before 1906 when a death certificate was required, counties cities and states were not required by law to have a death certificate. As a result, the DC's from Philly were held by the city and not the state. PA has controlled all state DC's since 1906.
I have several hundred ancestors that I will be able to access when this becomes available. I have sent questions to Tim Gruber who was instrumental in getting this passed, and I am hoping that this will be free and not accessible thru a fee-based web-site (ancestry.com). This and the release of the 1940 Census has me really excited about this spring!
Ironically the governor of PA is Tom Corbett a right-winger.
Here is the web-site set-up by Tim: http://users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access.htm Drop him an email and ask him about his strategies.
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