Genealogy Chat

My Great Grandfather was killed in the mines in Pensylvania how do I find the record of his death also my Grandma was born in Pensylvania how do I find her birth record

I am refering to Pensylvania USA my Great Grandfather John Wilkin died in 1899 and my Grandma Ellen Wilkin was born in 1893

Thank you very much for your promt reply I will certainly try this and will let you know how I get on

Hi Margaret

Do you know whereabouts in Pennsylvania they were living?

LACKAWANNA is where my Grandma was born

Hi Margaret

My ancestors also lived in Lackawanna and were Miners. Where in Lackawanna did they live? Mine lived in Dunmore, Scranton.
The Lackawanna County PAGen website has been very useful for me in tracking them down.

Hi Margaret

What a coincidence! A lot of miners emigrated there because Scranton was a big mining area. Mine came from Durham and emigrated in 1880 and 1888, they were Uncle and Nephew. There are Scranton directories for the 1880's in which I have found my family, also Dunmore Forest Hills Cemetery ( sadly found some deaths) and Scranton marriages on the PAGen website.
Some of mine went on to move to Bethlehem P.A. because there was a huge Steel Factory there and some stayed in Lackawanna.
If you know where your Great Grandfather died, you can request a look up for his obituary from some very kind volunteers over ther

Albright Memorial Library
500 Vine Street
Scranton
P.A.18583
U.S.A.

This is the address for any births, marriages or deaths between 1878 and 1906 born in the city of Scranton. After that date it is a different address.

Thank you everyone who has replied but I don't know anything more than what I have already written except that he lived and worked at ESTON before emigrating to Pensylvania but I will certainly act on the information given by your good selves

Mine too. Had no idea Scranton was so popular!