Pennsylvania Guided Research
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Birth
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Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Board of Health Birth Return Records, 1908-1911
Pennsylvania, Huntingdon County, Delayed Birth Records, 1800-1935
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• 1906-1910: Pennsylvania, Birth Certificates at Ancestry ($)
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Marriage
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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951
Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950
Pennsylvania, Church Marriages, 1682-1976
Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940
Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950
Pennsylvania Obituary and Marriage Collection, 1947-2010
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Cemetery Records, 1845 - 1960
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• 1720s-2015: United States Marriages, Pennsylvania at FindMyPast ($)
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Death
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• 1906-1966: Pennsylvania, Death Certificates at Ancestry ($)
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• 1906-1967: Pennsylvania Death Indexes at the Pennsylvania State Archives
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