Sunday, August 17, 2014

OSTERHOUT LIBRARY GENEALOGY - WILKES BARR AND LUZERNE FOCUS

OSTERHOUT LIBRARY GENEALOGY

PENNSYLVANIA was the main focus of immigrating Hungarians, Slovaks, Poles, and others seeking work familiar to them from the mountainous regions of Central and Eastern Europe such as mining and working in steel mills.  Some families immigrated into Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut, others headed to Detroit Michigan area and places in Indiana to work in manufacturing.

This is an interesting resource for those of you researching the central Pennsylvania area!