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Pennsylvania vital records research : a genealogy guide to birth, adoption, marriage, divorce, and death records from 1682 to today / by Denys Allen.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA F148 .A43 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Denys, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pennsylvania--Genealogy.
- Pennsylvania.
- Genealogy.
- Registers of births, etc--Pennsylvania--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Registers of births, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 213 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Pennsylvania] : PA Ancestors, L.L.C., [2022]
- Summary:
- Learn how to find every created vital record on your Pennsylvania ancestors from 1682 to today. This genealogy research guide gives the history, state laws, and processes for birth certificates, marriage licenses, death certificates, county vital record registrations, adoptions, and divorce - plus how to include DNA results in your research. Be confident you have every possible vital record. This guide will explain what was created and where to find it.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Getting started in Pennsylvania genealogy research
- Using DNA results in vital records research
- Death certificates
- Birth certificates
- Local registrations of birth, marriage, and death
- Pennsylvania marriage licenses
- Divorce in Pennsylvania
- Colonial period vital records
- Unexpected and unknown parentage
- Substitutes for vital records.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208).
- ISBN:
- 9798987443415
- OCLC:
- 1371439013
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