Wayne County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States Pennsylvania  Wayne County

History


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
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 Greene County are available from the recorder's office for 1804 to the present.

Some of the records are available on-line. To search and view the records available on-line is free and no password is needed.

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

Web Sites

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