Key to Repositories:
   GSP - Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
   HSP - Historical Society of Pennsylvania
   PCA – Philadelphia City Archives
See Philadelphia Repositories page for information about these locations.

• July 1860–June 1915: PCA
• January 1906–present: Bureau of Vital Statistics, P O Box 1528, New Castle, PA 16103. Downloadable request forms

Death: (begin July 1860)

• July 1860–June 1915: PCA; microfilm to 1903 at HSP
• January 1906–present: Bureau of Vital Statistics, New Castle (see Births).
• WPA Index to Cemetery Returns, 1803–1860: PCA and HSP
• Cemetery Returns, 1803–1860: microfilm at PCA (1807–1840 at HSP)

Marriage: (begin 1860)

• 1860–1885: PCA; microfilm at HSP.
• 1885–1915: Index, applications, and returns at PCA.
• 1885–1915: Index on microfilm at HSP
• 1916–present: Orphan's Court, Room 415, City Hall

Divorce: (begin 1800)

• Records are sealed, copies of dockets available
• Listing of divorces available in Prothonotary's Office

Probate—Wills and Administrations:

• Indexes to Wills and Administrations, 1683–present: Room 185 City Hall
• Wills and accompanying papers (inventory, account, etc.) on microfilm: Room 185, City Hall.
• Original Probate Packets: PCA (Register of Wills Archives)
• Indexes to Wills and Administrations to 1900, Will Books to 1901: microfilm at HSP.
• Abstracts of Wills to 1825: GSP and HSP
• Printed indexes 1683–1850: GSP and HSP

Orphans Court: (excluding marriages)

• Indexes, estate files, and court dockets, 1878–present: Room 415, City Hall
• Indexes 1719–1852, 1852–1878, 1878–1938: microfilm at PCA
• Estate files 1719–1856, Court Dockets 1719–October 1880: PCA
• Indexes 1719–1852, 1852–1878; Estate files1719–1856: microfilm at HSP
• Indexes 1719–1878, 1878–1938: microfilm at GSP
• Dockets 1719–1878, estate papers 1719–1856: microfilm at GSP

Land and Property:

• Grantee and Grantor indexes and Deed Books, 1683–1951: PCA
• Indexes and Deed Books, 1683–1951: microfilm at HSP (several years missing)
• Indexes and Deed Books, 1952–present: Room 153 City Hall
• Indexes and Mortgage Books, 1749–1952: PCA (recorded in Deed Books before 1749)
• Indexes and Mortgage Books, 1952–present: Room 153, City Hall
• First land transactions through Proprietors: Pennsylvania State Archives
• First land transactions: some microfilm at HSP