NOTE: Additional records that apply to Scranton are also found through the Lackawanna County and Pennsylvania pages.
Birth Records index prior to 1906 Lackawanna County
Pennsylvania Births, 1852-1854 Ancestry
Cathedral Cemetery Find a Grave
Cathedral Cemetery Billion Graves
Cathedral Cemetery, Scranton US Gen Web Archives
Fellows Cemetery Find a Grave
Heermans Family Burying Ground Find a Grave
Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Churchyard Find a Grave
Marywood College Cemetery Find a Grave
McDonnell Cemetery Find a Grave
Milwaukee Cemetery Find a Grave
Pittston Avenue Cemetery Find a Grave
Providence Jewish Cemetery Find a Grave
Sacred Heart Lebanese Cemetery Find a Grave
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Anns Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint John's Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery (Defunct) Find a Grave
Saint Johns Byzantine Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Josephs Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Mary Cemetery Billion Graves
Saint Mary's Greek Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Stanislaus Cathedral PNCC Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Stanislaus Cemetery Billion Graves
Saint Vladimir OLD Cemetery Find a Grave
St. Joseph's Cemetery, Minooka, Scranton US Gen Web Archives
Temple Hesed Cemetery Find a Grave
Von Storch Family Cemetery Find a Grave
Washburn Street Cemetery Find a Grave
Washburn Street Cemetery Billion Graves
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Church Records for Dallas United Methodist Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry
Church Records for Elm Park United Methodist Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry
Church Records for Emmanuel Lutheran Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry
Church Records for Hyde Park Presbyterian Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry
Church Records for Petersburg Presbyterian Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry
Church Records for Providence United Methodist (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry
Church Records for St David's Episcopal Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry
Church Records for St John's Lutheran Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry
Church Records for St Luke's Episcopal Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry
Church Records for St Mary's Greek Catholic Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry
Church Records for Westminster Presbyterian Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry
Providence Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1846-1907 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry
Providence Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1885-1954 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry
Providence Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1909-1925 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry
Suburban Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1897-1951 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry
1906-1967 Pennsylvania Death Certificates Ancestry
Pennsylvania Death Index, 1906-1964 MyHeritage
A half century in Scranton Genealogy Gophers
History of Scranton and its people Genealogy Gophers
History of Scranton, 1891 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry
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
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
History of Scranton, Pennasylvania Ancestry
History of the city of Scranton, Providence, Dunmore, Waverly, and Humphreysville ; also, directory and business advertiser for 1867 and 1868 Genealogy Gophers
Prominent men : Scranton and vicinity, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, 1906 LDS Genealogy
Prominent men : Scranton and vicinity, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, 1906 Internet Archive
Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. Circuit and District Courts for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1906-1930 Fold3
Atlas of the City of Scranton and Borough of Dunmore, 1888 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry
Map of Scranton, Penn. 1890. Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton Suburbs, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1925 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton Suburbs, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, July 1893 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1888 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1898 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1898 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1919-1920 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1949 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1956 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, April 1884 Library of Congress
Scranton, 1877 Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry
1852-1968 Pennsylvania, Marriages Ancestry
Marriage Licenses 1885 to present Lackawanna County
Druid 07/07/1910 to 12/25/1913 Genealogy Bank
Electric City 11/22/2005 to 04/10/2014 Genealogy Bank
Evening Times 1883-1883 Newspapers.com
Fest-Zeitung 1884-1884 Newspapers.com
Flour Weekly Market Review 01/14/1874 to 04/15/1874 Genealogy Bank
Morning Republican 05/19/1869 to 10/24/1876 Genealogy Bank
Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal 06/02/2014 to Current Genealogy Bank
Scranton Daily Republican 1868-1868 Newspapers.com
Scranton PA Tribune 1894-1902 Fulton History
Scranton Republican 1868-1936 Newspapers.com
Scranton Republican 1877-1910 1877-1898 Newspapers.com
Scranton Republican 1886-1888 Newspapers.com
Scranton Republican 1898-1898 Newspapers.com
Scranton Republican Tribune Truth and Daily News 1915-1915 Newspapers.com
Scranton Republican Tribune and Truth 1915-1915 Newspapers.com
Scranton Republican and Tribune 1915-1915 Newspapers.com
Scranton Times 1896-1896 Newspapers.com
Scranton Times 1962-1985 Newspapers.com
Scranton Tribune 1894-1936 Newspapers.com
Scranton Tribune 1937-1937 Newspapers.com
Scranton Tribune, The (Pennsylvania/United States) [Scranton, Pa.] 1 January 1894 to 31 December 1902 Elephind
Scranton Truth 1904-1915 Newspapers.com
Scranton Weekly Republican 1866-1889 Newspapers.com
Scranton Wochenblatt (Scranton, Pa.) (from Jan. 7, 1869 to Aug. 29, 1918) MyHeritage
Scranton Wochenblatt 01/07/1869 to 08/29/1918 Genealogy Bank
Scranton Wochenblatt 1869-1918 Newspapers.com
Scranton Wochenblatt. (Scranton, Pa.) (from Jan. 7, 1869 to Aug. 29, 1918) Chronicling America
Scranton Wochenblatt. 1869-01-07 to 1918-08-29 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive
Scranton tribune (Scranton, Pa.) (from Jan. 1, 1894 to Dec. 31, 1902) MyHeritage
Scranton tribune 01/01/1894 to 12/31/1902 Genealogy Bank
Scrantonian 1937-1987 Newspapers.com
Scrantonian Tribune 1987-1990 Newspapers.com
Sunday Morning News 1882-1882 Newspapers.com
The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) (from Jan. 1, 1894 to Dec. 31, 1902) Chronicling America
The Scranton tribune. 1894-01-01 to 1902-12-31 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive
Times-Tribune 08/17/2003 to Current Genealogy Bank
Times-Tribune 1891-2023 Newspapers.com
Times-Tribune, The: Blogs 10/11/2013 to Current Genealogy Bank
Tribune 1937-2005 Newspapers.com
Tribune-Republican 1910-1915 Newspapers.com
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
1683-1993 Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry
Lackawanna Co., PA Will Index 1878-1901 US Gen Web
Lackawanna Co., PA Will Index 1902-1914 US Gen Web
Lackawanna County Wills 1915 through 1927 US Gen Web
Register of Wills 1878-present Lackawanna County
Bishop Hannan High School yearbook, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987 Classmates
Bishop Hannan High School yearbooks, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Bishop Klonowski High School yearbook, 1982 Classmates
Bishop Klonowski High School yearbook, 1982 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Cathedral High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1966 Classmates
Cathedral High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Cathedral High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1966 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
Central High School yearbook, 1967, 1970 Classmates
Central High School yearbook, 1967, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Central High School yearbook, 1967, 1970 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
Scranton Central High School yearbook, 1984, 1986, 1987 Classmates
Scranton Central High School yearbooks, 1984, 1986, 1987 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
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
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
Scranton High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
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
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
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
Scranton Technical High School yearbook, 1952, 1958, 1973, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
Scranton Technical High School yearbook, 1952, 1958, 1973, 1979, 1984 Classmates
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
South Scranton Central Catholic High School yearbook, 1971 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
St John the Evangelist High School yearbook, 1965 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
St Patricks High School - Patrician Yearbook (Scranton, PA), 1953, 1958 E Yearbook
St Patricks High School yearbook, 1953, 1958 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
St. John the Evangelist High School yearbook, 1952, 1965 Classmates
St. John the Evangelist High School yearbook, 1952, 1965 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
St. Patrick School yearbook, 1952 Classmates
St. Patrick School yearbook, 1952 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
St. Patrick's High School yearbook, 1952, 1954 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Technical High School - Red Raider Yearbook (Scranton, PA), 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 E Yearbook
Technical High School yearbook, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
West Scranton High School yearbook, 1963, 1967, 1972, 1975 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
West Scranton High School yearbook, 1963, 1967, 1972, 1975, 1980 Classmates
West Scranton High School yearbooks, 1963, 1967, 1972, 1975, 1980 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
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