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Pennsylvania Death Records

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Berks County, Pennsylvania Deaths, 1852-55, 1894-1906 at ancestry.com, use this free trial to access the records.

Cross Creek, Pennsylvania Deaths, 1810-90 at ancestry.com, use this free trial to access the records.

Fayette County, Pennsylvania Vital Records, 1750-1890 at ancestry.com, use this free trial to access the records.

Reading, Pennsylvania Deaths, 1873-1905 at ancestry.com, use this free trial to access the records.

Westmoreland Co- Index of Felton Funeral Home Records, New Alexandria, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 1918-1985 Rootsweb Database

Men Killed and Injured in the Baltimore Tunnel Mine Disaster June 15, 1919, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Rootsweb Database

Deaths from Hazleton, PA Standard-Speaker, 1995-1996 Rootsweb Database

Deaths in the Wilkes-Barre (PA) Record Newspaper, 1895, 1898 & 1900  Rootsweb Database

Pennsylvania Tombstone Project, cemetery transcriptions & photos, part of the USGenWeb

Death Records Database at Rootsweb

Cemetery Records Database at Rootsweb

Search for Death Records at familysearch.org

Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825 at ancestry.com, use this free trial to access the records.

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1819 at ancestry.com, use this free trial to access the records.

Berks County, Pennsylvania Estate Records, 1752-1914 at ancestry.com, use this free trial to access the records.

York County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1749-1819 at ancestry.com, use this free trial to access the records.

Obituaries

Obituaries Database at Rootsweb

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