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Courthouse
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Wayne County
Courthouse
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925 Court St.
Honesdale, PA 18431-1922
(570) 253-5970
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Hours: 8:30AM - 4:30PM
Closed on Federal &
State Holidays
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Prothonotary has: birth
and death records from 1893 to 1906; marriage records
from 1885; wills; deeds and land records; assessment
records from 1850 to 1935; orphans court records; criminal
and civil cases
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Registrations of births and deaths
from 1893 through 1905 are available locally through the
Wayne County Historical Society. Statewide registration
of births and deaths began in January 1906. Copies
are available from the Division of Vital Statistics, State
Department of Health, 101 South Mercer Street, P.O. Box
1528, New Castle, PA 16103. (724) 656-3100
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Marriage licenses were recorded
from 1885 forward. The Wayne County Historical Society
has a collection on microfilm that go from 1885 -1905.
The Wayne County Courthouse has them from 1885 to present.
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Additionally, naturalization records
are kept at both the Wayne County Historical Society and
the Wayne County Courthouse.
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Records about the Wyoming Valley prior
to 1782 are kept in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Genealogical & Historical
Societies
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Wayne County Historical
Society
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810 Main Street; P O Box
446; Honesdale, PA 18431-1847; 570-253-3240 |
WCHS Website
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Northeast
Pennsylvania Genealogical Society
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Northeast Pennsylvania
Genealogical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 1776
Shavertown, PA 18708-0776
570-829-1765 |
NEPGS Blog
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Genealogical
RESEARCH Society of Northeastern PA., Inc.
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WRITE: GRSNP P.O. Box 1
Olyphant PA 18447-0001
PHONE: (570) 383-7661 {FAX}(570)
383-7466
info@grsnp.org
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Genealogical Society of
Pennsylvania
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Bethany Historical Society
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RR 3 Honesdale, PA 18431
(570) 253-4349
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betpul.b@ptd.net
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Equinunk Historical Society
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PO Box 41
Equinunk, PA 18417
(570) 224-6722
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ehs@ezaccess.net
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Lackawanna Historical Society
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232 Monroe Ave.
Scranton, PA 18510
(570) 344-3841
Fax: (570) 344-3815
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Local History Association
of the Tusten-Cochecton Library
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Box 129, Bridge St.
Narrowsburg,
NY
(845)
252-3360
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tustenroots@lycos.com
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Minisink Valley Historical
Society
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PO Box 659
Port Jervis, NY 12771
(845) 856-2375
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mvhs1889@magiccarpet.com |
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Monroe County Historical
Association
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900 Main St.
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
(570) 421-7703
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mcha@ptdprolog.net
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Palmyra, Pike/Wallenpaupack
Historical Society
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PO Box 345
Paupack, PA 18351-0345
(570) 857-0882
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balennon@worldnet.att.net
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Pike County Historical
Society
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608 Broad St., P. O. Box 915 Milford,
PA 18337-8126 (570) 296-8126
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pchs1@ptd.net
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Susquehanna County Historical
Society
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2 Monument Square
Montrose, PA 18801
570-278-9336
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suspulib@epix.net
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Wyoming County
Historical Society
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PO Box 309
Tunkhannock,
PA 18657
(570) 836-5303 |
ronrad@epix.net |
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Lake Ariel Region Historical
Association
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lakearielhistory@hotmail.com
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Libraries
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Wayne County Public Library
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1406 North Main St.
Honesdale, PA 18431-2006
(570) 253-1220
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Hours: Tues,
Wed, Thur 10 am - 8 pm
Friday 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday
10 am - 4 pm
Closed Sunday & Monday |
| LDS FamilySearch |
Many new
PA records available free!! |
LDS FamilySearch |
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Newspaper
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Catskill Mountain News
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Searchable Archives
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Wayne County Independent
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Website
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Publications
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Hard bound
pictorial history
(Info from 9/2003)
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Published by &
available from: The Wayne Independent, 220 - 8th Street,
Honesdale, PA 18431 ATTN: Joe Hessling (570) 253-3055 |
9" x 12"
128 page book, containing pictures of Wayne Co. one room
schools, students and memorabilia of the past 100 years.
$41.75 plus $ 4.50 shipping |
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Descendants of Gabriel Woodmancy/Woodmansee
of New London, Connecticut: Thirteen
Generations from 1665
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Contact Person is Janet Parker, 2115
N Denair Avenue, Turlock, CA 95382
email:
janetpar@charter.net.
(209) 634-9473
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Two Volumes,
1800 pages, Index,
Bibliography, Photos; Published May 2009
This title was recently donated to
the Northern Wayne Community Library, Lakewood, PA.
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| A History
of Sterling Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania by
Rev. Garford Flavel Williams. |
As of September 2003, The
Historians of Sterling Township (HOST) have done a
re-print of the book "A History of Sterling Township"
by Rev Garford F. Williams. Originally published in 1950,
this book has lots of genealogy information in addition
to historical info.
To purchase the book, contact HOST at
NictraStar@gmail.com
The price is $10 plus $4 s&h.
HOST
Website
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It has some basic history and
lots of genealogical treasures. There are 23
surnames covered as separate chapters, some more extensively
than others. There is mention of many other surnames that
married into these families. The major surnames are ADAMS,
BARNES, BORTREE, BUTLER, CATTERSON, CLEMENTS, CLIFF, CROSS,
DOBSON, FERGUSON, GILPIN, HEAZLETON or HAZLETON, HOWE, LEE,
MEGARGLE, MUSGRAVE, NEVILLE, NOBLE, PHILLIPS, SIMONS, STEVENS,
WEBSTER and YATES |
| History of
Wayne County Phineas Goodrich |
Published 1880 without index; reissued
1992 with index
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Based on reminiscing of people.
Online
Version
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| History of
Wayne, Pike & Monroe Counties, Alfred Mathews |
published in 1886, 1,000+ pages, limited
index
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"The
Nomenclature of Wayne: A History of Wayne
County, PA" by Thomas J. Ham, |
Thanks to the generosity
of Pike County Historian George Fluhr, the Wayne County
Historical Society has printed a new edition of which has
been out of print for several years. This is a compilation
of a series of articles published in the Honesdale Citizen
in 1905-1907. Not a comprehensive history like Mathews or
Goodrich, but it covers a lot of ground.
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This edition also
includes an index formerly sold separately. The book is
$15 in the WCHS
shop plus $4.95 shipping and handling for mail orders
(and 6% sales tax for PA residents).
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"History of the
Township of Mount Pleasant, Wayne County, Pennsylvania:
A discourse delivered on Thanksgiving Day, November 22,
1855," by Rev. Samuel Whaley
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Now available in an indexed
edition
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The book is $14.50 from
the WCHS shop
(plus $4.95 shipping and handling for mail orders (and 6%
sales tax for PA residents).
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Commemorative Biographical Record,
Including Susquehanna, Pike, Monroe & Wayne Counties
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J. H. Beers, 1900, Chicago
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Illustrated Wayne County
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History of Wayne County
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Walter B. Barbe & Kurt A. Reed
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Published in 1998, 392 pages, indexed
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Atlas
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Beers, 1872 land owners.
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State Resources
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
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Pennsylvania State Archives Office
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PA Vital Records
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National Resources
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Cyndi's
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National Archives |
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U. S. Railroad Retirement
Board
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