Hooray!
Ancestry.com has Pennsylvania Death Certificates from 1906-1944.
Now I'm thinking it was very kind of the Pennsylvania Department of Health to return those six requests a week ago!
--Nancy.
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"And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to the fathers...." Malachi 4:6
It was kind, indeed. I need to check my database -- I know I have people in PA, but typically they're very distant relations. Still a death record might come in handy.
ReplyDeleteI'm like you, Wendy, and don't search so deeply for the more distant relations -- unless I think they might yield the name of a parent or the birthplace of that parent. The PA death certificates are only beginning in 1906, so not so far back.
DeleteI don't search so deeply for more distant relations unless they're collateral to one of my direct ancestors and I think they might give the parents' names and/or location of birth of those parents. Or unless I come across something that makes that ancestor particularly interesting....
ReplyDeleteThe PA records only begin with 1906, which is fairly recent, but you might find something helpful, Wendy.