This is a collection of various historical and genealogical reference works on Pennsylvania. These references cover 1000's of individuals, and are an excellent way to start or continue research focused on PA. This collection includes all of the individual collections covering Luzerne County, PA (Please see individual collection listings for detailed descriptions of titles.)

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LZ01 - Luzerne County PA - Everything Collection (All Collections on Luzerne County)

LZ02 - County & Regional History Collection

County History & Biography Collection
Annals of Luzerne County (Stewart Pearce, 1860, 571 pages)
History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (H. C. Bradsby, 1893, 1490 pages)

Church, Family, Education, Military and Miscellaneous Histories
Industries and Wealth of the Principal Points in Northeastern Pennsylvania (American Publishing and Engraving Co., 1890, 125 pages)
Susquehanna on the Rampage 1936 (Wilkes-Barre News Agency, 1936, 32 pages)
In Memory of Our Honored Dead - Souvenir Program (Honor Degree of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1947, 68 pages)
Flood Pennsylvania - 1972 (Timothy E. Euker, David Berner, 1972, 68 pages)
Flood 1972 (Pennsylvania Mirror, 1972, 48 pages)

LZ03 - Maps Atlases & Images Collection

Maps Atlases & Images
1864 Map of the County of Luzerne Pennsylvania (Lacoe & Schooley and F. H. Walling, Color)
1873 Atlas of Luzerne County Pennsylvania (A. Pomeroy & Co., 80 pages, B/W)
1894 Atlas of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys (G. Wm. Baist, Color)

Birds-eye Town Views
Birds Eye View of Wilkes-Barre, PA. (1872, Fowler & Bailey)
Hazleton Pennsylvania (1884, O. H. Bailey & Co.)
Plymouth Pennsylvania (1884, O. H. Bailey & Co.,)
Village of Wyoming, Wyoming Valley Penn'a (1885, H. H. Rowley)
Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania (1889, A. E. Downs)
Avoca, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (1892, A. E. Downs)
Edwardsville, Pa. (1892, T. M. Fowler)
Miner's Mills and Mill Creek, Luzerne County, PA. (1892, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Pittston and West Pittston, Pennsylvania (1892, T. M. Fowler)
Plains, Luzerne County, PA. (1892, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)

LZ04 - Directory Collection (1912-1948)
Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Carbondale, Hawley, Hazleton, Honesdale, Pittston and Nearby Places Telephone Directory - January 1912 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1912, 206 pages)
Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Carbondale, Hawley, Hazleton, Honesdale, Pittston and Nearby Places Telephone Directory - January 1917 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1917, 210 pages)
Consolidated Telephone Directory 1918 (Consolidated Telephone Co., 1918, 250 pages)
Classified Business Directory of Eastern Pennsylvania [1919] (Lehigh Valley Review, 1919, 212 pages)
Consolidated Telephone Directory May 1919 (Consolidated Telephone Co., 1919, 256 pages)
Polk's Greater Wilkes-Barre City Directory 1927 (R. L. Polk & Co., 1927, 1152 pages)
Commonwealth Telephone Company - Summer 1929 (Commonwealth Telephone Company, 1929, 464 pages)
Honesdale and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - July 1939 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1939, 408 pages)
Carbondale and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - July 1941 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1941, 402 pages)
Wilkes-Barre and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - July 1947 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1947, 396 pages)
Polk's Greater Wilkes-Barre City Directory 1947 (R. L. Polk & Co., 1947, 1320 pages)
Pittston and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - July 1948 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1948, 296 pages)
Hazleton and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - November 1948 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1948, 320 pages)

LZ05 - Directory Collection (1949-1958)
Pittston and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - July 1949 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1949, 312 pages)
Wilkes-Barre and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - August 1950 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1950, 472 pages)
Wilkes-Barre and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - August 1951 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1951, 492 pages)
Hazleton and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - January 1952 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1952, 344 pages)
Berwick - Bloomsburg - Danville and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - April 1952 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1952, 244 pages)
Hazleton and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - January 1953 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1953, 340 pages)
Pittston and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - August 1953 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1953, 304 pages)
Scranton and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - January 1954 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1954, 410 pages)
Hazleton and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - April 1957 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1957, 196 pages)
Polk's Greater Wilkes-Barre City Directory 1958 Including Ashley, Edwardsville, Forty-Fort, Kingston Lee Park, Luzerne, Newtown and Plymouth (R. L. Polk & Co., 1957, 1512 pages)
Pittston and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - September 1958 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1958, 324 pages)