Adams County Courthouse
111-17 Baltimore St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325-2313
Telephone: (717) 334-6781 ext. 225
| County created
|
January 22, 1800
|
from
|
York County
|
Allegheny County Courthouse
414 Grant St., 1st Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2403
Telephone: (412) 350-4230
| County created
|
September 24, 1788
|
from
|
Washington and
Westmoreland Counties
|
Armstrong County Courthouse
500 E. Market St.
Kittanning, PA 16201
Telephone: (412) 543-2500
| County created
|
March 12, 1800
|
from
|
Allegheny,
Lycoming and
Westmoreland Counties
|
Beaver County Courthouse
810 3rd St.
Beaver, PA 15009
Telephone: (412) 728-5700
| County created
|
March 12, 1800
|
from
|
Allegheny and Washington Counties
|
Bedford County Courthouse
P.O. Box 166
Bedford, PA 15522-0166
Telephone: (814) 623-4807
| County created
|
March 9, 1771
|
from
|
Cumberland County
|
Berks County Courthouse
633 Court St.
Reading, PA 19601
Telephone: (610) 478-6600
| County created
|
1752
|
from
|
Chester, Lancaster and Philadelphia Counties
|
| |
|
Blair County Courthouse
Prothonotary
423 Allegheny St.
Holidaysburg, PA 16648
Telephone: (814) 695-5541
| County created
|
February 26, 1846
|
from
|
Huntingdon and Bedford Counties
|
Bradford County Courthouse
301 Main St.
Towanda, PA 18848
Telephone: (717) 265-1702
| County created
|
February 21, 1810
|
from
|
Luzerne and
Lycoming Counties
|
Bucks County Courthouse
Main & Court Sts.
Doylestown, PA 18901-4380
Telephone: (215) 348-6000
| County created
|
1682
|
One of the 3 Original Counties
|
Butler County Courthouse
P.O. Box 1208
Butler, PA 16003-1208
Telephone: (412) 285-4731
| County created
|
March 12, 1800
|
from
|
Allegheny County
|
Cambria County Courthouse
200 S. Center St.
Ebensburg, PA 15931-1936
Telephone: (814) 472-5440
| County created
|
March 26, 1804
|
from
|
Somerset and
Huntingdon Counties
|
Cameron County Courthouse
20 E. 5th St.
Emporium, PA 15834-1469
Telephone: (814) 486-2315
| County created
|
March 29, 1860
|
from
|
Clinton,
Elk, McKean and Potter Counties
|
| |
|
Carbon County Courthouse
P.O. Box 286
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229
Telephone: (717) 325-2261
| County created
|
March 13, 1843
|
from
|
Monroe and Northampton
Counties
|
Centre County Courthouse
County Courthouse
N. Alleghany St.
Bellefonte, PA 16823
Telephone: (814) 355-6724
| County created
|
February 13, 1800
|
from
|
Lycoming, Mifflin, Huntingdon and Northampton Counties
|
Chester County Courthouse
2 North High St., Suite 109
West Chester, PA 19380-3073
Telephone: (610) 344-6335
| County created
|
1682
|
|
One of 3 original Counties
|
Clarion County Courthouse
Main St.
Clarion, PA 16214
Telephone: (814) 226-4000
| County created
|
March 11, 1839
|
from
|
Venango and Armstrong Counties
|
Clearfield County Courthouse
P.O. Box 361
Clearfield, PA 16830-0361
Telephone: (814) 765-2641
| County created
|
March 26, 1804
|
from
|
Lycoming and
Huntingdon Counties
|
Clinton County Courthouse
P.O. Box 943
Lock Haven, PA 17745-0943
Telephone: (717) 893-4010
| County created
|
June 21, 1839
|
from
|
Lycoming and Centre Counties
|
Columbia County Courthouse
35 W. Main St.
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Telephone: (717) 389-5632
| County created
|
March 22, 1813
|
from
|
Northumberland and Luzerne Counties
|
Crawford County Courthouse
903 Diamond Park
Meadville, PA 16335-2640
Telephone: (814) 333-7338
| County created
|
March 12, 1800
|
from
|
Allegheny County
|
Cumberland County
1 Courthouse Square
Carlisle, PA 17013
Telephone: (717) 240-6100
| County created
|
January 27, 1750
|
from
|
Lancaster County
|
Dauphin County Courthouse
Front & Market, Room 103
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Telephone: (717) 255-2657
| County created
|
March
4, 1785
|
from
|
Lancaster County
|
Delaware County Courthouse
201 W. Front St.
Media, PA 19063-2708
Telephone: (610) 891-4400
| County created
|
September 6, 1789
|
from
|
Chester County
|
Elk County Courthouse
P.O. Box 314
Ridgeway, PA 15853-0314
Telephone: (814) 776-5349
| County created
|
April 18, 1843
|
from
|
Jefferson, McKean and Clearfield Counties
|
Erie County Courthouse
140 W. 6th St. #122
Erie, PA 16501
Telephone: (814) 451-6260
| County created
|
March 12, 1800
|
from
|
Allegheny County
|
Courthouse fire in 1823 destroyed all
records
Fayette County Courthouse
61 E. Main St.
Uniontown, PA 15401
Telephone: (412) 430-1206
| County created
|
September 26, 1783
|
from
|
Westmoreland County
|
| Named after
|
Marquis de LaFayette
|
Forest County Courthouse
P.O. Box 423
Tionesta, PA 16353-0423
Telephone: (814) 755-3526
| County created
|
April 1, 1848
|
from
|
Jefferson County & part of
Venango County was added on October 31, 1866
|
Fulton County Courthouse
201 N. 2nd St.
McConnellsburg, PA 17233
Telephone: (717) 485-4212
| County created
|
April 19, 1851
|
from
|
Bedford
County
|
Franklin County Courthouse
157 Lincoln Way E
Chambersburg, PA 17201
Telephone: (717) 261-3872
| County created
|
September 9, 1784
|
from
|
Cumberland County
|
| |
|
Greene County Courthouse
Greene County Courthouse
High St.
Waynesburg, PA 15370
Telephone: (412) 852-5283
| County created
|
February 9, 1796
|
from
|
Washington
County
|
Huntingdon County Courthouse
223 Penn St.
Huntingdon, PA 16652
Telephone: (814) 643-2740
| County created
|
September 20, 1787
|
from
|
Bedford
County
|
Indiana County
825 Philadelphia St.
Indiana, PA 15701
Telephone: (412) 465-3860
| County created
|
March 30, 1803
|
from
|
Lycoming and Westmoreland Counties
|
Jefferson County Courthouse
200 Main St.
Brookville, PA 15825-1236
Telephone: (814) 849-1610
| County created
|
March 26, 1804
|
from
|
Lycoming County
|
Juniata County Courthouse
P.O. Box 68
Mifflintown, PA 17059-0068
Telephone: (717) 436-8991
| County created
|
March 2, 1831
|
from
|
Mifflin
County
|
Lackawanna County
200 N. Washington Ave.
Scranton, PA 18503
Telephone: (717) 963-6723
| County created
|
August 13, 1878
|
from
|
Luzerne
County
|
Lancaster County Courthouse
P.O. Box 83480
Lancaster, PA 17608-3480
Telephone: (717) 299-8300
| County created
|
May 10, 1729
|
from
|
Chester
County
|
Lawrence County Courthouse
430 Court St.
New Castle, PA 16101
Telephone: (412) 656-2127
| County created
|
March 20, 1849
|
from
|
Beaver
and
Mercer
Counties
|
Lebanon County Courthouse
400 S. 8th St.
Lebanon, PA 17042
Telephone: (717) 274-2801
| County created
|
February 16, 1813
|
from
|
Dauphin
and
Lancaster
Counties
|
Lehigh County Courthouse
P.O. Box 1548
Allentown, PA 18105
Telephone: (610) 820-3170
| County created
|
March 6, 1812
|
from
|
Northampton
County
|
Luzerne County Courthouse
200 N. River St.
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
Telephone: (717) 825-1668
| County created
|
September 25, 1786
|
from
|
Northumberland
County
|
Many records lost in the 1972 Hurricane Agnes flood.
Lycoming County Courthouse
48 W. 3rd St.
Williamsport, PA 17701
Telephone: (717) 327-2263
| County created
|
April 13, 1795
|
from
|
Northumberland
County
|
McKean County Courthouse
500 W. Main St.
Smethport, PA 16749
Telephone: (814) 887-5571
| County created
|
March 26, 1804
|
from
|
Lycoming
County
|
Mercer County Courthouse
112 Mercer County Courthouse
Mercer, PA 16137
Telephone: (412) 662-3800
| County created
|
March 12, 1800
|
from
|
Allegheny
County
|
Mifflin County Courthouse
20 N. Wayne St.
Lewistown, PA 17044
Telephone: (717) 242-1449
| County created
|
September 19,1789
|
from
|
Cumberland
and
Northumberland
Counties
|
Monroe County Courthouse
County Courthouse Square
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
Telephone: (717) 420-3540
| County created
|
April 1, 1836
|
from
|
Pike
and
Northampton
Counties
|
Montgomery County Courthouse
P.O. Box 311
Norristown, PA 19404-0311
Telephone: (610) 278-3400
| County created
|
September 10, 1784
|
from
|
Philadelphia
County
|
Montour County Courthouse
29 Mill St.
Danville, PA 17821
Telephone: (717) 271-3012
| County created
|
May 3, 1850
|
from
|
Columbia
County
|
Northampton County Courthouse
659 Washington St.
Easton, PA 18042
Telephone: (610) 559-3000
| County created
|
March 11, 1752
|
from
|
Bucks
County
|
Northumberland County Courthouse
201 Market, Room 6
Sunbury, PA 17801-3470
Telephone: (717) 988-4143
| County created
|
March 21, 1772
|
from
|
Berks, Bedford, Cumberland, Lancaster and Northampton Counties
|
| |
|
Perry County Courthouse
P.O. Box 223
New Bloomfield, PA 17068-0223
Telephone: (717) 582-2131 ext.235
| County created
|
March 22, 1820
|
from
|
Cumberland
County
|
Philadelphia County Courthouse
City Hall #180
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Telephone: (215) 686-6263
| County created
|
1682
|
from
|
One of 3 Original Counties
|
Pike County Courthouse
506 Broad St.
Milford, PA 18337
Telephone: (717) 296-3508
| Date
Created:
|
March 26, 1814
|
from
|
Wayne County
|
|
|
|
|
|
Potter County Courthouse
1 E. 2nd St., Room 20
Coudersport, PA 16915
Telephone: (814) 274-8370
| County created
|
March 26, 1804
|
from
|
Lycoming
County
|
Schuylkill County Courthouse
401 N. 2nd St.
Pottsville, PA 17901-2528
Telephone: (717) 622-5570
| County created
|
March 1, 1811
|
from
|
Berks and Northampton Counties
|
Snyder County Courthouse
P.O Box 217
Middleburg, PA 17842
Telephone: (717) 837-4207
| County created
|
March 2, 1855
|
from
|
Union County
|
Somerset County Courthouse
111 E. Union St., Suite 140
Somerset, PA 15501
Telephone: (814) 445-1547
| County created
|
April 17, 1795
|
from
|
Bedford County
|
Sullivan County Courthouse
Main & Muncy St.
Laporte, PA 18626
Telephone: (717) 946-7351
| County created
|
March 15, 1847
|
from
|
Lycoming
County
|
Susquehanna County Courthouse
P.O. Box 218
Montrose, PA 18801-0218
Telephone: (717) 278-4600
| County created
|
February 21, 1810
|
from
|
Luzerne
County
|
Tioga County Courthouse
116 Main St.
Wellsboro, PA 16901
Telephone: (717) 724-9260
| County created
|
March 26, 1804
|
from
|
Lycoming
County
|
Union County Courthouse
103 S. 2nd St.
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Telephone: (717) 524-8600
| County created
|
March 22, 1813
|
from
|
Northumberland
County
|
Venango County Courthouse
Liberty St.
Franklin, PA 16323
Telephone: (814) 432-9500
| County created
|
March 12, 1800
|
from
|
Allegheny
and
Lycoming
Counties
|
Warren County Courthouse
204 4th Ave.
Warren, PA 16365
Telephone: (814) 723-7550
| County created
|
March 12, 1800
|
from
|
Allegheny
and
Lycoming
Counties
|
Washington County Courthouse
1 S. Main St., Suite 1002
Washington, PA 15301
Telephone: (412) 228-6775
| County created
|
March 28, 1781
|
from
|
Westmoreland County
|
Wayne County Courthouse
925 Court St.
Honesdale, PA 18431
Telephone: (717) 253-5970
| County created
|
March 21, 1798
|
from
|
Northampton
County
|
Westmoreland County Courthouse
301 Courthouse Square
Greensburg, PA 15601
Telephone: (412) 830-3177
| County created
|
February 26, 1773
|
from
|
Bedford
County
|
Wyoming County Courthouse
1 Court House Square
Tunkhannock, PA 18657
Telephone: (717) 836-3200
| County created
|
April 4, 1842
|
from
|
Luzerne
County
|
York County Courthouse
28 E. Market St.
York, PA 17401
Telephone: (717) 771-9607
| County created
|
August 19, 1749
|
from
|
Lancaster
County
|
| |
|
Vital records (birth, death, and marriage records) are some of the most important genealogical research documents because they contain basic information such as birth, marriage, and death dates, as well as occupations and parents' names.
What else can be found at county courthouses?
In addition to vital records which are normally available at county courthouses, probate records may also be found. In probate records, you'll often find the names of an individual's immediate family members, such as children and a spouse.
Some counties may also have naturalization papers, because at one time naturalization could take place at any courthouse.
State Archive
Pennsylvania State Archives
Box 1026
Attn: ERA
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1026
Tel: 717-783-3281
Pa State Archives
Official repositories for the state records. They will generally include many of the following records:
Vital records
Newspapers
Land records
Military records
Manuscripts
Family histories
Indexes to genealogy collections
Directories
Bible records
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