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**Pennsylvania**

**Event:** Birth 

**Cost of copy:** $4.00    Wallet card: $5.00 

**Address:**    Division of Vital Records    State Department of Health    Central Building    101 South Mercer Street    P.O. Box 1528    New Castle, PA 16103

**Remarks:** State office    has had records since January 1906.

For earlier records, write to Register of    Wills, Orphans Court, in county seat of county where event occurred. Persons born in    Pittsburgh from 1870 to 1905 or in Allegheny City, now part of Pittsburgh, from 1882 to    1905 should write to Office of Biostatistics, Pittsburgh Health Department, City--County    Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. For events occurring in City of Philadelphia from 1860 to    1915, write to Vital Statistics, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, 401 North Broad    Street, Room 942, Philadelphia, PA 19108. 

Check or money order should be made    payable to **Division of Vital Records**. Personal checks are accepted. To    verify current fees, the telephone number is **(724) 656-3100**. 

**Event:** Death 

**Cost of copy:** $3.00 

**Address:**    Division of Vital Records    State Department of Health    Central Building    101 South Mercer Street    P.O. Box 1528    New Castle, PA 16103 

**Remarks:** State office    has had records since January 1906. 

For earlier records, write to Register of    Wills, Orphans Court, in county seat of county where event occurred. Persons born in    Pittsburgh from 1870 to 1905 or in Allegheny City, now part of Pittsburgh, from 1882 to    1905 should write to Office of Biostatistics, Pittsburgh Health Department, City--County    Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. For events occurring in City of Philadelphia from 1860 to    1915, write to Vital Statistics, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, 401 North Broad    Street, Room 942, Philadelphia, PA 19108. 

Check or money order should be made    payable to Division of Vital Records. Personal checks are accepted. To verify current    fees, the telephone number is (724) 656-3100. 

**Event:** Marriage (county)    

**Cost of copy:** Varies 

**Address:** See remarks 

**Remarks:** Make    application to the Marriage License Clerks, County Court House, in county where license    was issued. 

**Event:** Divorce (county) 

**Cost of copy:** Varies 

**Address:** See remarks 

**Remarks:** Make    application to the Prothonotary, Court House, in county seat of county where divorce was    granted. 

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This page last reviewed August 25, 2000

**U.S.    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES****Centers    for Disease Control and Prevention**    National Center for Health Statistics    Division of Data Services     Hyattsville, MD    20782-2003    (301) 458-4636
 

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