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Task
Wiki Project Pennsylvania Tasks - Vital Records County Website

Description
To locate and add any county vital records information found on the county website.

Instructions
1. Locate the county government website


 * a.http://www.pacounties.org/PAsCounties/Pages/CountyWebSites.aspx provides links to Pennsylvania County websites. Or Google the county name with the word government.


 * b. Vital record information may be found under
 * 1. County services
 * 2. County Orphans' Court records
 * 3. County Prothonotary Court records
 * 4. Elected Officials
 * 5. Genealogy

2. Copy links to any online vital records indexes or images.

3. Copy and link contact information for vital records.
 * i. Usually the office of the Prothonotary will hold divorce records. Add this contact information under the Divorce heading.
 * ii. Usually the Orphan's Court holds death records. Add this information under the Death heading.

4. Copy dates available and other vital record information unique to the county.

5. While in wiki text add the information under the appropriate headings.

Divorce
Divorce records are available through the office of the Prothonotary. Since there is no on-line index, you can search the index at the Prothonotary's Office Archive. Some divorce records are stored on microfilm in the above named archive, while others are stored at an off-site facility. The office of the Prothonotary is located in the main courthouse building at: Prothonotary's Office Archive Center Berks County Courthouse, 2nd Floor 633 Court Street Reading, PA 19601 Hours: Tuesday and Thursday - 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Phone: (610) 478-6970 x3486