Register/Recorder

Recorded Documents

WILLS:
DEEDS:
MORTGAGES:
OIL LEASES:
MARRIAGES:
ORPHANS COURT:
CORPORATIONS:
BIRTH INDEX:
DEATH INDEX:
MAP BOOKS:
FINAL ACCOUNTS:
ADOPTIONS:
SOLDIERS DISCHARGE BOOKS:

Wills
START IN 1812
Indexed by decedent's name in register's docket.
Indexed by name of Executor/Administrator in Executor's Docket.
Indexed also by decedent's name in Inheritance tax docket after 1917.

Deeds
START IN 1812
Indexed by Grantors and Grantees until 1984. Then all recorded instruments are indexed in a Record Book Index.

Mortgages
START IN 1812
Indexed by Mortgagors and Mortgagees until 1984. After that they are indexed in a Record Book Index.

Oil Leases
START IN SEPTEMBER 1930
Indexed in Oil Lease books until 1984 then in Record Book Index.

Marriages
START IN 1885
Indexed by name of mail in front of book and female in back of book. Starting in book 24 index to male and female are both in front of book. Starting in book 45 (approximately 1940) are indexed in a general index.

Orphans Court
START IN 1812
Indexed by names of both parties in Orphans Court Book Index.

Corporations
START APPROXIMATELY 1840-NON PROFIT CORPORATIONS ONLY.
Indexed by name of Organization

Birth index
1893 through 1905

Death index
1895 through 1905

Map Books
START IN 1812
Not very many recorded

Final Accounts
START IN 1812
Indexed by Decedent's name and also by Executor/Administrator's names.

Adoptions
NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC

Soldiers Discharge books
NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC