I know that they are buried in teh Highspire Cemetery. Any chance there are any records? Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Heller Zinn" <djzinn@pa.net> To: <padauphi@rootsweb.com>; <tiggernut24@yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 6:08 PM Subject: Re: Death records for 1875 and 1887 > 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 > >
You may be at the point that you'll have to pay a professional genealogist to search for you, if you cannot make the trip to Harrisburg or Washington in person. You can get recommendations from the Capital Area Genealogical Society (CAGS) at http://maley.net/cags/ Of course you may also find other information and tips from them, as well. They have extensive cemetery records, and may have transcriptions of the Highspire Cemetery. George F. Nagle Afrolumens Project Editor www.afrolumens.org -----Original Message----- From: padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dora Smith Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 7:25 PM To: Donna Heller Zinn; padauphi@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] Death records for 1875 and 1887 I know that they are buried in teh Highspire Cemetery. Any chance there are any records? Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Heller Zinn" <djzinn@pa.net> To: <padauphi@rootsweb.com>; <tiggernut24@yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 6:08 PM Subject: Re: Death records for 1875 and 1887 > 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 > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADAUPHI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message