Genealogy and Local History Resources
Databases
We subscribe to Ancestry.com with Northeast Library District funds, available on any Library computer for free.
Newspapers
The Scranton Times. Microfilm. October 4, 1895-July 15, 1990. Current year held in paper.
The Abington Journal. Print. 1980-present.
The Suburban. Print. 1988-present.
Books
Many of the following are located conveniently in our new Local History of the Abingtons area near DVDs.
Abington Heights High School Year Book "The Cliffs." (incomplete run from 1929-2003).
Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour. Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (1912).
Clarks Summit: a narrative. Helen R. Villaume.
Early History of Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. David M. Singer.
History of the Abingtons. William P. Lewis.
History and Directory of Newton and Ransom Townships 1754-1912. J.B. Stephens.
A History of Dalton. 2nd ed. Norm Brauer.
A History of Dalton, The Northern Electric Trolley. Norm Brauer.
Minutes of the Abington Baptist Association, 1819-1933 (incomplete run).
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