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USGenWeb Lackawanna County Pennsylvania Genealogy Resources |
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Welcome to the Lackawanna County, PAGenWeb!
I'm Susan Pieroth, the Lackawanna County, PAGenWeb Coordinator since January 2008, and previously from 1998 to 2002.
This is part of the all volunteer USGenWeb Project. Happy Hunting!
Scranton, the county seat, was named for the Scranton family. See the Brief History of Lackawanna County and the Formation of the Townships for additional information. More detailed information is available from the book History of the Lackawanna Valley by H. Hollister, M.D., and History of Scranton. The population of Lackawanna County in 2011 was 214,166. For the full list of statistics, see the U.S. Census Lackawanna page.
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Adopted 1907 |
New Addition, May 2013 More Maps of Lackawanna & Luzerne |
Lackawanna County Resources
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"Link" listings open to another site. |
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| History of Lackawanna County | Lackawanna Co. Townships |
| New Addition, Feb. 2013 Patrick W. (PW) Costello, Master Penman, Designer, Engrosser & Illustrator | |
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Obituaries |
The Irish Are Coming - Sligo To Scranton 1850 - 1900. Book by Jim Dolan |
| Scranton
Undertakers (1870, 1902, 1909) |
Marriage
License
Records Index from 1885 to 1914 |
| Church Records: baptisms, marriages and burials |
Including: Indexes of Wills 1878-1939 |
| Places of Worship (Churches) | Institutions
(Homes)
& Hospitals, Scranton, 1919 |
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Including 1873 map with owners and businesses |
Census
Index Includes Wards & Enumeration Districts |
| History of Mining, Plus Reports | Newspapers and Articles |
| Photo
Album New Additions March 2013 |
Postcards
of Lackawanna County New Additions March 2013 |
| Historical
Documents: New Addition March 2013 |
Scanned:
Carbondale,
Dundaff, and Providence; Forty Years Past, By J. R. Durfee, 1875 |
| Scranton 50 Years: 1866-1916 - Scanned | Prominent
Men of
Scranton, Wilkes Barre and Vicinity: Part 1; Part 2 |
| "The Pennsylvania Wyoming Valley
in 1892" Link- Scans of people & buildings. |
City of Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1912 Link- Scans of all pages |
| Ruane Surname | 1899 Scranton School and Ward Numbers |
| 1905
Graduates, and 1915
Graduates, Scranton
Central High Scranton High School, with a photograph |
Lackawanna County, PA, Directories - Phone, Business, Individuals |
| "Welcome Home Service Men of the World War and Sixtieth Anniversary of Hyde Park Lodge No. 339 Free and Accepted Masons. April 5, 1920." | Scranton Almanacs, 1878 to 1892
& 1905 Featuring the pages listing events of the previous year. Most are scanned. |
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Poli's Theatre 1908 Program, 1914
Players, 1915 Program. Link- Scans |
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| Nicholson / Tunkhannock Viaduct Link- Scans |
Hotel Casey: 1909-2001 - Construction photos, articles and postcards. Link- Scans |
| Archived Queries | Lackawanna USGenWeb Archives |
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Luzerne
County formed in 1786 from parts of Northumberland County
Wyoming County formed in 1842 from parts of Luzerne County Susquehanna County formed in 1810 from parts of Luzerne County Wayne Country was formed in 1798 from parts of Northampton County, PA Pike County formed in 1814 from parts of Wayne County Monroe County formed in 1836 from parts of Northampton and Pike Counties Carbon County formed in 1843 from parts of Monroe and Northampton Counties |
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