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The Carbon County, Pennsylvania Histories book collection is a group of 6 books that detail the history of Carbon 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 Carbon 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. History of Carbon County, Pennsylvania; also containing a separate account of several boroughs and townships in the county, with biographical sketches (1918) - Brenckman, Frederick Charles - 810 pages
2. History of the counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1884) - Mathews, Alfred; Hungerford, Austin N. - 1069 pages
3. Portrait and biographical record of Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties, Pennsylvania. Containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States (1894) - 1012 pages
4. Patriotism of Carbon County, Pa. : and what her people contributed during the war for the preservation of the Union (1867) - Laciar, J. D. (Jacob D.) - 142 pages
5. A history of the sabbath school of the first Presbyterian church, Summit Hill, Carbon county, Pa., and a narrative of the diamond jubilee, 75th anniversary of the sabbath school (1910) - Nicholas, Henry Irvin - 89 pages
6. History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill counties (1845) - Rupp, I. Daniel (Israel Daniel); Young, James; Van Etten, John; Burd, James - 1136 pages

Here is a map of Carbon county and an interesting image from one 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.