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Birth Certificates
This database contains an index of the Birth Certificates that have been loaned to the Society by the Columbia County Prothonotary and covers births from 1906 to 1955. The collection consists of nearly 20,000 certificates from, and only from, the town of Bloomsburg, the borough of Millville and these townships: Greenwood, Hemlock, Madison, Montour, Mt. Pleasant, Pine and Scott. In addition to the name, place and date of birth, a certificate also has the parents’ names and ages, the mother’s residence, parents’ marital status and other vital record data. These certificates are the Dept. of Health Registrar’s copies only and cannot be used for proof of information for legal purposes. Reproductions of these certificates are available at the Society. Steve Wiist, Bloomsburg University, Andruss Library, Special Projects, was the compiler of this index.
Search Instructions:
- Last Name First – Names are typically last name first and the search field is a “starts with” query. Enter the first few letters of the last name that you are searching. You should start with a narrow query and expand your search if you don’t find your name. This will save you reading time. Let the computer do the work. To search for a specific name, enter the last name followed by a comma and space then the first name. For example, Wilson, Mary.
- Wild Card – The percent sign (%) means “everything that follows.” To narrow your search results enter more letters after the percent (%) sign. For example, %Wag will search for all occurrences that start with “Wag” such as Wagner, Wagoner, Wagonseller, etc.
- First Name Search – Since names are entered last name first, to search for a first name, type the percent sign (%) before the first name. For example, %Mary will search for all occurrences of Mary such as Wagner, Mary; Moyer, Maryann; Smith, Mary Alice; Zimmerman, Mary Ellen, etc.
- Results – The output pages return 10 records per page. Click the “next page” arrow at the bottom of each page to view subsequent pages.
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