Scranton Genealogy (in Lackawanna County, PA)

NOTE: Additional records that apply to Scranton are also found through the Lackawanna County and Pennsylvania pages.

Scranton Birth Records

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Birth Records index prior to 1906 Lackawanna County

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Pennsylvania Births, 1852-1854 Ancestry

Scranton Cemetery Records

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Cathedral Cemetery Find a Grave

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Cathedral Cemetery Billion Graves

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Cathedral Cemetery, Scranton US Gen Web Archives

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Fellows Cemetery Find a Grave

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Heermans Family Burying Ground Find a Grave

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Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Churchyard Find a Grave

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Marywood College Cemetery Find a Grave

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McDonnell Cemetery Find a Grave

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Milwaukee Cemetery Find a Grave

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Pittston Avenue Cemetery Find a Grave

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Providence Jewish Cemetery Find a Grave

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Sacred Heart Lebanese Cemetery Find a Grave

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Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery Find a Grave

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Saint Anns Cemetery Find a Grave

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Saint John's Cemetery Find a Grave

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

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Saint Johns Byzantine Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave

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Saint Josephs Cemetery Find a Grave

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Saint Mary Cemetery Billion Graves

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Saint Mary's Greek Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave

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Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave

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Saint Stanislaus Cathedral PNCC Cemetery Find a Grave

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Saint Stanislaus Cemetery Billion Graves

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Saint Vladimir OLD Cemetery Find a Grave

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

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Temple Hesed Cemetery Find a Grave

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Von Storch Family Cemetery Find a Grave

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Washburn Street Cemetery Find a Grave

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Washburn Street Cemetery Billion Graves

Scranton Census Records

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U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry

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U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage

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United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scranton City Directories (143)

Scranton Death Records

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1906-1967 Pennsylvania Death Certificates Ancestry

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Pennsylvania Death Index, 1906-1964 MyHeritage

Scranton Histories and Genealogies

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A half century in Scranton Genealogy Gophers

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History of Scranton and its people Genealogy Gophers

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

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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

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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

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History of Scranton, Pennasylvania Ancestry

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

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

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

Scranton Immigration Records

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

Scranton Map Records

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

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Map of Scranton, Penn. 1890. Library of Congress

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scranton Marriage Records

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1852-1968 Pennsylvania, Marriages Ancestry

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Marriage Licenses 1885 to present Lackawanna County

Scranton Minority Records

Scranton Newspapers and Obituaries

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

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

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Evening Times 1883-1883 Newspapers.com

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Fest-Zeitung 1884-1884 Newspapers.com

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

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

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

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Scranton Daily Republican 1868-1868 Newspapers.com

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Scranton PA Tribune 1894-1902 Fulton History

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Scranton Republican 1868-1936 Newspapers.com

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Scranton Republican 1877-1910 1877-1898 Newspapers.com

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Scranton Republican 1886-1888 Newspapers.com

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Scranton Republican 1898-1898 Newspapers.com

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

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Scranton Republican Tribune and Truth 1915-1915 Newspapers.com

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Scranton Republican and Tribune 1915-1915 Newspapers.com

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Scranton Times 1896-1896 Newspapers.com

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Scranton Times 1962-1985 Newspapers.com

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Scranton Tribune 1894-1936 Newspapers.com

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Scranton Tribune 1937-1937 Newspapers.com

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Scranton Tribune, The (Pennsylvania/United States) [Scranton, Pa.] 1 January 1894 to 31 December 1902 Elephind

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Scranton Truth 1904-1915 Newspapers.com

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Scranton Weekly Republican 1866-1889 Newspapers.com

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

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

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Scranton Wochenblatt 1869-1918 Newspapers.com

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

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

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

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

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Scrantonian 1937-1987 Newspapers.com

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Scrantonian Tribune 1987-1990 Newspapers.com

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Sunday Morning News 1882-1882 Newspapers.com

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

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

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

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Times-Tribune 1891-2023 Newspapers.com

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

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Tribune 1937-2005 Newspapers.com

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Tribune-Republican 1910-1915 Newspapers.com

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

Scranton Probate Records

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1683-1993 Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry

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

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

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Lackawanna County Wills 1915 through 1927 US Gen Web

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Register of Wills 1878-present Lackawanna County

Scranton School Records

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

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

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Bishop Klonowski High School yearbook, 1982 Classmates

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

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Cathedral High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1966 Classmates

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

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

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Central High School yearbook, 1967, 1970 Classmates

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

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

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

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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St. Patrick School yearbook, 1952 Classmates

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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