Tower City Genealogy (in Schuylkill County, PA)

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Tower City Birth Records

Pennsylvania Births, 1852-1854 Ancestry online

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

Tower City Cemetery Records

Fairview Cemetery Billion Graves online

Greenwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Greenwood Cemetery (1896) : Tower City, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library

Greenwood Cemetery (1896), Tower City, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania WorldCat

Saint Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Tower City Census Records

A Directory of the 1891 Eleventh Census of the Population of Schuylkill County Ancestry online

Census 1920: Tower City Borough US Gen Web Archives online

Federal Census of 1940, Tower City, Pennsylvania LDS Genealogy online

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

Tower City Church Records

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

Church records of Zion's Union Church, Tower City, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania and St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Johnstown, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library

Church records of Zion's Union Church, Tower City, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania and St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Johnstown, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania WorldCat

Church records, 1827-1919 (St. Peter's Lutheran Church (Orwin, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1873-1917 (St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Tower City, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Tower City City Directories

White and Yellow Pages, Tower City September 1969 through September 1975 Library of Congress online

Tower City Death Records

1906-1967 Pennsylvania Death Certificates Ancestry online

Death notices in the Christliche Botschafter, New Berlin,1836-1848 FamilySearch Library

Freiheits-Presse, deaths and marriages, 1822-1843 FamilySearch Library

Index to the obituaries as found in the Pottsville Republican and various other periodicals of the region : covers Schuylkill as well as adjoining counties FamilySearch Library

Obituaries, 1880-1917 FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania Death Index, 1906-1964 MyHeritage online

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

Stimme des Volks, deaths, 1838-1854 FamilySearch Library

Tower City Immigration Records

Declarations of intention, 1872-1876, from Clerk of courts FamilySearch Library

Declarations of intention, 1906-1944 FamilySearch Library

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

Naturalization petition and record, 1906-1946; index 1906-1990 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization petition records, 1811-1907; indexes, 1811-1906 FamilySearch Library

The German Immigration into Pennsylvania Through the Port of Philadelphia from 1700 to 1775 Open Library online

Tower City Land Records

Deed books, 1811-1902; indexes to deeds, 1811-1915 FamilySearch Library

Tower City Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1911 Library of Congress online

Tower City Marriage Records

Freiheits-Presse, deaths and marriages, 1822-1843 FamilySearch Library

Marriage license dockets, 1885-1950 FamilySearch Library

Schuylkill County marriages from Readinger Adler, 1807-1858 FamilySearch Library

Stimme des Volks, marriages, 1832-1846 FamilySearch Library

Tower City Newspapers and Obituaries

Index to the obituaries as found in the Pottsville Republican and various other periodicals of the region : covers Schuylkill as well as adjoining counties FamilySearch Library

Obituaries, 1880-1917 FamilySearch Library

West Schuylkill Herald 1898-1977 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Tower City

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.

Echo. (Tower City, Pa.) 1890s-1910

Valley Echo. (Tower City, Pa.) 1882-1890s

Tower City Probate Records

1683-1993 Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstracts of wills, Schuylkill County, Penna., book 1, November 1812- October 1844 FamilySearch Library

Tower City School Records

Williams Valley High School yearbook, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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