The Register of Wills office has the authority to probate wills and grant Letters Testamentary and Letters of Administration. Our Office is also an agent for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to collect inheritance tax payments. The duties of the Clerk of Orphans' Court include filing Petitions for Incapacitated persons and Petitions for the appointment of Guardians for minors. The Clerk of Orphans' Court has the authority to accept information for marriage license applications and issue the marriage license.
Genealogists visit our office to do research on their ancestors.
We have wills starting with the year 1750 to the present. We have birth and death records starting with the year 1894 to 1906, and our marriage records start with the year 1885 to the present. Copyright 1999 Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.