Scranton Genealogy (in Lackawanna County, PA)

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Scranton Birth Records

Birth Records index prior to 1906 Lackawanna County online

Birth records, 1878-1905, of the city of Scranton FamilySearch Library

Delayed births, 1780-1905, for Scranton, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library

Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania births, 1872-1905; indexes, 1872-1905 FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania Births, 1852-1854 Ancestry online

Pennsylvania, Birth Records, 1906-present Pennsylvania Department of Health

Records, 1897-1967, Polish National Catholic Church of America Central Diocese (Scranton, Pa.). Archive Grid

Scranton Cemetery Records

Cathedral Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cathedral Cemetery Billion Graves online

Cathedral Cemetery, Scranton US Gen Web Archives online

Fellows Cemetery Find a Grave online

Heermans Family Burying Ground Find a Grave online

Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Churchyard Find a Grave online

Marywood College Cemetery Find a Grave online

McDonnell Cemetery Find a Grave online

Milwaukee Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pittston Avenue Cemetery Find a Grave online

Providence Jewish Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sacred Heart Lebanese Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Anns Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint John's Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery (Defunct) Find a Grave online

Saint Johns Byzantine Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Josephs Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Mary Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Mary's Greek Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Stanislaus Cathedral PNCC Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Stanislaus Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Vladimir OLD Cemetery Find a Grave online

Scranton, Lackawanna Co., Pennsylvania, German Presbyterian cemetery records FamilySearch Library

St. Joseph's Cemetery, Minooka, Scranton US Gen Web Archives online

Temple Hesed Cemetery Find a Grave online

Von Storch Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Washburn Street Cemetery Find a Grave online

Washburn Street Cemetery Billion Graves online

Washburn Street Cemetery, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. FamilySearch Library

Washburn Street cemetery records, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library

Scranton Census Records

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Scranton Church Records

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Church Records for Dallas United Methodist Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church Records for Elm Park United Methodist Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church Records for Emmanuel Lutheran Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church Records for Hyde Park Presbyterian Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church Records for Petersburg Presbyterian Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church Records for Providence United Methodist (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church Records for St David's Episcopal Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church Records for St John's Lutheran Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church Records for St Luke's Episcopal Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church Records for St Mary's Greek Catholic Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church Records for Westminster Presbyterian Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church records, 1848-1926 (First Presbyterian Church (Scranton, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1851-1913 (Providence Methodist Episcopal Church (Scranton, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1852-1901 (St. Luke's Church (Scranton, Pennsylvania : Episcopal)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1856-1969 [Petersburg Presbyterian] FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1873-1944 (Green Ridge Avenue Presbyterian Church (Scranton, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1874-1926 (Second Presbyterian Church (Scranton, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1880-1918 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Scranton Branch (Scranton, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1882-1918 (Washburn Street Presbyterian Church (Scranton, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1883-1911 (Ebenezer Presbyterian Church (Scranton, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1889-1911 (Catholic Church. St. Mary's (Scranton, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1897-1933 (Immanuel Lutheran Church (Scranton, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1901-1971 (Elm Park Methodist Episcopal Church (Scranton, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1926-1974 (Westminster Presbyterian Church (Scranton, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Providence Methodist Episcopal Church baptisms, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1854 to 2005. WorldCat

Providence Methodist Episcopal Church marriages, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1851 to 2006. WorldCat

Providence Methodist Episcopal Church members, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1854 to 2005 WorldCat

Providence Methodist Episcopal Church names on rolls, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1854 to 2005 WorldCat

Providence Methodist Episcopal Church probationers, officers, class members, and roll of the dead, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1854 to 2009 WorldCat

Providence Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1846-1907 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Providence Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1885-1954 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Providence Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1909-1925 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Record of members, [1840]-1942 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. East Pennsylvania District) FamilySearch Library

Record of members, [1904]-1926 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Scranton Branch (Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Record of members, [1933]-1941 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Susquehanna District (Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Records, 1897-1967, Polish National Catholic Church of America Central Diocese (Scranton, Pa.). Archive Grid

Seventy-five years in Saint Luke's Church : in the heart of things, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1851-1926 FamilySearch Library

Suburban Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1897-1951 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Scranton City Directories (143)


Scranton Death Records

1906-1967 Pennsylvania Death Certificates Ancestry online

Pennsylvania Death Index, 1906-1964 MyHeritage online

Pennsylvania, Death Records, 1906-present Pennsylvania Department of Health

Providence Methodist Episcopal Church probationers, officers, class members, and roll of the dead, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1854 to 2009 WorldCat

Record of deaths, 1878-1905, in the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library

Records, 1897-1967, Polish National Catholic Church of America Central Diocese (Scranton, Pa.). Archive Grid

Scranton Histories and Genealogies

A half century in Scranton FamilySearch Library

A half century in Scranton Genealogy Gophers online

History of Scranton and its people FamilySearch Library

History of Scranton and its people Genealogy Gophers online

History of Scranton, 1891 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry online

History of Scranton, Penn : with full outline of the natural advantages, accounts of the Indian tribes, early settlements, Connecticut's claim to the Wyoming Valley, the Trenton decree, manufacturing, mining, and transportation interests, the press, churches, societies, etc., etc., down to the present time FamilySearch Library

History of Scranton, Penn. : with full outline of the natural advantages, accounts of the Indian tribes, early settlements, Connecticut's claim to the Wyoming Valley, the Trenton decree, down to the present time LDS Genealogy online

History of Scranton, Penn. : with full outline of the natural advantages, accounts of the Indian tribes, early settlements, Connecticut's claim to the Wyoming Valley, the Trenton decree, down to the present time Internet Archive online

History of Scranton, Pennasylvania Ancestry online

History of the city of Scranton, Providence, Dunmore, Waverly, and Humphreysville ; also, directory and business advertiser for 1867 and 1868 Genealogy Gophers online

Prominent men : Scranton and vicinity, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, 1906 LDS Genealogy online

Prominent men : Scranton and vicinity, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, 1906 Internet Archive online

Scranton Immigration Records

Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. Circuit and District Courts for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1906-1930 Fold3 online

Naturalization petitions and declarations, 1901-1931, from court held in Scranton ; Index 1906-1991 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization petitions, and declarations, 1906-1911 FamilySearch Library

Scranton Map Records

Atlas of the City of Scranton and Borough of Dunmore, 1888 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry online

Map of Scranton, Penn. 1890. Library of Congress online

Map of the city of Scranton and borough of Dunmore, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton Suburbs, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1925 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton Suburbs, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, July 1893 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1888 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1919-1920 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1949 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1956 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, April 1884 Library of Congress online

Scranton, 1877 Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Scranton Marriage Records

1852-1968 Pennsylvania, Marriages Ancestry online

Marriage Licenses 1885 to present Lackawanna County online

Marriage license dockets (Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania), 1926-1951; indexes 1915-1958 FamilySearch Library

Providence Methodist Episcopal Church marriages, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1851 to 2006. WorldCat

Records, 1897-1967, Polish National Catholic Church of America Central Diocese (Scranton, Pa.). Archive Grid

Scranton Minority Records

History of Scranton, Penn : with full outline of the natural advantages, accounts of the Indian tribes, early settlements, Connecticut's claim to the Wyoming Valley, the Trenton decree, manufacturing, mining, and transportation interests, the press, churches, societies, etc., etc., down to the present time FamilySearch Library

Wales in America; Scranton and the Welsh, 1860-1920 FamilySearch Library

Scranton Newspapers and Obituaries

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Druid 07/07/1910 to 12/25/1913 Genealogy Bank online

Electric City 11/22/2005 to 04/10/2014 Genealogy Bank online

Evening Times 1883-1883 Newspapers.com online

Fest-Zeitung 1884-1884 Newspapers.com online

Flour Weekly Market Review 01/14/1874 to 04/15/1874 Genealogy Bank online

Morning Republican 05/19/1869 to 10/24/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal 06/02/2014 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Scranton Daily Republican 1868-1868 Newspapers.com online

Scranton PA Tribune 1894-1902 Fulton History online

Scranton Republican 1868-1936 Newspapers.com online

Scranton Republican 1877-1910 1877-1898 Newspapers.com online

Scranton Republican 1886-1888 Newspapers.com online

Scranton Republican 1898-1898 Newspapers.com online

Scranton Republican Tribune Truth and Daily News 1915-1915 Newspapers.com online

Scranton Republican Tribune and Truth 1915-1915 Newspapers.com online

Scranton Republican and Tribune 1915-1915 Newspapers.com online

Scranton Times 1896-1896 Newspapers.com online

Scranton Times 1962-1985 Newspapers.com online

Scranton Tribune 1894-1936 Newspapers.com online

Scranton Tribune 1937-1937 Newspapers.com online

Scranton Truth 1904-1915 Newspapers.com online

Scranton Weekly Republican 1866-1889 Newspapers.com online

Scranton Wochenblatt (Scranton, Pa.) (from Jan. 7, 1869 to Aug. 29, 1918) MyHeritage online

Scranton Wochenblatt 01/07/1869 to 08/29/1918 Genealogy Bank online

Scranton Wochenblatt 1869-1918 Newspapers.com online

Scranton Wochenblatt. (Scranton, Pa.) (from Jan. 7, 1869 to Aug. 29, 1918) Chronicling America online

Scranton Wochenblatt. 1869-01-07 to 1918-08-29 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive online

Scranton tribune (Scranton, Pa.) (from Jan. 1, 1894 to Dec. 31, 1902) MyHeritage online

Scranton tribune 01/01/1894 to 12/31/1902 Genealogy Bank online

Scrantonian 1937-1987 Newspapers.com online

Scrantonian Tribune 1987-1990 Newspapers.com online

Sunday Morning News 1882-1882 Newspapers.com online

The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) (from Jan. 1, 1894 to Dec. 31, 1902) Chronicling America online

The Scranton tribune. 1894-01-01 to 1902-12-31 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive online

Times-Tribune 08/17/2003 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Times-Tribune 1891-2023 Newspapers.com online

Times-Tribune, The: Blogs 10/11/2013 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Tribune 1937-2005 Newspapers.com online

Tribune-Republican 1910-1915 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Scranton

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Baner America. (Scranton, Pa.) 1868-1877

Blade. (Scranton, Pa.) 1888-1892

Catholic Light. (Scranton, Pa.) 1901-Current

Catholic Record. (Scranton, Pa.) 1887-1890

Daily Democrat. (Scranton, Pa.) 1869-1870s

Daily Times. (Scranton, Pa.) 1870-1872

Daily Times. (Scranton, Pa.) 1874-1883

Diocesan Record. (Scranton, Pa.) 1890-1900s

Druid. (Scranton, Pa.) 1907-1914

Evening Star. (Scranton, Pa.) 1877-1878

Evening Times. (Scranton, Pa.) 1883-1885

Herald of The Union. (Scranton, Pa.) 1856-1860s

Index. (Scranton, Pa.) 1887-1899

Industrial Advocate. (Scranton, Pa.) 1877-1878

Lackawanna Democrat. (Scranton, Pa.) 1882-1880s

Lackawanna Herald. (Scranton, Pa.) 1853-1856

Lackawanna Intelligencer. (Scranton, Pa.) 1882-1886

Lackawanna Register. (Scranton, Pa.) 1863-1860s

Morning Republican. (Scranton, Pa.) 1868-1877

People. (Scranton, Pa.) 1886-1892

Pol Am Journal. (Scranton, Pa.) 1972-1984

Pol Am Journal. (Scranton, Pa.) 1972-Current

Pol-Am Journal : Official Newspaper, Association of the Sons of Poland. (Scranton, Pa.) 1982-Current

Scranton City Journal. (Scranton, Pa.) 1867-1870s

Scranton Daily Democrat. (Scranton, Pa.) 1870s-1874

Scranton Daily News and Hyde Park Advertiser. (Scranton [Pa.) 1861-1862

Scranton Daily News. (Scranton, Pa.) 1913-1916

Scranton Daily Republican. (Scranton, Pa.) 1867-1868

Scranton Daily Times. (Scranton, Pa.) 1872-1874

Scranton Herold. (Scranton, Pa.) 1874-1870s

Scranton Journal. (Scranton, Pa.) 1870s-1886

Scranton Register. (Scranton, Pa.) 1860s-1869

Scranton Republican. (Scranton [Pa.]) 1856-1860s

Scranton Republican. (Scranton, Pa.) 1877-1910

Scranton Republican. (Scranton, Pa.) 1915-1936

Scranton Sonnabend Journal. (Scranton, Pa.) 1886-1906

Scranton Sun. (Scranton, Pa.) 1926-1932

Scranton Times. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-2005

Scranton Tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910

Scranton Tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1936-1977

Scranton Truth. (Scranton, Pa.) 1884-1915

Scranton Weekly Democrat. (Scranton, Pa.) 1868-1874

Scranton Weekly Free Press. (Scranton, Pa.) 1875-1879

Scranton Weekly Republican. (Scranton, Pa.) 1860s-1897

Scranton Wochenblatt. (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918

Scrantonian. (Scranton, Pa.) 1897-Current

Spirit of the Valley. (Scranton, Pa.) 1855-1856

Sunday Free Press. (Scranton, Pa.) 1882-1902

Sunday Morning Free Press. (Scranton, Pa.) 1872-1882

Sunday Morning News. (Scranton, Pa.) 1878-1901

Times-Tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 2005-Current

Tribune-Republican. (Scranton, Pa.) 1910-1915

Tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1977-Current

Tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1990-2005

Watch-Fire. (Scranton, Pa) 1885-1896

Weekly Register. (Scranton, Pa.) 1863-1869

Scranton Probate Records

1683-1993 Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Lackawanna Co., PA Will Index 1878-1901 US Gen Web online

Lackawanna Co., PA Will Index 1902-1914 US Gen Web online

Lackawanna County Wills 1915 through 1927 US Gen Web online

Register of Wills 1878-present Lackawanna County online

Scranton School Records

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Bishop Hannan High School yearbook, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987 Classmates online

Bishop Hannan High School yearbooks, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Bishop Klonowski High School yearbook, 1982 Classmates online

Bishop Klonowski High School yearbook, 1982 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Cathedral High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1966 Classmates online

Cathedral High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Cathedral High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1966 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Central High School yearbook, 1967, 1970 Classmates online

Central High School yearbook, 1967, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Central High School yearbook, 1967, 1970 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Scranton Central High School yearbook, 1984, 1986, 1987 Classmates online

Scranton Central High School yearbooks, 1984, 1986, 1987 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Scranton High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Scranton High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988 Classmates online

Scranton High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Scranton Preparatory yearbook, 1951, 1954, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Scranton Preparatory yearbook, 1951, 1954, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1995 Classmates online

Scranton Preparatory yearbooks, 1951, 1954, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1995 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Scranton Technical High School yearbook, 1952, 1958, 1973, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Scranton Technical High School yearbook, 1952, 1958, 1973, 1979, 1984 Classmates online

Scranton Technical High School yearbooks, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

South Scranton Central Catholic High School yearbook, 1971 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St John the Evangelist High School yearbook, 1965 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Patricks High School - Patrician Yearbook (Scranton, PA), 1953, 1958 E Yearbook online

St Patricks High School yearbook, 1953, 1958 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. John the Evangelist High School yearbook, 1952, 1965 Classmates online

St. John the Evangelist High School yearbook, 1952, 1965 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

St. Patrick School yearbook, 1952 Classmates online

St. Patrick School yearbook, 1952 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

St. Patrick's High School yearbook, 1952, 1954 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Technical High School - Red Raider Yearbook (Scranton, PA), 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 E Yearbook online

Technical High School yearbook, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

West Scranton High School yearbook, 1963, 1967, 1972, 1975 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

West Scranton High School yearbook, 1963, 1967, 1972, 1975, 1980 Classmates online

West Scranton High School yearbooks, 1963, 1967, 1972, 1975, 1980 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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