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NEPGS Physical Library Resources

Besides our digital resources, NEPGS maintains a small library of books and maps which you may find useful and interesting. Below is a brief listing of those volumes:

Genealogies by Surname

Allied-Durland-Edwards

Ide

Baker

Keeler

Bartlett

Lamoureux

Brady

Lewis

Brewster

Lisman – Schultz

Brown 

McCloskey – Grenawalt

Brownes

Moore

Carmack

Nathman

Church

Orbic Families

Davis – Hughes

Oswald

Decker

Peckham

Denison

Phillips

DeRosselle – Rozell

Roberts

DeWitt

Rockwell – Thayer

Durland-Edwards-Allied

Rozell – DeRosselle

Ealer

Rutan – Williams

Edwards-Durland-Allied

Schultz – Lisman

Elkies – Gribbel

Soule

Ellsworth

Steward

Fisher

Stone

Grenawalt – McCloskey

Thayer – Rockwell

Gribbel – Elkies

VanHorrne

Groff

Willard

Heston

Williams

Hughes – Davis

Williams – Rutan

 

Multiple Families Genealogies

Burkes American Families

John B Burke

Early Pennsylvania Births, 1675 – 1875

New England Historic Genealogical Society

Our Back-Mountain Families

Stevenson, George, John & Ellea Haley

Plantagenet Ancestry, The

Turton, Lt-Col W.H.

Schlegel’s German American Families, Vol 3

Schiegel

Wilders Ancestral Chart

Unknown

Pennsylvania, A History

Donehoo, George

Families of the Wyoming Valley Vol 2

Kulp,George B

Families of the Wyoming Valley Vol 3

Kulp,George B

Genealogies of Watertown Massachusetts

Bond, Henry M.D.

African-American

African-American in the Wyoming Valley

Moss, Emerson I

Bittersweet Memories of Home

Patterson Patience, Alice

Discovering Your African-American Ancestors

Smith, Croom,

Dutch – Quaker

Dutch & Quaker Colonies in America, The  Vol 1

Fiske, John

Dutch & Quaker Colonies in America, The  Vol 2

Fiske, John

Carpatho-Rusyn

Carpatho-Rusyns & Their Descendants-North America

Magocsi, Paul R

People from Nowhere, The

Magocsi, Paul R & Padiak

European

Search of Your European Roots, In

Baxter, Angus

German

Early Germans of New Jersey

Chambers, Theodore

More Palatine Families

Jones Jr, Hemry Z

Pennsylvania German Immigrants

Yoder, Don

Falckner’s Curieufe Nachright

German Emigration to PA

Sachse, Julius F

Irish-Scottish

Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania

Myers, Albert Cook

Irish & Scottish-Irish Ancestral Research 

Vol 1-Part 1 & 2

Falley, Margaret Dickson

Irish & Scottish-Irish Ancestral Research Vol 1-Part 3

Falley, Margaret Dickson

Irish & Scottish-Irish Ancestral Research Vol 2

Falley, Margaret Dickson

Irish are coming, The – Sligo to Scranton

Dolan, Jim

New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland, The

Mitchell, Brian

Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania, The

Dunaway, Wayland F

Tracing Your Irish Ancestors  4th Edition

Grenham, John

Italian

Italians of Northeastern Pennsylvania

Longo, Stephanie

Jewish

Jews of Wilkes-Barre, The – 1st Edition

Levin, Marjorie

Lithuanian

Lithuanian Diaspora, Konigsberg to Chicago

Van Reenan, Antanas J

Lithuanian Lineage, WB, Pa

Novick, Vincent

Lithuanians in America                 

Kucas, Antanas

Lithuanians in the USA

Fainhuz, David

Polish

Collection of Articles on Polish Heraldry

Peckwas, Edward A

1st Names of the Polish Common Origin & Meaning, Vol 1

Hoffman, Helon,

1st Names of the Polish Common Origin & Meaning, Vol 2

Hoffman, William F

Historja unji Polskiej 1891 – 1940, WB, Polish

Okazji, Wydana

Ksiegi netrykalne I archiwach cywilnego, Polish

Laszuk, Anna

Poles in Pennsylvania, The

Magda, Matthew

Polish Genealogy & Heraldry

Hoskins, Janina W

Polish Surnames: Origins & Meanings – Vol 1

Hoffman, William F

Surname as a Cultural Value & an Ethnic Heritage

Kaleta, Zofia

Russian

Migration from the Russian Empire, Vol 4

Glazier, Ira A

Migration from the Russian Empire, Vol 5

Glazier, Ira A

Migration from the Russian Empire, Vol 6

Glazier, Ira A

Slovakia

DOJC Slovakian

Zajickova, & Drahosova

German Towns in Germany & Upper Hungary

Gardiner, Duncan B

History of Slovaks in America

Culen,Konatantin

Slovak Folk Customs & Traditions

Bosak, Martin & Rudolf

Treasures of Slovakia (Pictorial Book) Slovakian

Cincebeaux, Helene

 

Pennsylvania Towns

A Walk Down Main St, Plymouth, Pa

Ellsworth, James

A Walk Down Main St, Plymouth, Pa

Teller Lottick, Sally

Blindtown now Larksville, Pa

Ellsworth, James

Bridging Change

Lottick, Sally Teller

Centennial Jubilee & Old Home Week

Wilkes Barre 1769-1906

Committee

Chapters in Wyoming Valley History

Spear, Sheldon

Historical Album of Wilkes-Barre & Wyoming Valley

Myers, Wilbur A

History of Nanticoke City & Newport Township

1703-2003

Ciesla, Charles

History of the Certified Township of Kingston, Pa 1769-1929

Brewster, William

History of the Township of Kingston

Hazeltine, Ralph L.

History of Wyoming

Chapman, Isaac A

History of Wyoming

Miner, Charles

Kingston, Pa – 150th Anniversary, 1857-2007

Celebration Committee

Laceyville, 1776-1976

Book Committee

Lansford, The First 100 Years – 1876-1976

Centennial Committee

My Hometown, Plymouth, Pa

Ellsworth, James

One Community, 150 Years of Unity 1846-1996

Scott Township

Sesquicentennial Com.

Pennsylvania Railroad

Jacobs, Timothy

Pioneer Days in the Wyoming Valley

Hinchcliff Joyce, Mary

Scranton First 150 Years

Times-Tribune

Story of Wyoming, The

Frank, Louis

This is Waverly

Mumford, Mildred

Where Wigwams Stood – Muncy

Yurchak, Katherine

Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad

Fredericks, Harold S.

Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway

Quinby, Cdr. E.J.

Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association, The

1850-2000

Killian, Stephen B

Williamsport, Frontier Village to Regional Center

Larsen, Morris, Piper

Wyoming Valley in 1892, The

Smith, S.R.

Wyoming Valley Trolleys

Cox, Harold E

Wyoming Valley, Proud People-Proud History

Times-Leader

Wyoming Valley, The – American Portrait

Hanlon, Edward

 

Pennsylvania Misc.

Delaware and Hudson Canal

LeRoy, E.D.

Pennsylvania Land Applications – Vol 2 1769 – 1773

McCrea, Kenneth

Pennsylvania Colony and Commonwealth

Fisher, Sydney G

Atlas of Columbia & Montour Co, Pa – Repo of 1876

Josten’s Commercial Pub.

Butlers Complete Geography – Pa Edition

Redway, Jacques

Polk City Directory – 1999

Polk

 

Susquehanna Papers

Susquehanna Company Papers Vol1 – 1750-1755

Boyd, J

Susquehanna Company Papers Vol 2 – 1756-1767

Boyd, J

Susquehanna Company Papers Vol 3 – 1768-1769

Boyd, J

Susquehanna Company Papers Vol 4 – 1770-1772

Boyd, J

Susquehanna Company Papers Vol 5 – 1772-1774

Boyd, J

Susquehanna Company Papers Vol 6 – 1774-1775

Boyd, J

Susquehanna Company Papers Vol 7 – 1776-1784

Boyd, J

Susquehanna Company Papers Vol 8 – 1784-1786

Boyd, J

Susquehanna Company Papers Vol 9 – 1787-1788

Boyd, J

 

Connecticut’s PA Colony

Connecticut’s Pa Colony 1754 -1810 – Proprietors

Munger, D

Connecticut’s Pa Colony 1754 -1810 – Settlers

Munger, D

Connecticut’s Pa Colony 1754 -1810 – Claimants

Munger, D

 

Mayflower Families

Mayflower Families Vol 1

Eaton, Fuller, White

Mayflower Descendants Historical Sketch

Dornfield, R

Mayflower Descendants of Pa, Reg of Memb – 1967

Soc of MF Desc.

Mayflower Descendants of Pa, Reg of Memb – 1970

Soc of MF Desc.

Mayflower Descendants of Pa, Reg of Memb – 1973

Soc of MF Desc.

Mayflower Descendants of Pa, Reg of Memb – 1977

Soc of MF Desc.

Mayflower Descendants of Pa, Reg of Memb – 1980

Soc of MF Desc.

Mayflower Descendants of Pa, Reg of Memb – 1985

Soc of MF Desc.

 

Pennsylvania Counties

Annals of Luzerne County

Perrce, Stewart

Asylum, Bradford

Biles,John A

Columbia County Place Names

Brasch, Walter M

History of Columbia County

Freeze, John G

History of Monroe County Pa 1725-1976

Bicentennial Project

Lackawanna County

Freeman, Aileen Sallom

Lest We Forget, Wyoming County Pioneers

Wyoming co. Historical Society

Luzerne County Court House Records

Doug Nicole

Old Tioga Point & Early Athens Pa

Wells Murray, Louise

Pa Research County & Township, Bradford

Humphrey, John T

Pennsylvania, A History – Biographical

Donehoo, George P

Poconos, The

Tyson, Carroll B.

Susquehanna Frontier, The – NE Pa

Williamson & Foster

Wyoming County, A Look Back 1842 – 1992

Wyoming Co. Sesquicent. Com

History of Luzerne County, Index

Bradsby, HC

Reminiscences of Plymouth,

French,Samuel L

 

Coal Mining

Tragedy at Avondale

Keating, Joseph M. & Wolensky, Robert P.

Breaker Whistle Blows, The

Roberts, Ellis W

Knox Mine Disaster, The

Wolensky, Robert P, Kenneth C, Nicole H.

Who Killed Franklin Gowen

Campbell, Patrick

Coal Crackers Son

Gomolka, Gene

Fire Underground

DeKok, David

Molly Maguires, The

Bimba, Anthony

 

Death and Burials

Burial Records of Luzerne Co.

Benscoter Cemetery

NEPEGS

Bethel Cemetery

Dran-Elston, Gloria

Cease Cemetery

Ortell, Gerald A

Huntsville Cemetery

Hartmann, Edward G

Loyalville Cemetery

Ogren, Robert E.

Mossville Cemetery

Raddin, George

Pine Grove Cemetery

Conference

Pine Hill Cemetery

Jude Smith

Dallas Methodist Records

City of Wilkes-Barre Deaths

Peter & Paul UC Church, SS Cemetery

Polish Records of the R.C, Church

Welsh of Wilkes-Barre & Wyoming Valley, The

Meet the Pastors, 1st Presbyterian, W-B, Pa

Wilderness and the City, The

St Stephens Church

Memorial Wilkes-Barre Conference – 1898

Lutheran Church

Rest in Peace – Slovak Cemetery Sacred Heart Church

Slovak Cemetery

Wilkes-Barre Cemeteries

 

1952

1953

1954

1957

1958

1961

1963

1964

 

Genealogy Research

Deciphering Handwriting in German Documents, 2nd Edition

Minert, Roger P

Discovering Your English Ancestors

Jonas, L & Milner, P

Discovering Your Immigrant & Ethnic Ancestors

DeBarto Carmack, Sharon

Discovering Your Irish Ancestors

Radford, D & Betit, K

Discovering Your Italian Ancestors

Nelson, Lynn

Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors

Jonas, L & Milner, P

Evidence Explained, from Artifacts to Cyberspace

Shown-Mills, Elizabeth

Finding Your German Ancestors, 

Guide for the Genealogist

Humphrey, John T

Genealogist Companion & Sourcebook, The

Croom, Emily Anne

Genealogy & the Law, Legal Sources 

for the Family Historian

Freilich, Kay & William

Genealogy at a Glance

Multiple Authors

Going Home, Guide to Polish Research

Shea, Jonathan D

In Their Words, Translation Guide to Polish

Shea, J & Hoffman, W

Past, Present & Personal, Guide to History

in Luzerne County

Kashatus, William C

Reading Early American Handwriting

Sperry, Kip

Unpuzzling Your Past, Basic Guide to Genealogy, 

3rd Edition

Croom, Emily Anne

You Can Write Your Family History

DeBarto Carmack, Sharon

Your Guide to Cemetery Research

DeBarto Carmack, Sharon

 

Photographs

Hattie Young Snell

23-Sept-18869

Unknown

Henry Bard

Unknown

E.B. Headley

Caro (Reynolds) Strong

1875

Unknown

 

Military & War

Report with Honor 1861 – 1865 The Civil War

Keating,Joseph M

Gone but Not Forgotten

Lindbuchler, Ryan

Pennsylvania at Gettysburg – Dedication of the Monuments Vol 1

Nicholson, John P

Pennsylvania at Gettysburg – Dedication of the Monuments Vol 2

Nicholson, John P

Pennsylvania at Gettysburg – Dedication of the Monuments Vol 2

Roy, Paul L

Pennsylvania Gettysburg Reunion 1863 – 1913

Beitler

Nothing but Glory – Pickett’s Division at Gettysburg

Harrison & Busey

Rickett’s Battery, Hist of Battery F, 1st Pa Light Artillery

Sauers & Tomasak

149th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in Civil War

Matthews, Richard E

Color Episode’ The – 149th Regiment Pa Volunteer, 

1st Days Fight

Bassler, JH

Avery Harris Civil War Journal

Tomasak, Peter

Fifty-Second Regiment, Pennsylvania 

Volunteer Infantry

Mott. Smith b

Society of the Descendants of Washington’s Army 

at Valley Forge

Barnes, William J

Germany’s First Bid or Colonies 1884-1885

JAP Taylor

Battle of Wyoming Sesqui-Centennial 1778-1929- Souvenir Booklet

McNelis, C & Weir, H

Battle of Wyoming Sesqui-Centennial 1778-1929- Souvenir Booklet

Miners Bank of WB

Battle of Wyoming Sesqui-Centennial 1778-1929- Souvenir Booklet

Burrell, Percy J.

Battle of Wyoming, for Liberty and Life, The

Dzial, Mark G

Final Pension Payment Vouchers 1818-1864, Pennsylvania Vol 1

K McPherson Gunning

Final Pension Payment Vouchers 1818-1864, Pennsylvania Vol 2

K McPherson Gunning

Haller’s Polish Army in France                      WW I

Valasek, Paul S.

DAR & SAR

 

Pennsylvania Society SAR – 1955

Nat’l Society of SAR

DAR Patriot Index – 1982 Supplement

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 2 – 1913

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 6 -1916

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 6 -1916

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 7 – 1919

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 8 – 1920

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 9 – 1921

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 10 – 1921

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 11 – 1923

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 12 – 1924

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 14 – 1924

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 15 – 1924

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 16 – 1927

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 17 – 1928

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 18 – 1928

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 20 – 1931

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 22 – 1933

Founders Index of DAR Linage Books – 1898 – 2012

Derrick, Donna

DAR Library Catalog – Vol 1

C Michaels – K Scott

DAR Library Catalog – Vol 3

E Grundset – Bebe Mutz

DAR
Patriot Index 1982 Supplement

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 2 – 1913

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 6 -1916

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 6 -1916

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 7 – 1919

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 8 – 1920

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 9 – 1921

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 10 – 1921

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 11 – 1923

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 12 – 1924

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 14 – 1924

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 15 – 1924

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 16 – 1927

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 17 – 1928

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 18 – 1928

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 20 – 1931

Lineage Book Nat’l Soc. DAR Vol 22 – 1933

 

NEPA History

Bradford Co. Pa, History of

Lackawanna Co., Pa,

Luzerne County, Pa, History of

Luzerne, Lackawanna & Wyoming Co., History of

Northeastern Pa, including Counties, Biographical Record 

Pennsylvania, A History of, Biographical

Pennsylvania, A History of, Vol 1

Pennsylvania, A History of, Vol 2

Pennsylvania, A History of, Vol 3

Pennsylvania, A History of, Vol 4

Pennsylvania, History, of Commonwealth

Wilkes-Barre, and Wyoming Valley – Vol 1, History of

Wilkes-Barre, and Wyoming Valley – Vol 4, History of

Wilkes-Barre, and Wyoming Valley – Vol 2, History of

Wilkes-Barre, and Wyoming Valley – Vol 3, History of

Wilkes-Barre, and Wyoming Valley – Vol 5, History of

Wilkes-Barre, and Wyoming Valley – Vol 6, History of

Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, The, Vol 1-2 

Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, The, Vol 2-2 

W-B Polk Telephone Directories

 

Wilkes Barre City – 1947

Wilkes Barre City – 1961

Wilkes Barre City – 1965

Wilkes Barre City – 1971

Wilkes Barre City – 1980

Wilkes Barre City – 1988

Wilkes-Barre City – 1999  

Thomas Directory

 

1920

Cross Reference Directory

 

1976

1991

1992

1993

1993

1995

1997

1999

1901

2001

Hill Donnelly Directories

 

2001

2003

2004

2005

Record Book & Almanacs

 

1899

1941

1913

1942

1915

1943

1916

1944

1917

1945

1919

1946

1920

1947

1921

1948

1922

1949

1923

1950

1924

1951

1925

1952

1926

1953

1927

1954

1928

1955

1929

1956

1931

1957

1932

1958

1935

1959

1937

1960

1938

1961

1939

1962

 

Maps

Hanover Green

Addition

12 Nov 1894

Hanover Green

Entire HG Cemetery with Lot Numbers

12 Jun 1919

Hanover Green

Southeast Section – Map 2-#3  SI Only

2 Jan 1964 & 12 Jul 1968

Hanover Green

Southeast Section Map 4 – #1-2

2 Jan 1964 & 12 Jul 1968

Hanover Green

Southeast Section – Map #5

2 Jan 1964

Hanover Green

Southeast Section

2 Feb 1964 & 12 Jul 1968

Hanover Green

Southwest Section

Nov 1969 & Jan 1975

Hanover Green

Southwest Section #7

Nov 1969

Hanover Green

Southwest Section – Layout Plan # 8-1

Nov 1969 & Jan 1975

Hanover Green

Southwest Section – Profile & Cross Section Sheet

1 Jan 1970

Hanover Green

Southwest – Layout Plan # 8-2

Nov 1969

Hanover Green

Complete Cemetery – Very Poor Copy

Nov 1950

Hanover Green

Spanish War Vets – 2 Copies #14-2

19 Apr 1910

Hanover Green

Spanish War Vets #14-1

20 Jun 1970 & 19 Apr 1910

Hanover Green

Existing Plots with Owners Names-Map #5

1917

Hanover Green

Plot Map – Single Graves with Names (2 Copies)

8 Jan 1940

Hanover Green

Existing Plots w owners names

1977

Hanover Green

Plot Map # 25

1901

Hanover Green

Single Plot Map

8 Jun 1940

Hanover Green

Large Cemetery Plot Map

Jun 1919 & Rev Nov 1939

Hanover Green

Cemetery Old Section – Map #3 – Single Row 8

Hanover Green

Original Purchase #19-2 – (2 Copies)

26 Sep 1926

Hanover Green

Spanish War Vets

19 Apr 1910

Hanover Green

Entire HG Cemetery with Lot Numbers

12 Jun 1919

Hanover Green

No Date – Timinskas Engineer

No Date

Hanover Green

Sturdevant- Dilley Engineers  #12

10 Dec 1926

Hanover Green

Land Only  #13

10 Dec 1926

Wilkes-Barre

City Cemetery

21 May 1940 & 1998

Back-Mountain

Area Map

1949

Holy Trinity Cemetery

BearCreek – Not Complete – Original Maps

Donald Johnson

Pedigree Chart

28 Jan 1960

Wilkes-Barre

City 

St Casmir’s

Cemetery – Pittston PA 11 feet X 32 inches

St Casmir’s

Cemetery – Pittston PA 12 feet X 24 inches

Luzerne City

Map of, Showing Cemeteries

1969

Plymouth Twp.

1951

Retreat State

Hospital Cemetery, Off Rte. 11 Rest Stop – Map 2

St John’s

The Evangelist Cemetery – Pittston, New Section

10 May 1986

Hanover Twp.

Map of, Showing Cemeteries

1949

Mountainside

Cemetery- Rest Area on Rte. 11, Hunlock Twp.

Central

Poor District -Cemetery #2 -West Side, Retreat, PA

Hollenback Cemetery

Donated by Richard & Patricia Matthews

21 May 1940

Polish Map

Fragile- OLD –

No Date

Hollenback Cemetery

Sep 1885

St Mary’s

Cemetery, Hanover Twp.

1 Feb 1999

Slovak Republic

No Date

Scott & Waterton

Cemetery- Donated by Bill & Debbie Ellis

No Date

Pittston

Cemetery with names

Jun 1890

Nanticoke

Survey Map

1954

Pennsylvania Counties

Genealogical Map of

1933

Wilkes-Barre

City 

1942

Map of Pennsylvania

Partial

1770


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NEPGS FAQ’s

WHAT ARE MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS?

A membership allows you unlimited visits to our research library anytime during your membership year.

Members also receive a discount for the hourly research rate for online research request services done by one of our staff members.  The discounted rate is $25/hour, compared to $35/hour for non-members.  

Our NEPGS members receive a quarterly e-newsletter with genealogy tips, stories, and information. 

But the most important member benefit is your membership funds help NEPGS expand our collection of genealogical resources.  That’s more records available for your research.  Most important is your membership helps us preserve your ancestors’ records!  Every item in our collection was searched out, brought to our facility by volunteers, digitized with camera equipment purchased with membership funds and made available on computers in our research room.  All of this is made possible through memberships to our organization.

WHAT ARE YOUR HOURS OF OPERATION?

We are open BY APPOINTMENT ONLY on Thursdays from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. As an all-volunteer organization, if we have no appointments, we do not come in and unfortunately, we are NOT available other days or hours. To make an appointment on a Thursday, please email nepgsmail@gmail.com and request an appointment.

I AM NEW TO GENEALOGY.  WHAT KIND OF HELP DO YOU OFFER?

The Society is staffed with volunteers that have a passion for genealogy.  We are always on hand if you have questions, need advice or guidance, or want to bounce ideas around.  But as a self-guided facility, we don’t research for you unless you engage our research services.

CAN YOU HELP ME WITH DUAL CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION?

We are asked repeatedly for certified documents.  As a genealogical society, WE CANNOT CERTIFY OR PROVIDE CERTIFIED COPIES OF ANY RECORD.  

For birth records prior to 1906, see our section “locating resources” – https://nepgs.com/locating-resources/

If you cannot locate a birth certificate or the birth was pre-1906, we can help you locate a baptism record if your ancestor was Roman Catholic and attended a church in the Scranton Diocese. See the indexes of our digital collection to determine if your ancestors attended a church in the Scranton Diocese – https://nepgs.com/digital-collection/

However, you will still need to contact the church for a certified copy of the baptism.  If the church has closed, contact the Diocese of Scranton for further directions – https://www.dioceseofscranton.org

HOW DO I OBTAIN A CERTIFIED CHURCH SACRAMENTAL RECORD, SUCH AS A BAPTISM, COMMUNION OR CONFIRMATION RECORD?

As a genealogical society, WE CANNOT CERTIFY OR PROVIDE CERTIFIED COPIES OF ANY RECORD.  You will need to contact the church where the sacrament occurred for a certified record.  If the church has closed, contact the Diocese of Scranton for further guidance – https://www.dioceseofscranton.org

I WAS REFERRED TO YOU BY MY ANCESTORS’ CHURCH.  HOW DO I GET COPIES OF MY FAMILY RECORDS?

To obtain church records, you have two options.  The first is to become a member, visit our library and search through the records yourself. If you would like a photocopy of the record, the fee is $5 per record.  Here’s how to become a member – https://nepgs.com/membership-and-services/

Option two is if you live too far from the Wilkes-Barre area or are unable to search yourself, we provide research for a fee of $35/hour and you don’t need to be a member to use this option. Here’s how to order research – https://nepgs.com/order-research/

I AM LOOKING FOR MY FAMILY RECORDS SUCH AS A PLACE OF BAPTISM AND BURIAL.  CAN YOU HELP ME?

Our organization deals specifically with records from Northeastern Pennsylvania.  Visit our website nepgs.com and select the digital collection tab to see if we hold any records that may be useful to you.  You will only see the titles and not the actual records.  To obtain the records there are two options. The first is to become a member, visit our library and search through our records yourself. If you would like a photocopy of the record, the fee is $5 per record.  

Option two is if you live too far from the Wilkes-Barre area or are unable to search yourself, we provide research for a fee of $35/hour, and you don’t need to be a member to use this option.

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