I can't find an official Pennsylvania death records page. One of the services that gets your record for you says that before 1910 you have to send to the Register of Wills of the Orphans Court, Anycounty, Pennsylvania, which doesn't even sound right. How exactly do I get death records for 1875 and 1887, for deaths in Highspire and Steelton, and please do not tell me I have to know what church. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com

Hello Dora and fellow listers: Death and Birth Registers were kept at the county level from 1852-1855 and then stopped. This practice was then started again, and ran from about 1893-1906. After 1906 all Death and Births were to be recorded at the state level and the practice was discontinued at the county level. So... I hate to say it... but for the timeperiod you need, you'll have to find church or bible records for Death Records. Other places you might be able to find a Death Date would be in Estate Records or Death Announcements in local newspapers. You might also do well if you're able to find early Funeral Parlor records - but most at that time were just cabinet makers and wouldn't neccessarily have kept death or burial records. Best of Luck! Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dora Smith" <tiggernut24@yahoo.com> To: <PADAUPHI@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 6:52 PM Subject: [PADAUPHI] Next - how do I get death records for 1875 and 1887? > I can't find an official Pennsylvania death records page. One of the > services that gets your record for you says that before 1910 you have to > send to the Register of Wills of the Orphans Court, Anycounty, Pennsylvania, > which doesn't even sound right. > > How exactly do I get death records for 1875 and 1887, for deaths in > Highspire and Steelton, and please do not tell me I have to know what > church. > > Yours, > Dora Smith > Austin, TX > tiggernut24@yahoo.com