Initaited the 1936 Death Index. Added more than 900 names. January and February are complete.
Added 20 obituaries which include the following surnames: Anderson, Chipones,
Coolbaugh, Covert, Davis, Evans, Greenwald, Henning, Hill, Jayne, Karpinski,
Kenney, Lavendoskie, Lazur, Mills, Powell, Rivers, Searfoss, Vincent, Wolfe.
Added an obituary for Patrick Pancratius Mangan contributed by Paul D. Mangan. Thank you Paul.
Also added obituaries for Emma Fralick, Margaret Morgan, and Anna Pugh.
Added three obituaries contributed by Alana Thevenet for Ferdinand C. Goeringer, Mrs. Louisa Goeringer, and William L. Richards.
Added six additional obituaries for James G. Pugh (d. 1988), James G. Pugh (d. 1987),
William H. Harris, Ellen Howley (Mrs. Patrick), William Lawler, and William Pugh.
Added about 500 names to the 1935 death index. 1935 is now complete.
Added more than 400 names to the 1935 death index. 1935 is now complete through November.
Added obituary for Forrest Fulton Shultz contributed by Peg Shultz.
Added obituaries for Edward L. Hockenberry and Lyle Merithew contributed by a friend of free genealogy.
Added obituaries for Elizabeth Bartleson, Merle Bartleson, John Busg (Bush), Sr. Regina Marie Crane IHM,
Patrick Harrison, Patrick Loftus, and Solomon Stroh.
Added an obituary for James Alexander Bryden contributed by Elaine White. Thank you Elaine.
Added obituaries for Bartleson, Bennett, Johnson, Kundrat, Krutulis, McMonigal, and Milz.
Added two newspaper articles from 1890 and 1811 contributed by Nancy Piper. Thank you, Nancy.
Added a newspaper article from the Wilkes-Barre Record which explains why Wilkes-Barre is sometimes seen as Wilkesbarre.
Added more than 500 names to the death indexes. Names were added to the 1929 and before index, the 1935 index, and the 1935 and after index.
The 1935 index is now complete through October.
Added 30 obituaries. Surnames are: Bath, Bolen, Brader, Brennan, Buchonis, Courtright, Cusick, Dixon,
Holton, Jaques, Keating, Kile, Kohns, Kosloski, Little, Lloyd, McDermott, McDonnell, McElwee,
McMinn, Murphy, Oberlin, Oplinger, Overton, Porrello, Sheerin, Speary, Speece, Stull, Watkins.
Added more than 600 names to the 1935 death index. 1935 is now complete through September.
Added 27 obituaries. Surnames are: Aszuk, Beech, Booth, Conner, Davies, Dule, Foux, Hagenbaugh,
Heintz, Hill, Jordan, Kingsbury, Lynott, Mazika, McAndrew, Miceli, Miles, Mundry, Munkelunas,
Murray, Philips, Richards, Schwab, Tarentini, Volpe, Williams, Yatsko.
Added 336 names to the 1935 death index. 1935 is now complete through July.
Added 21 obituaries. Surnames are: Arnold, Daley, Day, Demickis, Flynn, Gildea, Hahn, Heacock, Howley (3), James,
Johnson, Jones, Kelley, Kelly (3), Krol, Lavelle, Lawson, McCann, Missitt, Newbury (2), Robinson, Rogan, Tubbs, Yenolawicz.
Added 426 names to the Death Index. 1935 is now complete through June.
Added 495 names to the 1935 Death Index. The index is now complete through May.
Added an obituary for Mary Mangan (Mrs. Elmer) Ferguson contributed by Sharon Ferguson Wright.
Added five more obituaries with surnames Cebula, Cuddy, Forci, Latoore, and Nardone.
Added 950 names to the 1935 Death Index. The index is now complete through April. May and June in process.
Added obituaries for Charles Hoover, Bradley Hoover, and William Hoover submitted by Christopher Kile.
Added List of Luzerne County Civil War Soldiers having 3 months's service (1117 Veterans). Contributed by Tammy Clark.
Added Luzerne County World War I Casualty List (339 Veterans). Contributed by Tammy Clark.
Added nine obituaries for Connors, Danksos, Gray, Howley (4), and Moran (2)
Added about 550 names to the death indexes for deaths published in various Hazleton area newspapers.
This index was provided by Joe Bryer from the Genealogy Research Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Added more than 950 names to the 1935 death index. January and February are complete.
Initiated "Military" Section. Added Luzerne County Casualty listings for the Korean War and the Vietnam War contributed by Tammy Clark.
Added more than 1800 names to 1934 Death Index. 1934 is now complete through December.
Added a newspaper article from The Bucks County Gazette, September 9, 1875 referencing an event at North Mountain resort town contributed by Nancy Piper.
Added Obituary information for Frederick A. Pissott, submitted by A. Duval.
Added 28 more obituaries. Surnames are:
Brislin, Casper, Connors, Davis, Evanko, Fayda, Fleming (2), Haduk, Heizer, Helfrick, Honeywell, Ives, Jones, Lally,
Lewis (2), Luba, McGee, Pollard, Rogers, Seravage, Smith (2), Tippins, Titus, Wychowskas, Zulkowski.
Added more than 700 names to the 1934 Death Index (June and July).
Added 45 obituaries. Surnames are:
Adamaitis, Baur, Bialco, Bogimski, Boyer, Brennan, Courtright, Davis, Fink, Follett, Frank, Geary, Gittens, Hammond,
Harris, Haskell, Hedden, Holland, Hoover, Howley (2), Jones, Kelly, Kosick, Litts, Lutkevich, Mullery, Napolski, O'Day, Pifer,
Plotts, Renezicz, Rinehimer, Robertson, Rzepicka, Sincavage, Smith (3), Suchoski, Tenant, Trumpore, Walsh, Williams, Wiluszewski.
Added more than 1400 names to the 1934 Death Index (March, April, and May).
Added 49 obituaries. Surnames are:
Barney, Beisel, Birk, Burke, Carroll, Cosgrove, Cunningham, Derzak, Drawhine, Eroh, Finn, Goeringer, Greeley, Gugliotta,
Kapuchinski, Karolchik, Kempinski, Kovaleski, Kurtinitis, Lawler, Lonzenski, Miliauskas, Mitkevicius, Moyer, Mumie,
Oberdorfer, Olszewski, Ondich, Petrillo, Pickering, Poikntek, Powell, Quigley, Roat, Schlosser, Selingo, Sember,
Shultz, Stefanko, Stevlinski, Tebitz, Thomas, Thompson, Tomchak, Trainor, Waite, Weise, Welborn, Zluky.
Initiated Death Index for 1934. Added January and February, almost 900 names.
Added a link to the Wilkes-Barre Almanacs transcribed by "The Courthouse Gang" on Yahoo.
The link was created with their permission.
This is an extraordinary resource for local history. It also contains indexes of deaths
that were published in the Wilkes-Barre Record from 1885 through 1917.
Completed the 1932 Death Index adding almost 1700 names for August through December.
Added Death Index for 2007 Hazleton Area graciously provided by
Tammy Clark, Genealogy Trails host for Columbia and Montour Counties.
The index contains 1463 names. Thank you, Tammy.
Added 20 obituaries. Surnames are:
Allegar, Bolson, Bunch, Clink, Condon, Cosper, D'Angela, Gardner, Greco, Guzik, Keating,
Keeley, Laughlin, Pastina, Roberts, Snyder, Urbanas, Wharton, Williams, Yenalavatch.
Added 26 Obituaries. Surnames are:
Bauer, Bennett, Brookus, Brown (2), Burke, Cooper, Donohue, Ekins, Evans,
Golden, Gupko, Isaac, Kearns, Kopec, Korea, Layaou, Morton, O'Neill,
Padusko, Rader, Ridgeway, Rutkowski, Swan, Tier, Tucker.
Added May, June, and July Deaths to the 1932 Death Index - 890 names
Added 15 Obituaries. Surnames are:
Andrezewski, Brostowski, Brown, Cronin, Grussell, Hoffman, Howell,
Kotula, McKeel, Miller, Miski, Ruthaford, Scalia, Tasker, Vukin.
Added Death Index for 2003 Hazleton Area graciously provided by
Tammy Clark, Genealogy Trails host for Columbia and Montour Counties.
The index contains more than 1200 names. Thank you, Tammy.
Added 39 Obituaries. Surnames are:
Birk, Brader, Brown, Burke, Cerach, Chapin, Davis Dinan, Gallagher, Garrison, Gorka, Hastings, Hill, Insalaco, James,
Jones (2), Joyce, Keller, Kocher, Kransky, Kravitz, Kukis, Mark, McCoy, McHale, O'Biren, Perlak, Picton, Roth,
Rundle, Sabol, Shoblock, Stoner, Swinburne, Thomas, Wachincki, White, Williams.
Initiated 1932 Death Index. Added months of January through April (about 1600 names).
Added 56 obituaries. Surnames are:
Adelaide, Armstrong, Battle, Bonomo, Campbell, Casey, Chickosky, Conaboy, Daniels, D'Angelo, Evans (2), Favini, Fedock, Flack,
Graboski, Habblett, Hart, Hawk, Herman, Hopkins, Hussock, Kelly, Killian, Kusack, Langley, Lendrum, Lisnock, Lobbardozzi,
Lotito, Lukach, Masonis, Mikolaichik, Mohan, Moore, Morgan, Mosier, Nestlerode, Ogozaly, Quigley, Reilly, Richardson,
Rohon, Ross, Sasko, Semanski, Swank, Travinski, Vozarik, Walker, Walsh (2), Watson, Wench, Wetzel, Zarsky.
Added three Obituaries submitted by Tina Pastusic for Podcasy, Podczasy, and Famularo. Thank you, Tina.
Added more than 100 additional obituaries. Surnames are:
Alesksimuas, Balz, Batterton, Behler, Bevier, Boczar, Bonner, Breita, Burkszaitis, Byron, Coburn, Connor, Croisdale, Davis, Decker,
Dougherty, Duffy, Edwards, Eipper, Fedenich, Ford, Francine, Garvey, Gilroy, Gruver, Harrington, Haszay, Hess, Hoborowski, Howell,
Hunt, Hunter, Jablonski, Jacob, Jenkins, Jones, Karabolski, Karalunis, Keefer, Knapp, Kowalchick, Kredlo, Lach, Liem, Lloyd, Loewer,
Long, Louder, Lynch, Lyons, Maguire, Martin, Martuszewski, Masters, Matino, McAdaria, McHugh, Modla, Morgan, Mosurath, Mulhearn,
Newhart, Noble, O'Donnel, O'Keefe, O'Malley, Palko, Parry, Pearce, Pickering, Pobutkiewicz, Posloski, Quinn, Radler, Reilly, Reynolds,
Robinson, Rolland, Ruggiero, Ruminski, Rzadkiewicz, Senk, Shea, Shedlock, Shellhammer, Slimak, Smith, Songaila, Stout, Strome, Taboa, Taylor (2),
Terkoski, Terwilliger, Tompkins, Vretscher, Walsh, Waskiewicz, Watkins, Weichell, Welsh, Wilson, Wychilinski, Yashinski, Yeager, Yebenec, Zemantouskas.
Added 56 obituaries. Surnames are:
Bates, Bell, Bergold, Ciavarella, Collin, Culver, Davis, De Biasi, Delaney, Derkach, Dorish, Dougher, Earley, Geiselman,
Goodrich, Gotcha, Gunshor, Harrison, Horn, Iszbicki, Kaiser, Kelley, Kennedy, Kreidler, Lancaster, Masten, McCrossin,
McManus, McNulty, Morgan, Overton, Piazza, Popkowski, Pryor, Raeder, Readman, Roberts, Robinson, Ruddy, Rush, Rusnak,
Sage, Schraeder, Seeder, Sincavicius, Smidoski, Smith, Spargo, Strzalka, Toolan, Visnouskas, Williams, Yale, Young (2), Zydzik.
Added the months of September, October, November, and December to the 1931 Death Index. The year is now complete.
Added more than 60 obituaries. Surnames are:
Barklie, Bilski, Butler, Compton, Cooper (2), Davis, Dyzolis, Griffiths, Kane, Keller (2), Langdon, Manganiello,
Marcinkavich, McQuade, Mihelick, Miller, Mulory, Munley, Navin, Parry, Pastva, Popovich, Pugh, Push,
Scavo, Schaff, Smiles, Sopko, Tancredi, Tomco, Wasley, Wehber.
Added Death Index for 2005 Hazleton Area contributed by Tammy Clark.
Added Death Index for 2006 Hazleton Area also contributed by Tammy Clark.
Added Death Index for 2004 Hazleton Area graciously provided by
Tammy Clark, Genealogy Trails host for Columbia and Montour Counties.
The index contains more than 1400 names and is our first major contribution for the Hazleton Area. Thank you, Tammy.
If anyone else has information they would like to contribute (Hazleton area or any county location), please contact me.
Added names to the 1929 and before index for March 19, 1900.
Surnames: Martin, Hess, May, Tilley, and Sarvl.
These were contributed by Tammy Clark, Genealogy Trails Host for Columbia and Montour Counties.
Added 12 Luzerne County Obituaries/Death Notices published during the period 1851 and 1858 in the "Star of the North", Bloomsburg, PA.
Surnames are: Ensign, Henry, Meyers, Miller, Williams, Drum, Everett, Goodman, Hess, McPherson, and Moyer (2).
These were also contributed by Tammy Clark.
Added 70 Obituaries/Death Notices from the Wilkes-Barre Record. Surnames are:
Blewett, Brudnicki, Ceppa, Clemens, Cochrane, Connell, Corcoran, Craven, Davis, Duffy, Evans, Fitz, Fuerth, Gallagher, Gebec,
German, Gilbert, Gurcik, Habblett, Hailstone, Haines, Hale, Harris, Hoggart, Hojnowski, Hughes, Humpleby, Jenkins, Jennings,
Kalac, Kane, Kelly, Kinney, Koons, Kush, Lampman, Leonard, Lloyd, McGlynn, Molitoris, Moore, Moran, Palfey, Piatt, Plant,
Rasmus, Reto, Rogers, Roginsky, Schlapinsky, Schooley, Schoonover, Searfoss, Siemianowicz, Sikorski, Snipas, Strzcelski,
Tabitt, Takach, Taylor, Transue, Tsemtalis, Urbanek, Venglosky, Walker, Werner, Williams, Wontierski, Wyda, Yackowski.
Added the death index for May, June, July and August, 1931 (about 1200 names).
Added 62 Obituaries: Surnames: Alexander, Allen, Barbera, Barnes, Beers, Brazell, Brown, Castellani, Charles, Chiavacco,
Coffay, Cunningham, Delaney, Derby, Dieski, Duffy, Eckenrode, Francis, Gay, Gibbons, Gillis, Gillus, Gregory, Grier,
Grimes, Grohs, Guslusky, Hayden, Hays, Jones, Kluck, Labak, Lehm, McCanna, McGowan, Mitchell, Mullin, Nicholson,
O'Connor, Oakes, Paolucci, Pawlowski, Pritchard, Pursel, Reilly, Riemensnyder, Roche, Romaszkiewicz, Roskie,
Schecterly, Schmidt, Smink, Smith, Stooks, Stroski, Thomas, Vanecsko, Warrick, Wasilko, Wills, and Witkoski.
Added the death index for March and April, 1931, about 750 names.
Added 92 obituaries: Surnames: Ahrendts, Alsheff, Barnart, Belles, Bialogowicz, Boyle, Brady, Brogan, Cakuky, Cooper, Corgan,
Cunningham, Davis, Dohl, Dominick, Dressel, Dzurenta, Farrell, Feist, Fiorini, Fitzgerald, Forsey, Freas, Gardner, Goickel, Goeringer,
Golden, Good, Gostynski, Grey, Harkins, Hauser, Hayduk, Heffernan, Hotchkiss, Hunt, Jacobs, Jacon, Jones, Kanley, Kearns, Kehoe,
Keiper, Keller, Kirk, Koerber, Lane, Latonis, Levak, Levi, Major, McGrath, Meade, Mullin, Mulvey, Novak, O'Connor, Osticco, Paciga,
Paddich, Parks, Petro, Podlaski, Pohala, Renne, Rice, Ritze, Roushey, Rutski, Schillow, Searfoss, Sieminski, Smith, Smollow, Styczynski,
Sweinburg, Swithers, Taylor, Wardan, Waskiewicz, Webber, Wilkey, Wisniewski, Witt, Wolcott, Woluf, Yarrow, Zrabouski.
Added 21 Obituaries: Surnames: Ashton, Biresh, Brennan, Czuricki,
Delunis, Garrity, Gibson, Himm, Hotchkiss, Kishel, Kosakowsky, Malenda,
McGuiness, Sands, Turner, Viney, Weisberger, Wink, Yeager, Yurcikonis, Zelnak.
Added 21 Obituaries. Surnames: Azzalini, Blannard, Botticelli, Callahan, Dennis, Eddy, Govlier,
Jones, McAndrew, McCarthy, Moore, Patsko, Price, Pugh, Shepherd, Smith, Snyder, Troy, Warkomski, and Zirnhelt.
Added 830 names to the Death Index. Period covered is 1931, January and February.
Revised structure of Death Index and added 1100 names.
Added 4 obituaries contributed by Kathy Reilly for the Baldes and Henniges families.
Added 15 Obituaries. Surnames: Bell, Berry, Boylan, Buchkowski, Coray,
Cosgrove, Coyne, Jones, Lecham, Lykon, Monk, Morgan, Schofield, Wbowiak, and Zekas.
Added Obituaries for Albano, Albertson, Allabaugh, Ballas, Burke, Butcher, Capece, Caruso,
Compton, Cooney, Coxe, Craver, Davies, Davis, Dempsey, Dongovski, Drobinski, Dunn, Eley,
Grady, Gray, Hackling, Hammill, Howley, Hrabinko, Kebles, Kelley, Kelly, Kielian, Kolacz, Krystofik,
Lewis, Luksic, Mathias, McCole, Mlaker, Monroe, Morgan, Paul, Randolph, Redmond, Reifenstahl,
Saltas, Sisco, Snyder, Tompkins, Urban, Uplinger, Van Cortenberghe, Vandermark, Wilson, Yanushko, Yatsko.
Added 700 names to Death Index
Added 145 couples to County Marriage Record Index.
Added obituaries for Ash, Buckshin, Cardascia, Carr, Carter, Crossley, Davey, DeLong, Drake, Dunn, Eicke,
Glaser, Hankey, Hutnick, Judge, Kirwin, Kosloski, Lee, Lewis, Machanski, Mallory, Malloy, Matiskella,
McCrossin, Mulhern, Osborne, O'Hara, Poff, Puati, Ruddy, Smith, Sweeney, Tucker, and Welter.
Added Obituaries for Mary Ancin, Lizetta Anstett, Anthony Bilski, Daniel Dover, James Howley,
Benjamin Jones, Mrs. William Jordan, Frank Kownacki, Susanna Kozdemba, Mrs. Peter Lavelle, Mary Miller,
Maryanna Praszkiewicz, Julius Reichman, Angelo Roberti, Mrs. Gus Wandell, Mrs. Michael Yeager, Pearl Yezefski.
Added 100 couples to the Luzerne County Marriage Records
Added 1000 names to the Death Index
Added Obituaries for William Allen, John Bloss, Antoinette Bobowicz, J. Robert Brooks, Lewis C. Carpenter,
Andrew Harchar, Catherine Healey, Susan Hilton, Howard Holman, Miss Catherine Howley, Edward J. Howley,
Elizabeth Howley, John Howley, Sister Mary Carmel Howley, Edith Mealing, Paul Micklas, Danell Watkins, and Anna Zasimowicz.
Added 800 names to the Death Index.
Added a Search Engine to the site.
Added Obituaries for Dorothy Breyka, Gertrude Collins, Carl Donaldson, John Feledik, Libro Fonti,
Gussie Grady, Earl Hessler, John Johnson, Stella Kane, Albert Karaska, Sara Schultz, and Charles Zapusek.
Revised the Obituary Index Page and added Obituaries for Sadie Decker, Agnes Donahoe, Jennie Donahoe,
Thomas Donahoe, Joseph Donahue, James Grady, James F. Grady, Ruth Kling, Jenie Scheleski, and Albert Weiss.
Added a "General Death Index" which includes indexes compiled other than those of 1930.
This index will be continually updated as more information becomes available.
Added Obituaries for Martha Baker, Frank Colbert, Margaret Colbert, Bridget Crane,
Stella Crane, Frank Decker, John Grady (d. 1975), Frank Gottermeier, Catherine Jackson, Joseph Pirozek, and John Zawatski.
06-29-2008
Added obituaries for Mary Caffrey, Maria Ciliberta, Winifred Cowley, Mrs. Max Dewey, Elizabeth Eder,
Mary James, Joseph Maday, Vincent McHale, Mrs. Charles Mauman, Henrietta Olsen, Myron Pituch, and Bowman Sorber.
06-28-2008
Initiated "Marriages" section
Added "Marriages Connected to Luzerne County" sorted by Man's name and Woman's name
Added "Luzerne County Marriage Records" which is a list that contains actual book/docket information
06-26-2008
Added 1930 Death Index - July through December. Index now covers entire year.
06-24-2008
Added 10 Obituaries: Margaret Kelly Barrett, Bernard Burke, Elizabeth Kelly Burke, Fred Colley, Jr.,
Mary Coyle, Charles Geist, Reese Lewis, Jr., John McAdara, Bridget Finn O'Brien, William Wyant.
06-23-2008
Initiated "Obituaries" section. Added Obituaries for Laura A. French, Elvie Dilley Lewis, John F. Grady (d. 1933),
Catherine Howley, Mary Kelly Rogan, Patrick Rogan.
06-20-2008
Added 1930 Death Index - Deaths published in the Wilkes-Barre Record for January through June, 1930.
More coming soon.
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