Eastern Monroe Public Library Local History and Genealogy Room

The goal of the Local History and Genealogy Room is to preserve materials that are directly related to the people, history, and development of Monroe County Pennsylvania.
The materials are housed on the second floor at the Hughes Library.
Click here for Local History and Genealogy Room User Policy.

The Local History Room collection includes books, newspapers, census records, cemetery indexes, church records, family histories, online databases, and other materials relating to Monroe County. For additional information about the Local History Room please contact Jim Adams at jadams@monroepl.org or call 570-421-0800 ex 27.

To keep up with the latest genealogy happenings, log onto the Local History Room Blog and find us on Facebook.

Digital Collection

• SOUVENIR: Four County Firemen's Association. Stroudsburg, PA
  June 16 & 17, 1911. 19 pages is available for viewing. Original copy is located in the Local History Room.
• Ice Harvest: Excerp of paper written by local historian Vertie Knapp on the ice harvesting industry of Monroe County Pennsylvania. The full paper is available for viewing in the Local History Room.
• The Monroe County Public Library in the beginning
• Monroe County’s Famous Summer Resorts: A vacation guide to Monroe County’s resorts 1916. Complete guide can be viewed in the Local History Room. Hist Ref. 917.4625
• MOUNTAINSIDES: The Northeastern Pennsylvania Magazine As A Newspaper.

Links to Online Databases [Library Card Required For Log In.]

• Ancestry [ In House Use Only]
• Heritage Quest Online [In House and Remote]

EMPL holdings

• Microfilm Holdings Index
• Genealogy of local families
• Local History Room Vertical File

Local and State Sites

• Monroe County Historical Association
• Pocono Record
• Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society
• The Obituary Index Easton Express/Express Times Newspaper
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania
• Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
• Access PA Digital Repository

National Sites

• U.S. State Historical Societies & State Archives
• National Archives
• The Library of Congress
• National Newspaper Project
• The USGenWeb Project
• National Genealogical Society
• Federation of Genealogical Societies

 

General Links

• Ancestral Charts and Forms
• Social Security Death Index
• Cyndi’s List
• Ellis Island
• Castle Garden
• Latter-Day Saints
• United States Historical Census
• Daughters of the American Revolution
• NYC Vital Records at the Municipal Archives
• Historic Newspaper: Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online (1841-1902)
• The New York Public Library

Last updated August 19, 2009