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Pennsylvania Vital Records

Finding birth, death, marriage and divorce records from the Vital Records Department of Pennsylvania

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Birth & Death Certificates

Cost: $4.00 per copy (birth); Wallet Card $5.00 (birth); $3.00 per copy (death)

Address
Division of Vital Records
State Department of Health
Central Building
101 South Mercer Street
P.O. Box 1528
New Castle, PA 16103

State office has records from 1906.  For earlier records, write to Register of Wills, Orphans Court, in county seat of county where event occurred. Persons born in Pittsburgh from 1870 to 1905 or in Allegheny City, now part of Pittsburgh, from 1882 to 1905 should write to Office of Biostatistics, Pittsburgh Health Department, City--County Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. For events occurring in City of Philadelphia from 1860 to 1915, write to Vital Statistics, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, 401 North Broad Street, Room 942, Philadelphia, PA 19108.

Check or money order should be made payable to the Division of Vital Records. Personal checks are accepted. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (724) 656-3100.

County Marriage Records

Cost: vary per county 

Make application to the Marriage License Clerks, County Court House, in county where license was issued.

County Divorce Records

Cost: vary per county 

Make application to the Prothonotary, County Court House, in county where license was issued.