Online Pennsylvania Death Certificates, Death Indexes and Obituaries- Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (indexed) (at Ancestry/requires payment); includes scanned copies of the death certificates
- Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes, 1906-1970 (index only; free) PDF files; you must search each year separately; for some years surnames are listed by Soundex code; from the Pennsylvania State Archives
- Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (at Ancestry/requires payment) has over 7.5 million entries
has baptismal, marriage and burial records, plus other items; includes digitized images of the records - Pennsylvania Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county; may not include all counties
- Pennsylvania, Deaths, 1852-1854 (at Ancestry/requires payment) for 49 counties; includes images of the death records
- Pennsylvania Obituaries Archive (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee) includes...
- Allentown Morning Call (1/1/1984-Current)
- Centre Daily Times (State College, PA) - (5/10/1996-Current)
- Erie Times-News (1/1/1995-6/17/1999; 7/28/2000-Current)
- Harrisburg Patriot-News (8/1/1986-Current)
- Lancaster Intelligencer Journal & Lancaster New Era (1/2/1995-Current)
- Philadelphia Inquirer (1/16/1981-Current)
- Philadelphia Daily News (7/21/1982-Current)
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (5/29/1990-Current)
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (1/19/2005-Current)
- Scranton Times-Tribune (9/22/2005-Current)
- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (10/1992-Current)
- and over 100 more Pennsylvania newspapers
Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County- Adams County...
- Adams County Historical Society Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for estate files, tombstone inscriptions, and other items
- Adams County Register of Deaths, 1893-1905 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch (Note: Items 1-2 on this roll of microfilm cover deaths, 1852-1855 and 1873-1881 for Adams County)
- Allegheny County and Pittsburgh...
- Pittsburgh City Deaths, 1870-1905 from FamilySearch includes scanned images of the death records
- Allegheny Valley Daily News Obituary Indexes, 1900-1953 from the Community Library of Allegheny Valley, Tarentum, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County Cemeteries...
- Allegheny Cemetery - Burials Search in Pittsburgh
- Allegheny Cemetery Burials, 1845-1960 (in Pittsburgh) from FamilySearch
- The Homewood Cemetery Burials in Pittsburgh
- Smithfield East End Cemetery Burials (Pittsburgh) may be offline
- Allegheny County: Henderson Cemetery Burials in Acmetonia, Pennsylvania near Harmarville
- Allegheny County: McKeesport and Versailles Cemetery Burials in McKeesport
- Allegheny County: St. Clair Cemetery Burials (Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania)
- Also see: St. Clair Cemetery Burials
- Allentown - see Lehigh County below
- Altoona - see Blair County below
- Berks County...
- Berks County Records includes Birth, Marriage, Death & Estate Records for Berks County and the City of Reading
- Berks County, Reading, Charles Evans Cemetery and Crematory Burial Records, 1887-1979 from FamilySearch
- Bethlehem - see the Northampton County section below
- Blair County...
- Blair County Death Records Indexes from the Blair County Genealogical Society
- Blair County: Altoona Mirror Obituary Index 1929 to present also has a birth index
- Bucks County Genealogical Society Database includes births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials
- Bucks County - also see Montgomery County below
- Cambria County...
- Cambria County GenWeb Site includes an obituary index and many cemetery indexes
- Carbon County: Jim Thorpe, Cemetery Records, 1747-2007 from FamilySearch
- Centre County: Centre Daily Times Obituaries Index index covers 1920-Recent; scanned obituary images are available for some time frames
- Centre County: for Centre Daily Times obituaries (5/10/1996-Current) see the Pennsylvania Obituaries Archive listing above
- Chester County...
- Chester County Death Index, 1893-1907 PDF
- Clarion County: Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library Burials Database includes Rimersburg, Concord, Old Concord, Independence, Sarah Furnace, Snyder and Randolph Cemeteries
- Clearfield County Death Registrations 1893-1905 not yet complete - more being added
- Columbia County Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for death certificates, obituaries, death notices and other items; from the Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society
- Dauphin County and Harrisburg...
- Dauphin County: for Harrisburg Patriot-News Obituaries (8/1/1986-Current) see the Pennsylvania Obituaries Archive above
- Dauphin County Cemetery Database from the Capital Area Genealogical Society
- Delaware County...
- Delaware County Archives includes indexes for births, marriages, deaths, wills, veteran's graves and other items
- Erie County Public Library Obituary Index, 1822-recent scroll down for the index
- Fayette County Genealogy Project - Cemetery Records also includes obituaries & other records
- Franklin County...
- Franklin County: Upper Path Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery Burials in Spring Run, Pennsylvania
- Fulton County Cemetery Burials Index from the Fulton County Historical Society; paid members can view obituaries online, if available
- Greene County Genealogy and Vital Records Indexes includes indexes for births, marriages, obituaries, wills and deaths
- Harrisburg - see Dauphin County above
- Indiana County Historical and Genealogical Society Funeral Cards Index PDF file
- Jefferson County: Brockway Record Index (News Archives) indexes weddings, obituaries and other items
- Lackawanna County...
- Lackawanna County: Will, Probate and Marriage Records includes digital images of will and probate records from 1878 to the present, marriage applications from 1885 to the present, and other items
- Lackawanna County Cemeteries and Genealogy Indexes includes will indexes, 1878-1939; and other items
- Lackawanna County: Washburn Street Cemetery Burials in Hyde Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County...
- Lancaster County Archives Online Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for death registers, coroner's inquests, veteran burials, wills and other items
- Lancaster County: Lititz Public Library Obituary Index for the Lititz Record and the Lititz Record Express
- Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society Obituaries Index and Cemetery Transcriptions most of the indexed obituaries are from the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
- Lancaster County: Old Chestnut Level Cemetery Burials Drumore Township
- Lebanon County Graveyards (some with complete or partial transcriptions)
- Lehigh County: Morning Call Online Obituary Index, 1895-1983 from the Allentown Public Library; Excel files
- Lycoming County: Newspapers Surname Index, 1807-1904 includes obituaries and marriages
- McKean County Cemeteries from the Painted Hills Genealogy Society
- Montgomery County...
- Montgomery County and Bucks County: Mennonite Heritage Center Cemetery Database has nearly 86,000 burial records from 125 cemeteries (Mennonite, Brethren, Lutheran, Reformed, Union, Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, community and private); PDF files
- Montgomery County: Montefiore Cemetery Burials Jewish Cemetery in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
- Northampton County...
- Northampton County: Bangor Daily News Genealogy Index, 1917-1990 for births, marriages, obituraries, and more (from the Bangor Public Library)
- Northampton County: Bethlehem Globe-Times Obituaries Indexes for assorted years back to 1867 (from the Bethlehem Area Public Library)
- Northampton County: Easton Area Public Library Obituary and Cemetery Indexes also has church records indexes and other items
- Northumberland County...
- Northumberland County: Tifereth Israel Cemetery Burials Jewish Cemetery in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia...
- Philadelphia Area: Oliver H. Bair Funeral Records Indexes, 1920-1980 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Philadelphia Jewish Exponent Obituary Database, 1887-2006 (from JewishGen/Ancestry; requires free registration)
- Philadelphia, Greenmount Cemetery Records, 1880-1966 from FamilySearch
- Christ Church Philadelphia - Genealogy Search includes Baptisms, 1709-1900; Marriages, 1709-1913; and Burials, 1709-1900
- For recent Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News obituaries (early 1980s-present) see the Pennsylvania Obituaries Archive listed above
- Pittsburgh - see the Allegheny County section above
- Potter County Cemeteries from the Painted Hills Genealogy Society
- Reading - see Berks County above
- Schuylkill County...
- Schuylkill County: Schuylkill Haven, Funeral Home Obituary Cards, 1914-2007 at FamilySearch
- Scranton - see the Lackawanna County section above
- Warren County: Court House Vital Records - Deaths, 1893-1905 not yet complete
- Westmoreland County...
- Westmoreland County: Latrobe Bulletin Obituaries and Death Notices Index, December 18, 1902-present from the Adams Memorial Library
- Westmoreland County: Baltzer Meyer Historical Society Index of Obituaries for Greensburg, Pennsylvania
- York County Death Indexes and Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for affidavits of death, 1877-1958; death records, 1852-1855 and 1893-1906; coroner's records, estate files, 1959-1967; and other records
- York County: Bethlehem Steltz Reformed Church Cemetery Burials in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania (Excel file)
General Pennsylvania Cemetery Databases and Miscellaneous Death Indexes- Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes digitized images of the cards
- Pennsylvania Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 from FamilySearch; list persons who died in the year preceding the census
- Pennsylvania Necrology Scrapbook (scroll down to 'Pennsylvania Genealogy Collection') searchable digitized scrapbooks (from microfilm) of obituaries clipped from Pennsylvania newspapers from 16 October 1891 to 3 March 1904 - includes many Civil War veterans (this is a partial index for this time frame)
- Pennsylvania Gravestone Photo Project has over 47,000 entries
- Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950 general collection with about 17,000 entries from FamilySearch
Also Helpful...- Pennsylvania Genealogy Records at Ancestry (requires payment) you can find birth, marriage, death & other genealogy records for various PA counties here; also includes census records and WWI draft cards
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