Quelleninformationen
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvanien, USA, Sterbeurkunden, 1906-1970 [Datenbank online]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.Ursprüngliche Daten: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1970. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvanien, USA, Sterbeurkunden, 1906-1970
Das Gesundheitsdepartement von Pennsylvanien begann am 1. Januar 1906 mit der Führung staatlicher Sterberegister. Diese Sammlung enthält Sterberegister von diesem Datum an bis 1970.
Pennsylvania’s Department of Health began keeping birth and death records on a statewide basis on January 1, 1906. This collection includes death records beginning on that date through 1970.
Death certificates recorded the following details:
- name and residence of the decedent
- city and county of death
- gender and race
- marital status
- age and date of birth
- occupation
- place of birth
- parents' names and birthplaces
- date of death
- dates attended by physician
- cause of death
- attending physician and address
- length of stay in hospital or institution or length of residency for transients or recent arrivals
- place of burial or removal
- date of burial
- undertaker name and address
- name and address of informant
Records of stillbirths were required to be filed as both a birth and death record, so you may find records of stillborn children in this collection.
Updates:
17 May 2019: Added 125,887 new records from 1967.
12 Oct 2020: Added 127,287 new records from 1968.
