Kathy: Official record keeping in PA, started 1906. Previously scattered records from churches for the most part. These would be by church name, not usually by year. Sure wish it was otherwise. Don Renninger Jacksonville, FL >

Hi Don, Thank you. If any one runs across the surname HARPER, please let me know...Birth, Death, Marriage... 1772-1815. Northumberland or Chester County. Thanks, Kathy Jacksonville, Oregon

Birth and death records are available at the county seats beginning 1893 to 1905. Marriage records are available in the county where the license was issued beginning in 1885 for all counties. Some of the cities have them earlier. I found a death certificate in the City of Bradford in McKean county. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Renninger" <der911@bellsouth.net> To: <pennsylvania@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [PA] Birth Index > Kathy: > > Official record keeping in PA, started 1906. Previously scattered > records from churches for the most part. These would be by church name, > not usually by year. > > Sure wish it was otherwise. > > Don Renninger > Jacksonville, FL > > >> > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PENNSYLVANIA > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PENNSYLVANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message