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49 South Franklin Street<br>Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701<br>Telephone: 570-823-6244<br>Fax: 570-823-9011<br>Internet: [https://luzernehistory.org/about/our-mission/ Website] | 49 South Franklin Street<br>Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701<br>Telephone: 570-823-6244<br>Fax: 570-823-9011<br>Internet: [https://luzernehistory.org/about/our-mission/ Website] | ||
:This facility is important for research about New England migrants into Pennsylvania and places farther south. | :This facility is important for research about New England migrants into Pennsylvania and places farther south. They have 13,000 family folders, transcribed wills 1787-1896, personal papers and correspondence, 10,000 photos, county and local histories, church histories, family histories, biographies, Native Americans and ethnic groups, city directories, maps, births 1893-1905, marriages 1885-1950, deaths 1886-1962, newspapers and obituaries, land records 1787-1907, and index to Orphans' Court wills, land sales, and guardians 1787-1866.<ref>[http://luzernehistory.org/research/our-research-offerings/ Resources] in ''Luzerne County Historical Society'' (accessed 28 December 2013).</ref><br><br> | ||
===Philadelphia City Archives=== | ===Philadelphia City Archives=== | ||