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      Pennsylvania State Vital Records Office

        Vital Records, State Dept of Health
        P.O. Box 1528
        101 South Mercer Street
        New Castle, PA 16101
        (724) 656-3100
        Fax: (724) 652-8951
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        Access to birth and death certificates is limited to next of kin. Submit a readable copy of applicant's driver's license or other picture ID with your request. Make check or money order payable to Division of Vital Records. Click here for more details

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        Record Cost Dates Ordering
        Birth$10.00 (by mail)
        $17.00 (by fax)
        since Jan 1906Order OnlineMail Order

        Death$9.00 (by mail)
        $16.00 (by fax)
        since Jan 1906Order OnlineMail Order

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      • Birth & Deathbefore 1906
        Write to: Register of Wills, Orphans Court, in county seat of county where event occurred.
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      • Birth1870 to 1905Order Online
        Persons born in Pittsburgh or in Allegheny City, now part of Pittsburgh, from 1882 to 1905
        Registrar of Wills
        City-County Building
        Pittsburgh, PA 15219

        MarriageFees vary
        Marriage records are not available from the Division of Vital Records. They are usually obtained from the courthouse in the county where the marriage license was issued

        DivorceFees vary
        Divorce records are not available from the Division of Vital Records. They are usually obtained from the courthouse in the county where the divorce decree was granted.

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      Index to Pennsylvania County Vital Records Offices

        To obtain birth or death certificates for events that occurred before 1906 contact the Register of Wills, Orphans Court in the county where the event occurred. For marriage records, contact the Marriage License Clerks, County Court House in county where license was issued. For divorce records, contact the Prothonotary Court House in county seat of county where the divorce was granted.

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