Cumberland County PA Genealogy

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Cumberland Records by Type

Birth Records (13)
Cemetery Records (352)
Census Records (65)
Church Records (243)
City Directories (38)
Court Records (15)
Death Records (26)
Histories and Genealogies (101)
Immigration Records (10)
Land Records (19)
Map Records (45)
Marriage Records (42)
Military Records (27)
Minority Records (12)
Miscellaneous Records (18)
Newspapers and Obituaries (151)
Probate Records (28)
School Records (67)
Tax Records (24)

Cumberland County Records by City/Town

Boiling Springs Genealogy (44)
Camp Hill Genealogy (47)
Carlisle Genealogy (303)
Dickinson Genealogy (32)
Enola Genealogy (32)
Hampden Genealogy (28)
Hopewell in Cumberland County Genealogy (28)
Lemoyne Genealogy (34)
Lower Allen Genealogy (28)
Mechanicsburg Genealogy (105)
Middle Spring Genealogy (35)
Middlesex Genealogy (33)
Mifflin Genealogy (28)
Monroe in Cumberland County Genealogy (29)
Mount Holly Springs Genealogy (42)
New Cumberland Genealogy (37)

New Kingstown Genealogy (33)
Newburg Genealogy (29)
Newville Genealogy (93)
North Middleton Genealogy (36)
Penn in Cumberland County Genealogy (32)
Plainfield Genealogy (27)
Shippensburg Genealogy (111)
Shiremanstown Genealogy (35)
Silver Spring Genealogy (49)
South Middleton Genealogy (28)
South Newton Genealogy (28)
Southampton in Cumberland County Genealogy (28)
Upper Allen Genealogy (33)
Walnut Bottom Genealogy (29)
West Pennsboro Township Genealogy (30)

Overview of Cumberland County Records

Cumberland County was created in 1750 from Lancaster County.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has copies of birth and death records starting in 1906.
The Cumberland County Register of Wills has death records from 1894 to 1905, birth records from 1894 to 1905, marriage records starting in 1885, and probate records starting in 1750.
The Cumberland County Prothonotary has court records starting in 1751 and divorce records.
The Cumberland County Recorder of Deeds has land records starting in 1751.
Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.