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Contact Information |
Other Information |
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Courthouse |
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Wayne County Courthouse |
925 Court St.
Honesdale, PA 18431-1922
(570) 253-5970 |
Hours: 8:30AM - 4:30PM
Closed on Federal & State Holidays |
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Prothonotary has: birth and death
records from 1893 to 1906; marriage records from 1885; wills;
deeds and land records; assessment records from 1850 to 1935;
orphans court records; criminal and civil cases |
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Registrations of births and deaths from
1893 through 1905 are available locally through the
Wayne County Historical Society. Statewide registration of
births and deaths began in January 1906. Copies are available
from the Division of Vital Statistics, State Department of Health,
101 South Mercer Street, P.O. Box 1528, New Castle, PA 16103.
(724) 656-3100 |
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Marriage licenses were recorded from 1885
forward. The Wayne County Historical Society has a collection
on microfilm that go from 1885 -1905. The Wayne County
Courthouse has them from 1885 to present. |
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Additionally, naturalization records are
kept at both the Wayne County Historical Society and the Wayne
County Courthouse. |
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Records about the Wyoming Valley prior to 1782
are kept in Hartford, Connecticut. |
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Genealogical & Historical Societies |
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Wayne County Historical Society |
810 Main Street; P O Box 446;
Honesdale, PA 18431-1847; 570-253-3240 |
WCHS
Website |
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Northeast
Pennsylvania Genealogical Society |
Northeast Pennsylvania Genealogical
Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 1776
Shavertown, PA 18708-0776 |
Northeast Pennsylvania Genealogical Society| |
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Genealogical
RESEARCH Society of Northeastern PA., Inc. |
WRITE: GRSNP P.O. Box 1
Olyphant PA 18447-0001
PHONE: (570) 383-7661 {FAX}(570) 383-7466
info@grsnp.org |
Genealogical RESEARCH Society of Northeastern PA., Inc |
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Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania |
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Bethany Historical Society |
RR 3 Honesdale, PA 18431
(570) 253-4349 |
betpul.b@ptd.net |
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Equinunk Historical Society |
PO Box 41
Equinunk, PA 18417 (570) 224-6722 |
ehs@ezaccess.net |
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Lackawanna Historical Society |
232 Monroe Ave.
Scranton, PA 18510
(570) 344-3841
Fax: (570) 344-3815 |
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Local History Association of the
Tusten-Cochecton Library |
Box 129, Bridge St.
Narrowsburg, NY
(845) 252-3360 |
tustenroots@lycos.com |
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Minisink Valley Historical Society |
PO Box 659
Port Jervis, NY 12771
(845) 856-2375 |
mvhs1889@magiccarpet.com |
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Monroe County Historical
Association |
900 Main St.
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
(570) 421-7703 |
mcha@ptdprolog.net |
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Palmyra, Pike/Wallenpaupack
Historical Society |
PO Box 345
Paupack, PA 18351-0345
(570) 857-0882 |
balennon@worldnet.att.net |
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Pike County Historical Society |
608 Broad St., P. O. Box 915
Milford, PA 18337-8126
(570) 296-8126 |
pchs1@ptd.net |
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Susquehanna County Historical
Society |
2 Monument Square
Montrose, PA 18801
570-278-9336 |
suspulib@epix.net |
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Wyoming County Historical Society
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PO Box 309
Tunkhannock, PA 18657
(570) 836-5303 |
ronrad@epix.net |
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Lake Ariel Region Historical
Association |
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lakearielhistory@hotmail.com
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Libraries |
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Wayne County Public Library |
1406 North Main St.
Honesdale, PA 18431-2006
(570) 253-1220 |
Hours: Tues, Wed, Thur 10 am - 8 pm
Friday 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday 10 am - 4 pm
Closed Sunday & Monday |
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LDS Library Catalog |
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Wayne Co., PA Resources |
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Newspaper |
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Catskill Mountain News |
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Searchable Archives |
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Wayne County Independent |
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Website |
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Publications |
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Hard bound pictorial
history
(Info from 9/2003) |
Published by & available from: The Wayne Independent, 220 -
8th Street, Honesdale, PA 18431
ATTN: Joe Hessling (570) 253-3055 |
9" x 12" 128 page book, containing pictures of Wayne Co.
one room schools, students and memorabilia of the past 100 years.
$41.75 plus $ 4.50 shipping |
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Descendants of Gabriel Woodmancy/Woodmansee of
New London, Connecticut: Thirteen Generations from
1665 |
Contact Person is Janet Parker, 2115 N Denair
Avenue, Turlock, CA 95382 email:
janetpar@charter.net.
(209) 634-9473
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Two Volumes, 1800
pages, Index, Bibliography, Photos; Published May 2009
This title was recently donated to the Northern
Wayne Community Library, Lakewood, PA.
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| A History of Sterling
Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania by Rev. Garford Flavel
Williams. |
As of September 2003, The
Historians of Sterling Township (HOST) have done a re-print of the
book "A History of Sterling Township" by Rev Garford F. Williams.
Originally published in 1950, this book has lots of genealogy
information in addition to historical info.
To purchase the book, contact HOST at
NictraStar@gmail.com
The price is $10 plus $4 s&h.
HOST Website |
It has some basic history and lots of
genealogical treasures. There are 23 surnames covered as separate
chapters, some more extensively than others. There is mention of
many other surnames that married into these families. The major
surnames are ADAMS, BARNES, BORTREE, BUTLER, CATTERSON, CLEMENTS,
CLIFF, CROSS, DOBSON, FERGUSON, GILPIN, HEAZLETON or HAZLETON, HOWE,
LEE, MEGARGLE, MUSGRAVE, NEVILLE, NOBLE, PHILLIPS, SIMONS, STEVENS,
WEBSTER and YATES |
| History of Wayne
County Phineas Goodrich |
Published 1880 without index; reissued 1992 with
index |
Based on reminiscing of people. Online
Version |
| History of Wayne, Pike
& Monroe Counties, Alfred Mathews |
published in 1886, 1,000+ pages, limited index |
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| "The
Nomenclature of Wayne: A History of Wayne
County, PA" by Thomas J. Ham, |
Thanks to the generosity of Pike
County Historian George Fluhr, the Wayne County Historical Society
has printed a new edition of which has been out of print for several
years. This is a compilation of a series of articles published in
the Honesdale Citizen in 1905-1907. Not a comprehensive history like
Mathews or Goodrich, but it covers a lot of ground. |
This edition also includes an
index formerly sold separately. The book is $15 in the
WCHS shop plus $4.95
shipping and handling for mail orders (and 6% sales tax for PA
residents). |
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"History of the Township of
Mount Pleasant, Wayne County, Pennsylvania: A discourse delivered on
Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 1855," by Rev. Samuel Whaley |
Now available in an indexed edition |
The book is $14.50 from the
WCHS shop (plus $4.95
shipping and handling for mail orders (and 6% sales tax for PA
residents). |
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Commemorative Biographical Record, Including
Susquehanna, Pike, Monroe & Wayne Counties |
J. H. Beers, 1900, Chicago |
Online at
DistantCousin.com |
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Illustrated Wayne County |
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History of Wayne County |
Walter B. Barbe & Kurt A. Reed |
Published in 1998, 392 pages, indexed |
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Atlas |
Beers, 1872 land owners. |
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State Resources |
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission |
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Pennsylvania State Archives Office |
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PA Vital
Records |
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National Resources |
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Cyndi's List |
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National Archives |
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U.
S. Railroad
Retirement Board
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