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Author: pcarna
Surnames: Carnahan
Classification: queries
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Hi All,
I just received the information below from a fellow researcher who subscribes to Dick
Eastman's newsletter.
Pennsylvania Death Certificates Starting to Appear On-Line
The following information is from the People for Better Pennsylvania Historical Records
Access (PaHR-Access):
The initial batch of Pennsylvania state death certificates is now online through
Ancestry.com (as of April 18th). Remember only birth and death certificates that are open
records will be online (50 years for death certificates and 105 years for birth
certificates). The overall schedule is:
1906-24 death certificates - April 2014
1925-44 death certificates - June 2014
1945-63 death certificates - November 2014
1906 birth certificates - March 2015
Pennsylvania residents (and only Pennsylvania residents) have free access to this
particular database as they do with other Pennsylvania State Archives records already
scanned and made available online by Ancestry. Free access for Pennsylvania residents is
accomplished by registering online at no cost through this link (please be sure to read
the instructions carefully):
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/. Pennsylvania residents that
already have a subscription to Ancestry do not need to do anything as long as they
continue to have a subscription to Ancestry.
Out of state residents do need a subscription to Ancestry to access these records.
However, many libraries and research centers everywhere provide free access to Ancestry.
After three years the records will be moved to the Pennsylvania State Archives website and
be free to all.
Thank you for your help in getting the PA state law changed that made this possible.
Without your help we would still be stuck with the old extremely restricted access to
Pennsylvania state birth and death certificates and wishing it were different. For more
information please visit
www.pahr-access.org. Good luck in your searches and keep in mind
mistakes in indexing (most especially on Ancestry) and the original certificates are to be
expected.
http://www.portal.state.pa.us
You can read more at the People for Better Pennsylvania Historical Records Access
(PaHR-Access) web site at:
http://users.rcn.com/pahraccess/Pahr-Access-ProgressReport.htm.
Phil Carnahan
Ukiah, CA
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