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Pennsylvania County Facts
The township is the basic political unit in the county and may have within its boundaries incorporated towns, boroughs, and cities, although these would have their own local governments. Useful records generated at these levels include vital records, taxes, and voter registration.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is comprised of sixty-seven counties and here are found records of land, estates, vital records, divorces, naturalizations, court records, and so forth. It is mandated that each county support a historical society. In 1952 an archives was started in Philadelphia, the oldest city archives in the country. John Daly compiled a Descriptive Inventory to its holdings in 1970. The first county archives was established in Chester County in 1982 and is considered the model for the Commonwealth.
Information in the County Pages include the mailing address of the recorder of deeds, where deeds and mortgages are found. The date of county formation, with the name or names of the parent county or counties. The date the earliest deed was recorded. The the mailing address of the register of wills, if different from the recorder. Estate records are found in the register's office or orphans' court. (See Court Records for other county offices.)
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