The Union County
Library System

Genealogy - Historical Societies

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Union County Historical Society
Address: 103 South 2nd Street, Lewisburg, PA 17837-1903 in the Union County Courthouse. Please check the courthouse page for parking and building entrance instructions.
Phone: (570) 524-8666
FAX: (570) 524-8743
Email: hstoricl@ptd.net
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - noon; 1 - 4 p.m. Closed federal holidays.
Fees for library use: $5.00 for non-members
Copy fees: 25¢ per page
Searching: The society will do searching for a charge of $30.00.  Or you could contact Mary Belle Lontz,  570-523-3706, a professional genealogist, who will also search for you in Union and surrounding counties.

Snyder County Historical Society
Address: 30 East Market Street, Middleburg, Pennsylvania
Phone: (570) 837-6191
FAX:(570) 837-4282 (Courthouse)
Hours: Monday, Thursday, Friday,  Saturday 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. September through May.  During the summer months of June through August it is also open Sundays 1:30 - 4:30p.m.  Closed holidays and severe weather including flooding.  Be sure to call before going to be sure they are open.
Searching: Library staff can do research for $20 per name or subject, payable in advance.
Library holdings: genealogies, local histories, church records, pastoral records, bound copies of The Middleburg Post and other local newspapers, microfilms of US Census records for Snyder County, The Middleburg Post and The Weekly Herald.
Snyder County Historical Society Bulletin  V. 1-V. 111, 1913-1958  Online.

Northumberland County Historical Society
Address: The Hunter House, 1150 North Front Street, Sunbury, PA 17801-1126
Phone: (570) 286-4083
FAX:(570) 837-4282 (Courthouse)
Email: nchsmusm@evenlink.com
Hours: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays  1:00 - 4:00 pm
Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 12 noon.
Searching: Mail Requests:  Volunteer staff will search for $15.00 for a one name search.
Library holdings: Cemetery Records, Church Records (Baptisms), Marriage, Birth and Death Records generally before 1850, Tax Records by township only up to the 1780's, Newspapers generally before 1900, and extracted information, W.P.A Files, Census Records from 1850 to 1930 for immediate counties, Published Family Genealogies and County Histories.
Copies are 25 cents per page. 

1/12/06