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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Administration Bond Books 1794-1978 (Volume AA through 5M) None Yes
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Register of Wills
Aerial Photographs 1955, 1964, 1971 and 1982 None Yes
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Assessment Office / 
Farm Service Agency
Affidavits of Death 1877 to 1958 (Volumes #1 through #36) Yes Yes
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Register of Wills
Almshouse Tramp Register 1886-1895 Yes No Almshouse
Almshouse Visitor's Register 1896-1906 Yes No Almshouse
Assigned Estates Dockets 1874-1982 None Yes Prothonotary
Assigned Estates Papers 1823-1957 None Yes
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Prothonotary

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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Birth Records (1852-1853) 1852-1853 Yes Yes
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Orphans' Court
Birth Records (1893-1906) 1893-1906 Yes Yes
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Orphans' Court

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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Charters 1841-1958 Yes Yes
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Recorder of Deeds
Clerk of Courts Misc. Dockets 1882-1973 None Yes Clerk of Courts
Clerk of Courts Misc. Papers 1767-1996 None No Clerk of Courts
Clerk of Courts Quarter Session Dockets (1749-1876) 1749-1876 None Yes (1749-1876)
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Clerk of Courts
Clerk of Courts Quarter Session Dockets (1877-1949) 1877-1949 None Yes (1877-1949)
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Clerk of Courts
Clerk of Courts Quarter Session Dockets (1950-1986) 1950-1986 Yes (1950-1986) Yes (1950-1986)
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Clerk of Courts
Clerk of Courts Quarter Session Papers 1752 (very few prior to 1851) to 1986 Yes (1950-1986) Yes (1749-1986) see docket index Clerk of Courts
Commissioners' Minutes 1753-1824 / 1873-2004 None No Commissioners'
Constable Returns 1854 - 1935 None Yes
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Clerk of Courts
Coroner's Records 1796-1819 / 1858-1958 None Yes
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Coroner's Office
Correspondence for Birth, Marriage, Estates and other requests made to County Offices. Letters date starting 1891 None Yes
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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Death Records (1851-1855) 1851-1855 Yes Yes
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Orphans' Court
Death Records (1893-1906) 1893-1906 Yes Yes
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Orphans' Court
Deed Books (1749-1912) 1749-1912 Yes Yes (1749-1912)
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Recorder of Deeds
Deed Books (1913-1943) 1913-1943 Yes Yes (1913-1943)
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Recorder of Deeds
Delayed Births Recorded after 1941; applies to births prior to 1906 Yes (dockets only) Yes
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Orphans' Court
Dentists Registry 1883-1957 None Yes
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Prothonotary / 
Recorder of Deeds
Desertion, Maintenance & Surety of the Peace 1876-1978 None Yes
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Clerk of Courts

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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Estate Files (1749-1899) 1749-1899 None No Register of Wills / 
Orphans' Court
Estate Files (1900-1958) 1900-1958 None Yes
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Register of Wills / 
Orphans' Court
Estate Files (1959-1967) 1959-1967 None Yes
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Register of Wills / 
Orphans' Court
Estate Files (1968-1985) 1968-1985 None Yes
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Register of Wills / 
Orphans' Court
Explosive Licenses 1942-1945 None Yes
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Prothonotary

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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Fictitious Names 1917-1983 Corporations 1957-1983 1917-1983 Yes
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Prothonotary

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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Insolvent Debtors 1845-1946 None Yes
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Prothonotary

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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Liquor License Bonds 1855-1857, 1 bond for 1877 and 1886 None Yes
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Prothonotary

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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Marriage Records (1852-1855) 1852-1855 Yes Yes
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Orphans' Court
Marriage Records (1885-1949) 1885-1949 (Volumes A through 4H) Yes Yes
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Orphans' Court
Mortgage Books 1842-1951 (Volumes R through 15Z) None Yes (Mortgagee 1749-1984 / Mortgagor 1749-1946) Recorder of Deeds
Motor Vehicle Registration 1903-1905 None Yes
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Prothonotary

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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Naturalization Records c.1799-c.1990 Yes Yes
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Prothonotary
Noxious Animals Docket 1908-1915 None Yes Commissioners'
Noxious Animals Papers 1902-1919 None Yes
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Commissioners'

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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Orphans' Court Dockets 1749-1973 (Dockets A-11C2) Yes (Dockets A through 2X) No Orphans' Court
Orphans' Court Papers 1749-1976 None Yes Orphans' Court

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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Partition Dockets 1890-1954 None Yes (through Orphans' Court docket index) Orphans' Court
Partitions 1873-1953 None Yes
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Prothonotary
Physicians and Surgeons Register 1853-1955 None Yes
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Prothonotary
Prothonotary - Equity Cases (1853-1975) 1853-1975 None Yes
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Prothonotary
Prothonotary - Misc. Dockets 1837-1997 Yes (Dockets only) Yes (1837-1942) Prothonotary
Prothonotary - Misc. Papers 1857-1939 Yes Yes
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Prothonotary

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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Retail and Club Licenses 1937 None Yes
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Treasurer's Office
Road and Bridge Dockets 1749-1964 None Yes Clerk of Courts
Road and Bridge Papers 1749-2008 None No Clerk of Courts

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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Sheriff's / Treasurer's Deeds 1749-1905(Sheriff & Treasurer Sales); 1909-1930 (Treasurer Sales only) Yes Yes
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Sheriff's Office / 
Treasurer's Office
Soldiers'/Peddlers' Licenses 1835-1990 None Yes
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Prothonotary
Stallion Register Dockets 1894-1907 / 1910-1925 None Yes
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Clerk of Courts / 
Prothonotary
Stallion Register Papers 1894-1907 None Yes (see dockets) Clerk of Courts
Statement of Deaths 1917-1929 None Yes
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Register of Wills

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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Tax Records 1758-1988 (gaps) Yes (1758-1850 / 1950-1988) No Assessment Office

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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Veterinary Registry 1912-1917 None Yes
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Prothonotary

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Records Available
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Years Available Years Microfilmed/Scanned Indexed Office of Origin
Will Books 1749-1973 Yes (Dockets A through AA) Yes Register of Wills

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