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| Any Records | Any Date or Country | Family Search The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) |
| Most Records | Lackawanna County | Lackawanna County Public Access - software download is not always required Birth (excluding city of Scranton) prior to 1906 Death prior to 1906 Inheritance Tax Dockets Marriage Index 1885-1995 Orphans' Court Index 1901-95 Reg. of Wills Index 1878-1995 |
(but Lack. Co.) |
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Scranton, PA 18503 |
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| Social Security Death Index |
1937 to present | LDS SS Search |
507 Linden St # 400 Scranton, PA 18503 570-963-6708 |
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| Marriage Licenses | October 1885 to 1914 | Lackawanna County Marriage License Index on this site |
| 1878-Present | Same as Naturalization Records | |
507 Linden St # 400 Scranton, PA 18503 570-963-6702 |
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| Deeds & Wills | Before 1878 | Luzerne County Court House |
| Deeds | Some current records are on the site |
135 Jefferson Avenue Scranton, PA 18503 570-963-6775 |
| US Census | 1790-1920 Local Counties | |
570-963-6723 |
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| All Types | All Pennsylvania | PA Vital Records or PA Vital Statistics Records or Vital Records (vitalrec.com) or VitalChek Express |
| All Types | Genealogy Records: Military, Immigration and Naturalization, Prison, Census, Land, etc. | The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Bureau of Archives and History Pennsylvania Public Records Search after 1906 |
| All Types | Archives Records Information Access System - Images | ARIAS |
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| All Types | All States | One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse. Search functions for many online databases, including Elllis Island, immigration, census, vital records, calendars, soundex, foreign alphabets, Jewish and Holocaust. |
| Newspapers | Scranton Times, etc., from 1890/1900 to Present | |
| City Directories | 1861-Present | |
| Mine Records | Accidents by Year (call ahead) | Anthracite Museum McDade Park Scranton, PA 18503 570-963-4804 |
| Scans of Books are on the internet. Search on http://www.archive.org/ for better quality than on Google. | |
Weinberg Memorial Library |
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| Abington Community Library 1200 West Grove Street Clarks Summit, PA 18411 570-587-3440 |
Carbondale Public Library 5 N Main St. Carbondale, PA 18407-2319 570-282-4281 |
| Dalton Community Library 113 E Main St. Dalton, PA 18414-8414 570-563-2014 |
Interboro United Districts Library (Now Valley Community Library) 802 Main St. Peckville, PA 18452-2320 717-489-1765 |
| North Pocono Public Library 1315 Church Street Moscow, PA 18444-9254 570-842-4700 |
Taylor Public Library 710 S Main Street Taylor, PA 18517-1774 570-562-3180 |
| LDS Research Outline includes a guide to microfilm sources, plus tips specific to states. Use the search. | |
Scranton, PA 18510 570-344-3841 (& Library) |
Carbondale, PA 18407-2356 570-282-0385 |
| Luzerne County Historical Society. Bishop Memorial Library, 49 South Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. 570-823-6244 | National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) |
| Ellis Island information and links to database searches |
| Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War: Comprehensive | Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution |
| Scranton Times-Tribune Penn Ave. And Spruce Street, Scranton, PA 18509. Phone 570-348-9100 |
Old Lackawanna Newspaper Availability on microfilm and/or in Libraries - list on this site. |
| Newspaper Archive: Searchable plus digital images - subscription | Library of Congress Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (including the Scranton Tribune). Search Scanned Images. |
| Pennsylvania State Site | North East PA Historical Markers |
| Lackawanna County Government Site The Register of Wills Office, Clerk of Orphans’ Court and Marriage License Bureau |
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| Northeastern Pennsylvania Genealogical Data | Northeastern Pennsylvania Photo Collection, including documents |
| Scranton Tomorrow | Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce |
| The Erie Railroad - Employee Records and More | Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Rail Historical Society |
| Eastern Slovakia, Slovak and Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy research | Rail History Guide to Scranton |
| The Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy Web Site | PA Soldiers' Orphan Schools 1902 |
| Everhart Museum, Scranton | Newton Township Genealogy Homepage |
| Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources: Pennsylvania |
Genealogy Trails Lackawanna Section |
| Genealogy, Inc. - links to sources | |
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Cemeteries
- Cemetery & Cemetery Association List, plus links to Cemetery Transcripts
- Scranton Undertakers: 1870s, 1902, 1909
- Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Maps
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Ward Boundaries for Scranton - 1881
Current Scranton Wards - Cross Reference by Streets
Other Lackawanna PAGenWeb Pages
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Census Records
1870 to 1920 Microfilm Roll Numbers and Enumeration Districts
- Plus other useful information for finding your ancestors