The Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Histories book collection is a group of 12 books that detail the history of Lackawanna County - primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of the books are illustrated; showcasing specific events relating to key points in the history and development of Lackawanna County during this period as well as details of some of its most important and influential figures.

All the titles contained on this CD are listed below.

1. Lackawanna County Business Directory, 1879-1880 (1879) - 127 pages
2. Portrait and biographical record of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (1897) - 1067 pages
3. History and directory of Newton and Ransom townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; (1912) - Stephens, J. Benjamin - 256 pages
4. Memorial of the erection of Lackawanna County, in the State of Pennsylvania : comprising an account of the progress of the new-county movement, the laying of the corner-stone of the court-house and a steographic report of the speeches at the banquet held at the Wyoming House, Scranton, May 25, 1882 (1882) - McKune, Robert H - 128 pages
5. History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers (1880) - 895 pages
6. Scranton Directory (1859) - 81 pages
7. Official Year Book Scranton Postoffice, 1895-1895 (1894) - Vandling, F.M - 146 pages
8. Scranton Semi-Centennial Celebration and Third Industrial Exposition (1916) - 58 pages
9. Scranton and Vicinity Business and Street Directory, 1893-1894 (1893) - 200 pages
10. Steinke's Story of Scranton and Vicinity in Cartoons (1914) - 215 pages
11. Williams' Dunmore Borough Directory (1903) - 64 pages
12. Scranton, being an Illustrated and Descriptive Booklet of the City of Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A (1912) - 128 pages

Here is a map of Lackawanna County and some period illustrations from some of the volumes:

This CD runs on all Windows and Macintosh computers. You must have a web browser and Adobe Acrobat Reader - (available for free download if you do not have it installed on your computer.) The book index is organized in an HTML menu that is compatible with all browsers and the books themselves are in PDF format to allow them to be universally accessed. Many books on this CD are searchable and printable.