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Lackawanna County Pennsylvania, was formed from parts of Luzerne County August 13, 1878, and was the last county to be created. It was named for the Lackawanna River. Scranton, the county seat, was named for the Scranton family. See the Brief History of Lackawanna County and the Formation of the Townships for additional information. More detailed information is available from the book History of the Lackawanna Valley by H. Hollister, M.D.

"Official Flag" Scranton, PA Adopted 1907	PA with Lackawanna County in Color More Maps of Lackawanna & Luzerne

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HISTORY		VITAL STATISTICS
History of Lackawanna County		Census Index Includes Wards & Enumeration Districts
Lackawanna History by Dr. H. Hollister.		Marriage License Records Index from 1885 to 1914
Historical Documents.- a wide variety of subjects & organizations.		Lackawanna County Naturalizations, 1851 to 1905
20th Century Wars: Deaths and POWs		Obituaries
City of Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1912 - Scans of all pages		Cemeteries
Map Index Including 1873 atlas with owners and businesses		Scranton Undertakers (1870, 1902, 1909)
History of Coal Mining, Plus Reports		Wills and Probate Records Including: Indexes of Wills 1878-1939
Carbondale, Dundaff, and Providence; Forty Years Past, By J. R. Durfee, 1875		Church Records: baptisms, marriages and burials
Scranton 50 Years: 1866-1916 - Scanned		Places of Worship (Churches)
Newspapers and Articles		Directories - Phone, Business, Individuals: Lackawanna County area.
Celtic Bards of Scranton		Institutions (Homes) & Hospitals, Scranton, 1919
Prominent Men of Scranton, Wilkes Barre and Vicinity: Part 1; Part 2		Scranton Almanacs and Annuals Featuring the pages listing events of the previous year.
SCHOOLS		PICTURES
Index Page of School Documents 1898 & 1899 Scranton School Locations, School and Ward Numbers		Photo Album From many local albums   NEW addition May 2023
High School Commencement Programs		Postcards of Lackawanna County
1905 Graduates, and 1915 Graduates, Scranton Central High Scranton High School, with a photograph		Hotel Casey: 1909-2001 - Construction photos, articles and postcards. Link
MISCELLANEOUS		USGenWeb
Patrick W. (PW) Costello, Master Engrosser & Illustrator including theater and baseball   Sarah Leona Farley Allan (1878-1923) including Poli Theatre Illustrations Designer, Commercial Artist  Donald T. Murray (1929 – 2018) Minooka Pen & Ink Artist		Lackawanna USGenWeb® Archives USGenWeb® Archives
Cookbooks, Church & Misc. early 1900's to mid-1980's		Mailing List Archives - Great Info
Poli's Theatre 1908 Program, 1914 Players, 1915 Program  Scranton Theaters: Poli and Academy		Search the PALACKAW Mailing List Archived Messages
Ruane Surname - Extensive research, including spelling variations		The mailings lists were discontinued by Ancestry.com on March 2, 2020

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