Lackawanna County PA Genealogy

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Lackawanna Records by Type

Birth Records (12)
Cemetery Records (263)
Census Records (45)
Church Records (80)
City Directories (209)
Court Records (2)
Death Records (10)
Histories and Genealogies (53)
Immigration Records (11)
Land Records (1)
Map Records (51)
Marriage Records (12)
Military Records (6)
Minority Records (2)
Miscellaneous Records (2)
Newspapers and Obituaries (154)
Probate Records (8)
School Records (106)

Lackawanna County Records by City/Town

Abington in Lackawanna County Genealogy (28)
Archbald Genealogy (37)
Blakely Genealogy (24)
Carbondale Genealogy (120)
Clarks Green Genealogy (24)
Clarks Summit Genealogy (52)
Daleville Genealogy (30)
Dalton Genealogy (27)
Dickson City Genealogy (34)
Dunmore Genealogy (53)
Elmhurst Genealogy (25)
Fleetville Genealogy (25)
Jermyn Genealogy (37)
Jessup Genealogy (28)
La Plume Genealogy (25)

Mayfield Genealogy (26)
Moosic Genealogy (24)
Moscow Genealogy (36)
Newton Genealogy (30)
Old Forge Genealogy (37)
Olyphant Genealogy (39)
Peckville Genealogy (30)
Ransom Genealogy (29)
Scott Genealogy (26)
Scranton Genealogy (399)
Simpson Genealogy (26)
South Abington Genealogy (24)
Spring Brook Genealogy (25)
Taylor Genealogy (32)
Throop Genealogy (29)

Overview of Lackawanna County Records

Lackawanna County was created in 1878 from Luzerne County.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has copies of birth and death records starting in 1906.
The Lackawanna County Orphan's Court has death records from 1893 to 1905 and birth records from 1893 to 1905.
The Lackawanna County Commissioner's Office has marriage, divorce, probate, and court records starting in 1878.
The Lackawanna County Recorder of Deeds has land records starting in 1878.
Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.