Chester Co PA, RESOURCES FOR PENNSYLVANIA

CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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RESOURCES FOR RESEARCHING
PENNSYLVANIA ANCESTORS

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This page contains some various links and information to aid you in the research of your Pennsylvania ancestors.  If you have additional information to add to this page, please feel free to contact me.

Links | Adoption | Vital Records

LINKS TO WEBSITES & PAGES:

RESEARCHING PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN ANCESTORS

ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF PA TOWNSHIPS & THEIR COUNTIES

ARCHIVES RECORDS INFORMATION ACCESS SYSTEM

CAMP SECURITY:  Website dedicated to saving the nation's only remaining Revolutionary War POW Camp; York Co., PA

CEMETERY RECORDS ONLINE, PENNSYLVANIA

CYNDI'S LIST

DIGITAL BOOKSHELF AT PENN STATE

EARLY AMERICAN TRAILS & ROADS

EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA OBITUARY PROJECT

EXPLORE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY

GENEALOGICAL HOLDINGS AT THE FREE LIBRARY, PHILADELPHIA

GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES, CITY ARCHIVES OF PHILADELPHIA

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA

LIBRARY CARD CATALOGUES, ALL COUNTIES

LISTING OF ON-LINE PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPERS

Miscellaneous Newspaper Obits & Articles

NARA-Genealogy Resources

NARA-MidAtlantic Region

OBITUARY CENTRAL

ONLINE PENNSYLVANIA DEATH RECORDS, INDEXES & OBITUARIES

PAGenWeb ARCHIVES

PAGenWeb PROJECT

PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY GROUP SHEET PROJECT

PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGY BOOKS

PENNSYLVANIA HERITAGE SOCIETY

PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOKS

PA HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES

PENNSYLVANIA LAND RECORDS ARCHIVES

PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT

PENNSYLVANIA OLD PHOTO'S

PENNSYLVANIA ORIGINAL LAND RECORDS

PENNSYLVANIA STATE ARCHIVES

PENNSYLVANIA TOURISM OFFICE

THE POORHOUSE STORY

PRESERVING PENNSYLVANIA'S HISTORIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS

SOLDIERS' ORPHANS' SCHOOLS/HOMES

SOUTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

STATE LIBRARY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SLAVERY IN PENNSYLVANIA

ABOARD THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD- HISTORY OF SLAVERY, PICTURES, INFORMATION (National Geographic)

NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER

 

OBTAINING VITAL RECORDS, PENNSYLVANIA

Birth and Death records are available for events occurring after January 1906. 
Always ask for a complete or full copy of the record you are requesting.
After 1913, the death certificates should contain the parent's names.
State your relationship to the deceased person or that your request is genealogy-related.
Presently, Death Certificates are ??.
Presently, Birth Certificates are ??.
Make check or money-order payable to:
Division of Vital Records.
Mailing Address: 

Pennsylvania Vital Records
State Department of Health
P.O. Box 1528, 101 S. Mercer St.
New Castle, PA  16103

Phone Number:  (724) 656-3100.

Prior to January 1906, check the local county court house where your ancestor resided.  Most birth, death, and marriage records began by 1893. 


ADOPTION:

PENNSYLVANIA ADOPTIONS

 


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