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Marriage Licenses

The Director of the Orphans' Court Division of each county in Pennsylvania maintains the records of all marriages in the county where the marriage license was issued.  The Allegheny County Orphans' Court Division maintains these records from 1885 to the present.  To obtain a marriage record, a letter of request can be sent by mail to this address:

Department of Court Records
Wills/Orphans' Court Division
Marriage License Bureau
1st Floor, City-County Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Phone: 412-350-4232 - Office Hours: M-F 8:30 to 4:30 EST

The request must include the husband or wife's complete name at the time of marriage,the year of marriage and the fee of $10.00 for a marriage record search and triple seal or $4.00 for a plain non-certified copy, payable by money order only .

The triple seal marriage record copy can be used for legal matters and the plain non-certified copy of a marriage record can be requested for personal and historical use.

 

Birth and Death Records

The microfiche for the following records were transferred from the Allegheny County Offices to the Pennsylvania Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

County Death Registers

City of Pittsburgh (1870-1905)

Allegheny City (1875-May, 1907)

Allegheny County (1874-1903)

McKeesport (1887-1905)

Sewickley (1894-1905)

Birth Registers

City of Pittsburgh (1870-1905)

Allegheny City (1885-October, 1907)

Allegheny County (1893-1905)

McKeesport (1892-1905)

Sewickley (1896-1905)

Wilkinsburg (1899-1905)

Birth and Death Certificates are issued by the state and not available for dates prior to 1906.  To request birth and death certificates after 1906 please visit the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records in New Castle, PA website.

Transcribed by C. Anthony



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