Wayne County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States Pennsylvania  Wayne County

Historical Facts


The county is named after Revolutionary War General "Mad" Anthony Wayne (1745-1796).

Parent County
21 March 1798: Wayne County was created 1798 from Northampton County.

Boundary Changes
26 March 1814: Pike County set off.

Neighboring Counties
Lackawanna | Monroe | Pike | Susquehanna | New York counties: Broome | Delaware | Sullivan

Cemeteries
Hollisterville Cemetery, Salem BillionGraves

Land and Property
Recorder of Deeds Office Wayne County Courthouse Annex 925 Court Street Honesdale, PA 18431 Phone: (570) 253-5970 ext. 4040

Due to the lack of vital records for Pennsylvania, land records are an important tool in early Pennsylvania research. Land records will list the seller and purchaser of the property and may hide clues to family connections. Land records for Wayne County are available from the recorder's office for 1798 to the present.


 * Currently, there are no on-line records.
 * Deeds, 1796 to 1866; Indexes, 1795 to 1941.

Maps
Ancestor Tracks has a CD of the First Landowners of PA: Warrantees of Wayne &amp; Pike Counties, Map &amp; Index by Jason Torrey, 1814 ($). The CD contains first landowner names and tracts, the warrant register index for Northampton County (the source for both Pike and Wayne Counties), and the warrant registers for both counties.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Taxation

 * 1798 - Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798 at Ancestry ($).

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.