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From: "Rich Nichols" <>
Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] PA death certs
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 11:09:48 -0500
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Terry and Michael -

If the indvidual died before mid 1915, the DOH will have no record of
deaths. The state of PA began issuing death certificates beginning about
June 1915. However, most counties did not start sending in death notices to
the state till many months or years later. I had the state due a multi-year
search for my wife's gf and then called the supervisor directly and was told
pretty much what I have stated above. I think the obit angle might be the
better choice as many small towns printed at least a death notice, if not an
obit, which were generally written for people of importance in the town. I
wish I could be of a more positive help but I have been searching for a
death record for one person for over twenty years - no obit, no death
notice, no cemetery in the Philadelphia and surrounding area and I have
written to many cemeteries. Some records are never found for one reason or
another. Hopefully you will have better luck.

Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Bora" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] PA death certs


>
> Hi Michael. I don't have personal knowledge of PA like Rich Nichols, but
> you
> can download the form for a death cert. at the PA DOH website. Just
> follow
> the links for 'request by mail'. In part 2, there's a box to check for
> 'genealogy'. There's also a drop-down menu for Gen. Requests under Birth
> &
> Death Certs. The cost for a cert. is extremely reasonable...$9.00...as
> long
> as you have the name and year of death. Do you have this info? If not,
> you'll pay a lot more for a multi-year search. The multi-year search is
> a
> separate form and you would need the County of death. I know these State
> websites can sometimes be quite overwhelming, but you might want to go
> back
> to the site and re-read everything on it. It's really quite informative
> and
> should help you decide what to do next. Good luck.
>
> Terry Bora
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael McAlonie" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 9:01 PM
> Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] PA death certs
>
>
>>
>> Happy Holidays list,
>> I was emailed by a lady who thinks she may be a descendant of my
>> GGgrandfather L Boland. The woman she thinks was L Boland's daughter
>> died about 1913 in PA. Has anyone had any experience getting a death
>> cert
>> from Pennsylvania? I tried the PA DOH but it was vague, didn't mention
>> genealogical requests. Thanks for any help,
>>
>> Michael
>>
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