Library

810 Main Street Museum

• History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe Counties, by Alfred Mathews, 1886 (indexed)
• History of Wayne County, by Phineas G. Goodrich, 1880 (indexed)
• Atlas of Wayne County, 1872, Beers & Co. (indexed)
• Map of Wayne County, 1860
• Birth and Death Records 1893-1906
• Card Catalog organized by genealogy, historic topics, deaths, marriages
• Civil War Union Veterans' and Widows' Pension Records for Northeastern PA, 1890 (indexed for Wayne County)
• Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania (Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe Counties), J.H. Beers, 1900 (indexed)
• Family genealogies
• Federal Census Records (1790-1920) (indexed 1790-1870)
• Histories of Wayne County people, places and things; e.g., D&H Canal, Stourbridge Lion, Gravity Railroads, etc.
• History of Pennsylvania Civil War Volunteers, by Samuel Bates (indexed)
• Illustrated Wayne, 1900-1902, Benjamin F. Haines (indexed)
• Kilroe Census of Mount Pleasant and Dyberry (indexed)
• Local newspapers 1830 to date (microfilm)
• Marriages 1885-1906
• Naturalization papers 1822-1906 (indexed)
• Orphan's Court docket 1803-1852
• Photo Archives (over 6,000 catalogued photos)
• Verna Hill Jacob's Scrapbooks 1939-1980
• Wayne County tombstone inscriptions, compiled by Burlin Abbey, Prof. Richard Eldred.
• Wayne County map showing cemetery locations
• Susquehanna Company Papers (Vols. I-IV)
• Diary of Philip Hone
• History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, compiled & edited by Donald Lines Jacobus
• History and Genealogy of the Families of Old New Haven, compiled & edited by Donald Lines Jacobus
• Pension Rolls of 1835
• Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, by James Savage
• New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey (with both supplements)
• History of Sullivan County (NY), by James Eldredge Quinlan
• Centennial History of Susquehanna County Pennsylvania, by Rhamanthus M. Stocker
• History of Susquehanna County Pennsylvania, by Emily C. Blackman
• Nomenclature of Wayne: A History of Wayne County, PA, Compiled by Thomas J. Ham (indexed)
• Prompton Presbyterian Church Sessions Records 1842-1900 (Microfilm)
• The Complete Book of Emigrants (CD)
• Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1538-1940 (CD)
• Tax Assessments 1850-1929 by Township (Microfilm)

      (Call or email for an appointment to use the Research Library outside these hours.)

Research Library Fees: If you come in person, there is a $3.00 admission charge for non-members, which includes both the museum and use of the library. There is no charge for WCHS members and students. Copying costs are $.25 per page for non-members and $.10 for members for photocopies and computer printouts. Copies from the microfilm reader/printer are $1.00 for the first page, $.25 for additional pages Gloria McCullough, Research Librarian, will do local research (including courthouse lookups). The fee is $40.00 for the first two hours, $20.00 per hour for additional research. You will receive a written report after the first two hours, but bear in mind that the fee covers research time but does not guarantee results. Gloria can be contacted by mail at:

Wayne County Historical Society
P.O. Box 446
Honesdale PA 18431