Genealogy

One of the most popular and fast-growing uses of our museum is genealogical research.

Our staff, headed by genealogist Walter Throne, has spent countless days clipping obituaries from old issues of the Hazleton newspaper and has catalogued them.

We have a growing collection of resources to aid in local genealogical research. Among them:

A limited number of volumes of the Report of the Department of Mines, listing deaths and accidents at anthracite mining operations.

A collection of yearbooks from all area high schools, including those that no longer exist. Hazleton High School yearbooks date back to 1910.

A recent addition is a volume listing tombstone inscriptions from the old portion of St. Gabriel's cemetery (those erected on graves before 1910).

A collection of vital statistics about Hazleton area men who served in the Civil War. This listing, compiled by our genealogist, Walter Throne, includes dates of birth and death, occupations, wives' names and other biographical data.

An alphabetical collection of obituaries from the Hazleton Standard-Speaker, dating back to the early 1980s.

Another recent addition is a collection of Hazleton Area School District records acquired when the district moved its administrative offices from the former Walnut Street School.

Genealogist Walter Throne does research when possible, upon request.

For more information on genealogy visit these web sites::

Pennsylvania Genealogy Resources

Pennsylvania Genealogy Counties List

The Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania

Schuylkill County Genealogy Ties

Norm Drasher's Database of Hazleton Area Families