Genealogy Research
To Request a Search:
Download the Applicable Genealogy Search Form & Complete
- Enclose a check made payable to the Register of Wills/Orphans Court, in the applicable amount
- Include Self-Addressed Envelope (Postage included in search fee)
- Mail to: Register of Wills
Lackawanna County Government Center
123 Wyoming Avenue, Suite 521
Scranton, PA 18503
Search Forms
- Application for Genealogy Search: Wills/Estates
- Application for Birth/Death Records
- Application for Marriage License Search
The following records may be housed at:
Records that can be found at the Register of Wills/Clerk of Orphans’ Court:
- Wills & Estates from 1878 to the present
- Guardianships, Trusts and Misc. Documents from 1878 to the present
Records that can be found at the Marriage License Bureau:
- Marriage Licenses issued from October 1885 – present
- Births that occurred in Lackawanna County (excluding Scranton) between 1893-1905
- Deaths that occurred in Lackawanna County (excluding Scranton) between 1893-1905
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