Resources – Legal and Vital Records – Pennsylvania

See ARCHIVES for original records shared with the Greene Connections Archives Project.

See COURTHOUSE RECORDS for specific explanations and locations of Greene County, Pennsylvania Courthouse records.

Pennsylvania: Local History & Genealogy Resource Guide (Research Guides at Library of Congress)

Records – Statewide (All Counties):

• Adoptee’s Application for Noncertified Copy of Original Birth Record (Order Form) (Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records)
• Birth Records 1906-1911 (Pennsylvania Department of Health, Ancestry.com)
  • Pennsylvania Records on Ancestry – FREE access to Pennsylvania records for Pennsylvania residents. If you are a Pennsylvania resident, take advantage of the partnership between the Pennsylvania State Archives and Ancestry.com to digitize family history records in the State Archives and make them available online. This partnership entitles Pennsylvanians free access to these collections. This access requires a free Ancestry.com Pennsylvania account. To begin, go to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission web site, enter your zip code in the form at the bottom of the page, and follow the link to the Ancestry.com Pennsylvania search page.
• Birth Records 1906-Present (Order Form) (Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records)
• Death Records 1906-1967 (Pennsylvania Department of Health, Ancestry.com)
  • Pennsylvania Records on Ancestry – FREE access to Pennsylvania records for Pennsylvania residents. If you are a Pennsylvania resident, take advantage of the partnership between the Pennsylvania State Archives and Ancestry.com to digitize family history records in the State Archives and make them available online. This partnership entitles Pennsylvanians free access to these collections. This access requires a free Ancestry.com Pennsylvania account. To begin, go to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission web site, enter your zip code in the form at the bottom of the page, and follow the link to the Ancestry.com Pennsylvania search page.
• Death Records 1906-Present (Order Form) (Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records)
• Marriage Records 1885-1950 (FamilySearch.org)
• Orphans’ Court, Probate, Wills (FamilySearch.org)
• Probate and Wills (Ancestry.com)

Records – Greene County, Pennsylvania:

• Birth Records 1893-1915 – Transcribed by Jim Fordyce
• Death Records 1893-1915 – Transcribed by Jim Fordyce
• Greene County Courthouse Records
• Marriage Index 1885-1920s – Transcribed by Jim Fordyce
• Marriage Records 1885-1950 (FamilySearch.org)
• Orphans’ Court, Probate, Wills (FamilySearch.org)
• Will Index 1796 – Present – Transcribed by Jim Fordyce

Records – Washington County, Pennsylvania:

• Death Records 1893-1906 (FamilySearch.org)