At 02:16 PM 2/6/98 EST, you wrote: >In a message dated 98-02-06 12:52:14 EST, pagarcia@primenet.com writes: > ><< Also, how do I go about getting a marriage record for this pair, or a death > certificate for Marie? >> > > There may be a marriage record at the county courthouse for the county in >which they married. I don't know about Armstrong County, but other area >counties began issuing licenses and keeping records in 1885. You would have >to contact the Armstrong Co. courthouse to find out how to go about requesting >such a record. > As to the death record, you could try writing to PA Vital Records (address >follows). You would ask them to check one of the years you suspect she died > snip snip >Address for PA Vital Records >P.O. Box 1528 >New Castle, PA 16103 > > Please note that PA did not require the regular reporting of deaths at the state level until 1906. If the death you are interested in occurred in Armstrong Co. before that time, writing to the PA Vital records will probably result in a letter advising you to check at the county. Armstrong Co. does have a ledger at the Courthouse in which they recorded some deaths before that. This book has been filmed by LDS and is available thru them at any of the FHC's. Frankly, you would be better to get the films of the records, which is a copy of the actual book entries. Note there are films for the index to the book, and the actual book. Good luck. Neil Anderson neila@pacbell.net