Wyoming County, Pennsylvania Genealogy


 * This article is about the county in northeastern Pennsylvania. For other uses, see Wyoming (disambiguation).

United States Pennsylvania  Wyoming County

County Courthouse
Wyoming County Courthouse One Courthouse Square Tunkhannock, PA 18657 Phone: (570) 996-2232

Parent County
1752-1772: Northampton County - The future Wyoming County was included in Northampton Co. until Northumberland Co. was created in 1772

1772-1786: Northumberland County - The future Wyoming County was included in Northumberland Co. until Luzerne County was created in 1786

1786-1842: Luzerne County

4 April 1842: Wyoming County was created from Luzerne County.

Land
Wyoming County Recorder of Deeds 1 Courthouse Square Tunkhannock, PA 18657 Phone: (570) 996-2235

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 Wyoming County are available from the recorder's office for 1842 to the present.

Currently there no available on-line records. However, the Family History Library has Deeds from 1842 to 1866 and indexes from 1842 to 1916.

Maps

 * Ancestor Tracks has posted free, downloadable images of the 1869 Topographical Map of Wyoming Co. Pennsylvania from Recent and Actual Surveys and Records, under the Superintendence of F.W. Beers (New York). This wall map located in the Library of Congress shows major landowners and geographic sites at the date of publishing.  While the physical maps are in the public domain, the images we have taken of the maps belong to us and are not be used commercially.  We hereby given permission to use them strictly for personal use; please attribute to Ancestor Tracks.

Societies and Libraries
The Wyoming County Historical Societyis located at: Harrison St. P.O. Box 309 Tunkhannock, PA 18657 Phone: (570) 836-5303

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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