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HISTORY AND GENEALOGY RESEARCH

Also see our Genealogy - Getting Started page for some great resources.

Research Online at the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission(opens in new tab) (Pennsylvania State Archives)

Chronicling America(opens in new tab) digitized historic American newspapers at the Library of Congress

Find a newspaper from Wyoming County

Closed Churches within the Present Boundaries of the Susquehanna Conference of the United Methodist Church(opens in new tab) - From the Archives of the conference, this is a helpful list of closed churches, their histories and locations. This link goes directly to the page for Wyoming County.

Closed Church-Bunnell Hill

Directory of Pennsylvania Genealogical, Historical and Preservation Societies(opens in new tab) from Stephanie Hoover

Directory of Wyoming County in 1900 with map(opens in new tab) at Penn State Library

Endless Mountains Heritage Region - “To celebrate, preserve, and enhance the unique rural character and culture of the Endless Mountains.”

French Azilum(opens in new tab) in Bradford County, the site of an 18th-century French town of refugees.

Harveys Lake History(opens in new tab) - including the entire text of historian F. Charles Petrillo's book "Ghost Towns of North Mountain: Ricketts, Mountain Springs and Stull"

Historic Bridges of Wyoming County(opens in new tab)

Historic Tunkhannock Walking Tour(opens in new tab) - the online version of the historic district in the borough

Historical Markers in Wyoming County, PA - from the Historical Markers Database

Our neighboring historical societies:

Wayne County Courthouse, Honesdale

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution - Tunkhannock Chapter(opens in new tab) [Facebook link]- since 1900

Nicholson Bridge

Tunkhannock Viaduct aka "The Nicholson Bridge"

Nicholson / Tunkhannock Viaduct, Nicholson, PA(opens in new tab) - Construction photographs, articles from the period and postcards from Susan Carter White Pieroth

Download forms to order PA birth and death records since 1906 from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records(opens in new tab)

The history and genealogy of Ransom Township and Newton Township, Lackawanna County, PA(opens in new tab)

The Ultimate Guide to Military Records for Genealogy(opens in new tab) from Genealogy Explained

Tunkhannock Historic District(opens in new tab) - a full description

Vintage Aerial photos of Wyoming County(opens in new tab)

Vintage Aerial logo and sample

Wyoming County PAGenWeb(opens in new tab) - the county genealogy page of the US GenWeb project

Wyoming County Message Board at Rootsweb/Ancestry.com(opens in new tab)

Wyoming County Newspapers from the U.S. Newspaper Directory at the Library of Congress, including where to find papers if they are archived

Wyoming Valley Civil War Roundtable, a discussion group to exchange views on the US Civil War

MAPS

Historical Maps of Pennsylvania(opens in new tab) from Harold Cramer

1869 Wyoming County Landowner Map(opens in new tab) - broken into townships and villages from Ancestor Tracks

1891 hand drawn birds-eye view maps of Nicholson(opens in new tab) and Factoryville(opens in new tab) by T. M. Fowler at the PA State Archives

1897 detailed Sanborn-Perris fire-risk map of Tunkhannock(opens in new tab)

PennDOT maps of Wyoming County(opens in new tab) (and many other PA counties) from 1912, 1941, 1953, 1967, 1983, 1990, 1997, and 2002

1912 Wyoming County map

Pennsylvania Counties(opens in new tab) - their formation dates, lists of townships and boroughs, and links to more information; from Diana Gale Matthiesen

Pennsylvania County Formation Maps(opens in new tab) - animated maps that you can control; shows the 'big picture' of PA county changes

PA Counties

Tioga, Luzerne, Bradford, Sullivan, Wyoming, Susquehanna, Lycoming counties in 1872(opens in new tab). (Walling, H. F.; Gray, Ormando Willis) at the David Rumsey Map Collection

Wyoming County Township Maps(opens in new tab) from randymajors.org Research Hub

Wyoming County USGS Topographical Maps of the county and townships from 1945

PERSONAL AND FAMILY HISTORY SITES

More Than Tombstones(opens in new tab) - Tributes to My Ancestors and Musings about Searching for Them by Martha Springer

The William R. Ricketts Residence: A History and Description(opens in new tab) by William R. Ricketts

The Black and Pickett Families by Jim Black

The Windemuth Family Heritage includes the ancestors of the Wintermute families in Wyoming County

E. K. Sturdevant (1825-1925) Photographer (opens in new tab)- is a nice biography of this prominent local photographer from Skinner's Eddy, from Richard J. Martz

Calkins Family Association - Preserving the legacy of Hugh Calkin(s) and his descendants since 1993.

If you have a FAMILY HISTORY web site that includes Wyoming County, please let us know so we can add it to this page.

CONTEMPORARY WYOMING COUNTY INFORMATION

Wyoming County(opens in new tab) - the official site, with links to all county offices

Tunkhannock Borough - the official site for the county seat

Tunkhannock Public Library(opens in new tab)

Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce(opens in new tab)

Wyoming County Press Examiner(opens in new tab) - county newspaper (with online obituaries) [Was "The New Age-Examiner"]

Endless Mountains Visitor Bureau(opens in new tab)

Search the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) from the U.S. Geological Survey

 

The Wyoming County Historical Society is funded in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission(opens in new tab)