Row Officers
Register of Wills
Archival Research Requests –Genealogical Search Requests
Please be advised that the Bucks County Register of Wills records date back to 1684 and the Orphans’ Court records date back to 1674. Our new Archive Research Center is open to the public. Original documents dating from 1684 to 1900 and 1999 to the present are available for inspection. We also have a complete set of microfilm records from 1684 through the present in the archive center.
We welcome you to come into our office on the third floor of the Courthouse and discover for yourself the wealth of information available to you. If you wish to obtain records through the mail the following research fees apply.
Genealogical Search Request (1684-1950) |
$25.00 per name |
Register of Wills |
Index Search by name
(1684-1987) Index printout includes name, year and index number
(1987-present) Index printout also includes date of death |
$1.00 per page |
Additional copy costs |
$1.00 per page |
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Orphans’ Court |
Index Search by name
-----Marriage Record-Index printout includes 1 name, book/page, and application date
-----Estate Record-Index Printout includes name, Index #, and entry date. |
$5.00 per name |
Individual Marriage Application search and retrieval |
$5.00 per name |
Marriage Application Record (1885-present)-copy of record |
$1.00 per record |
Certified Marriage Application Record (1885-present) |
$21.00 per certified record |
Certificate of Marriage |
$20.00 per certified record |
Estate Record (1674-present) |
$1.00 per page |
Additional copy costs |
$1.00 per page |
Certified Birth/Death Records (1893-1906)* |
$20.00 per certified copy |
Please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request.
*Note: Birth/Death Record 1907-present are available from
Vital Records
101 S. Mercer St.
P.O. Box 1528
New Castle, PA 16101
Or
www.health.state.pa.us/vitalrecords
Register of Wills & Orphans'
Court
Barbara G. Reilly
Bucks County Courthouse
55 East Court Street
3rd Floor, Administration Building
Doylestown, PA 18901
Register of Wills: 215-348-6265
Orphans' Court: 215-348-6271
Fax : 215-348-6156
registerofwills@co.bucks.pa.us
orphanscourt@co.bucks.pa.us
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
1st & 3rd Wednesday every month - open until 7:30 pm