Scranton Pennsylvania FamilySearch Center

ENTRANCE IN BACK OF BUILDING. RIGHT SET OF DOORS. RING DOORBELL OR KNOCK LOUD. WE ARE THE SECOND DOOR ON RIGHT IN HALLWAY.

Scranton FamilySearch Center serving Lackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming and other counties in Northeast Pennsylvania

Center Contacts and Hours
Open Hours:

WEDNESDAY 1PM TO 5PM. FIRST COME FIRST SERVED.

CLOSED FOR WEEK OF THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, NEW YEARS.


 * We are closed when local schools have weather related closing.

Location Map


 * Google Map

Address:

CLARKS SUMMIT LOCATION


 * 505 Griffin Pond, Clarks Summit, PA 18411 United States
 * Park at back of building. Enter through door on right.


 * Language:English

WILKES BARRE LOCATION (Hours on Sunday after church)


 * 80 Manor Drive, Shavertown, PA 18708
 * Entrance at back of building on right

Email:


 * PA_Scranton@familyhistorymail.org

Holiday Schedule:


 * Closed all holidays

Collections

 * FamilySearch Catalog
 * Wide collection of Italian films
 * Verna Ann Hill Jacobs Collection - A wide variety of microfilms containing newspaper clippings, family information, church records for New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and other states. (Films are  not cataloged in the FamilySearch Catalog)
 * A wide variety of books containing information for families in Pennsylvania and New York.

FREE Databases and Software

 * FamilySearch Center Portal This center has access to the FamilySearch Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
 * Free premium website access includes Ancestry, My Heritage, Fold 3, Newspapers.com, and many more.

Hardware and Equipment


 * Computers, Printer/scanner, Microfilm readers, Microfiche readers available for patron's research.

Staff Research Specialties
Italian (call to make an appointment with our Italian specialist)

Resources in the Local Area

 * Lackawanna Historical Society


 * Carbondale Historical Society


 * Dunmore Historical Society


 * Wayne County Historical Society