Wayne County PA Genealogy

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Wayne Records by Type

Birth Records (5)
Cemetery Records (238)
Census Records (68)
Church Records (14)
City Directories (14)
Court Records (1)
Death Records (7)
Histories and Genealogies (35)
Immigration Records (4)
Land Records (15)
Map Records (19)
Marriage Records (5)
Military Records (7)
Miscellaneous Records (3)
Newspapers and Obituaries (40)
Probate Records (5)
School Records (28)
Tax Records (4)

Wayne County Records by City/Town

Bethany Genealogy (25)
Clinton in Wayne County Genealogy (21)
Damascus Genealogy (32)
Hawley Genealogy (42)
Honesdale Genealogy (84)
Lake Ariel Genealogy (22)
Lake Como Genealogy (21)
Lake Township Genealogy (23)
Lakewood Genealogy (21)
Manchester in Wayne County Genealogy (21)

Mount Pleasant in Wayne County Genealogy (28)
Newfoundland Genealogy (25)
Pleasant Mount Genealogy (37)
Preston Genealogy (35)
Salem in Wayne County Genealogy (28)
South Canaan Genealogy (25)
Starrucca Genealogy (22)
Sterling Genealogy (26)
Waymart Genealogy (30)

Overview of Wayne County Records

Wayne County was created in 1798 from Northampton County.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has copies of birth and death records starting in 1906.
The Wayne County Prothonotary has death records from 1893 to 1906, birth records from 1893 to 1905, marriage records starting in 1885, divorce records starting in 1900, and court records starting in 1798.
The Wayne County Recorder of Deeds has land records starting in 1798.
The Wayne County Register of Wills has probate records starting in 1798.
Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.