passport applications.

Libraries

 * Montgomery Area Public Library 1 South Main Street Montgomery, PA 17752 Phone: 570-547-6212


 * The Montgomery Area Public Library is part of the Lycoming County Library System. The system has genealogical, historical, and biographical items in their collection.


 * Valley Forge National Historical Park Library &amp; Archives 1400 North Outer Line Drive King of Prussia, PA 19406 Office: 610-783-1034 Fax: 610-783-1060 Library: 610-296-2593


 * At this time the library and archives are only available by appointment: Dona M. McDermott, Archivist Email: [mailto:dona_mcdermott@nps.gov dona_mcdermott@nps.gov]


 * The Mennonite Heritage Center 565 Yoder Road Harleysville, PA 19438-1020 Phone: 215-256-3020 Email: [mailto:library@mhep.org library@mhep.org]


 * The Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania support the John L. Ruth Historical Library and Museum at the Mennonite Heritage Center. Located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania the records and resources of this treasure also cover the counties of Bucks, Chester, Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, and Philadelphia. The website provides a comprehensive overview of library resources, online cemetery database, manuscript collections, photo collections, archival collections, and more.

Museums

 * Valley Forge National Historical Park Museum 1400 North Outer Line Drive King of Prussia, PA 19406 Phone: 610-783-1000


 * Temple Judea Museum Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel 8339 Old York Road, (SE corner Township Line Road) Elkins Park, PA 19027 Phone: 215-887-2027 Email: [mailto:TJMuseum@aol.com TJMuseum@aol.com]


 * The museum has collections of art works, political items, military information, music, history, and more.

Societies

 * The Lower Merion Historical Society Lower Merion Academy 506 Bryn Mawr Ave. Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004


 * The Society preserves historic resources of the Township of Lower Merion and the Borough of Narberth. They have a collection of online biographical sketches, burial records, early maps, and other historical items. In their library are countless records that can be identified by online searches.


 * Historical Society of Montgomery County 1654 DeKalb Street Norristown, PA 19401 Phone: 610-272-0297


 * The Society was established in 1881. They have a Library containing over thirty thousand titles including books, pamphlets, newspapers and archival materials, family files, censuses, city directories, maps, photographs, county and church records, and scrapbooks. A guide to the library will prepare you to visit their facility.

Schools
Pottstown, PA High School: 1941 Football Team Photo with names of individuals.

Taxation

 * 1798 Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798 at Ancestry ($).

Vital Records
The following records are available at the Montgomery County Records Department:


 * 1852-1855 Birth, Marriage and Death Records
 * 1893-1915 Birth and Death Records
 * 1841-1966 Delayed Birth Certificates
 * 1885 to present Marriage Records, with bride and groom index

Montgomery County Records Department 2000 Old Arch Rd Norristown PA 19404 Phone: 610-278-3441 Fax: 610-292-4966 Email: [mailto:archives@montcopa.org archives@montcopa.org]

See also How to order Pennsylvania Vital Records

Birth
The following records are available at the Montgomery County Records Department:


 * 1841-1966 Delayed Birth Certificates
 * 1852-1855 Birth Records
 * 1893-1915 Birth Records


 * 1726-1930  - free index. Not complete for all years. This index is an electronic index for the years 1726 to 1930. It is not necessarily intended to index any specific set of records. This index is not complete for any particular place or region. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections.
 * 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Births Ancestry.com – ($) Index with images.
 * 1893-1895 Montgomery County Birth Index 1893-1895 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Marriage
The following records are available at the Montgomery County Records Department:

Marriage records older than 25 years are not available at the courthouse. These records need to be brought in from an off site storage facility. When the record has been brought to the courthouse, the patron will be notified and may pick up the record at that time.

Order records by completing the following form.


 * 1677–1950  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1700-1821  Pennsylvania Marriage Records Ancestry.com – ($) This database is incomplete for all counties.
 * 1725-1976  - free index. Not complete for all years. This index is an electronic database of information. The entries are primarily from the International Genealogical Index (IGI) along with some entries derived from compiled and original records such as: Family Records, Church Records, Civil Registration. It may also include indexes generated by the internet indexing project sponsored by the LDS Church.
 * Pre-1810 Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry.com – ($) This database is incomplete for all counties. Includes 35,000 marriage records from vol. VIII of of the second series of the Pennsylvania Archives.
 * 1812-1839 Van Booskirk, Mahlon. "Marriages from Squire Van Booskirk's Docket," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 30 (1906):437-444. For free online access, see WeRelate. Van Booskirk was a Justice of the Peace. Republished as: "Marriage Record of Mahlon Van Booskirk," Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Mar. 1911):305-311. For online access, see WeRelate; the Family History Library also has this series in its collection:.
 * 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry.com – ($) Index with images.
 * 1885-1950  Extracted marriage records – free. Most of the records consist of marriage licenses, certificates, applications, docket books, and affidavits. This database is incomplete for all counties. May also contain marriage records earlier than 1885.
 * Index to Marriage Records at USGenWeb - Includes two indexes: the first is an alphabetical listing of brides and grooms in local newspapers, the second is a county marriage license search from the early 1990s to the presennt.

Divorce
Divorce records are available through the office of the Prothonotary. The office of the Prothonotary is located in the courthouse building.

Death
The following records are available at the Montgomery County Records Department:


 * 1852-1855 Death Records
 * 1893-1915 Death Records


 * 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Deaths Ancestry.com – ($) Index with images.
 * 1894 Montgomery County Birth Index 1894 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Montgomery County Pennsylvania Genealogy Websites

 * Montgomery County, PA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * The Montgomery County PAGenWeb Project, an member of The PAGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * Montgomery County PA Genealogy

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