The Society's library has a great deal of records on genealogy and the history of Schuylkill County. The Society makes this data available to members, people who are interested in genealogical research, and those who have questions about the history of the county.

Topics of Holdings in Reference Room
  • Church and Cemetery Records
  • Newspaper Abstracts of Deaths and Marriages
  • Microfilm of census, newspapers and court records
  • Historical Society of Schuylkill County Publications
  • Schuylkill County Town and Township Histories
  • Biographies
  • Canals
  • Church Histories
  • Civil War
  • City Directories
  • Fiction
  • Family Histories
  • General Genealogical Resources
  • General Military and WW I & II and other Wars
  • Histories/Biographies other Counties
  • Indians
  • Mining
  • Molly Maguires
  • Pennsylvania Archives
  • Pennsylvania History
  • Yearbooks
  • Manuscripts
  • Census, court records and newspapers of microfilm
  • Photographs
  • Tax records for Pottsville, Palo Alto, Port Carbon, Branch Township and Mount Carbon for the years 1895 to 1945

Microfilm records
Newspapers
  • Miners Journal, Pottsville 1829 – 1953 (1924 – 1927 missing)
  • Pottsville Republican 1885 to the present
  • Weekly Herald, Shenandoah May 28, 1870 – Dec 31, 1876; Dec 8, 1883 – Dec 31, 1894
  • Evening Herald, Shenandoah Aug 21, 1875 – Nov 16, 1878; Dec 21, 1885 – Dec 31, 1940 (missing July – Dec 1906)
  • Pottsville Standard June 12, 1858 – Sept 171, 1886 (some issues missing)
  • The Pottsville Evening Chronicle April 17, 1875 – Dec 31, 1918 (missing some issues between 1890 to 1903)
  • Mining Herald 1881 - 1883
  • Ashland Advocate July 5, 1889 – June 28, 1907
  • Ashland Daily News Jan 2, 1926 – Dec 30, 1950
  • Mining Register 1850 – 1851
  • Pine Grove Herald Jan 27, 1928 – Jan 30, 1931
  • St. Clair Splinters Aug 24, 1897 – July 1903
  • The Call, Schuylkill Haven Jan 23, 1892 – Nov 27, 1929
  • Tamaqua Courier 75th Anniversary Edition, August 1, 1943
  • Shenandoah Evening Herald 75th Anniversary Edition, August 21, 1950
  • The Call, Schuylkill Haven 200 Anniversary Edition, September 1, 1950
  • Pottsville Journal 125th Anniversary Edition, October 2, 1950

Federal Census Records
  • 1790, 1800 and 1810 census Berks County (includes townships which became Schuylkill County)
  • 1820 – 1880, 1900 – 1930 Schuylkill County

Schuylkill County Civil Court Records
  • Marriage Records 1885 – 1950 (reels 1 – 48)
  • Wills 1811 – 1917 (reels 74 – 81)
  • Death Register 1852 – 1854 (reel 48 – see Schuylkill Vital Records, Vol I for Birth Register 1852 – 1854)
  • Delayed Birth Records 1870 – 1910 (reels 48 – 52, 85)
  • Orphans Court Records 1811 – 1915 (reels 53 – 63)
  • Orphans Court Minute Books 1857 – 1922 (reels 63 – 66)
  • Letters of Administration 1811 – 1918 (reels 66 – 74)
  • Indices of delayed births, death register, estate records reel 81
  • Index of Orphans court records reel 82
  • Index of Wills reel 83, 74
  • Indices of General Dockets reel 84
  • Coroner’s Records 1811 – 1941 (reel 86)
  • Naturalization Records
         Declaration of intentions 1906 – 1927 (reels 86 – 91)
         Petition Index 1811 – 1890 (reel 92)
         Naturalization papers 1811 – 1946 (reel 93)
  • Estate Files 1811 - 1881

Miscellaneous
  • Records of the Department of Mines and Mineral Industries, Anthracite Division
  • List of accidents, both fatal and non-fatal for 1917 through 1972
  • Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving in New York; March 9, 1853 through September 19, 1854

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