Architectural Walking Tours Return! Start your weekend off with some history! These free Saturday guided tours provide local residents and visitors with a chance to learn more about Downtown Scranton's magnificent architecture and the stories about buildings and neighborhoods you pass every day! Call the Society at 570-344-3841 to make a reservation.
Sat., July 13 at 11am: Lower Hill section; meet Elm Park Church, cor. Linden and Jefferson
Sat., July 27 at 11am: Commercial and "Red Light" District; meet at Radisson Lackawanna Station
Sat. August 10 at 11am: Gothic District; meet at Lacka wanna College, corner N. Washington and Vine
Sat., August 24 at 11am: Lower Hill section; meet Elm Park Church, cor. Linden and Jefferson
Sat., Sept. 7 at 11 am: Courthouse Square; meet at cor. N. Washington & Linden
Wed., Jul. 10, 10 am to Noon: Genealogy Forum: Tracing Records in Carpatho-Rusyn Ancestry at Valley Community Library Hosted by Natalie Asikainen.
This year, the LHS Genealogy Forum is pleased to announce a new addition to its “European Tour” summer line-up—Tracing Records in Carpatho-Rusyn Ancestry.
If your ancestors hail from Eastern Europe and you’ve been unable to find records in the Galicia region of Poland, Ukraine, eastern Slovakia, and eastern Romania, it is possible that you are Ruthenian or Rusyn, which is its own ethnic group. According to the National Carpatho-Rusyn Society, Carpatho-Rusyns are a distinct Eastern Slavic people who lived for more than a thousand years in remote villages scattered along the foothills and valleys of the Carpathian Mountains of East Central Europe. Their villages were located mostly among those of Western Slavs (Slovaks and Poles), Hungarians (Magyars), Jews, and Vlachs. The name Rusyn identifies them as descendants, in part, of a people from the vast lands of ancient Rus’ who were converted to the Eastern Christian Church in the 9th century. This nation’s legacy carries on today in the form of the Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, and Carpatho-Rusyn peoples. Over the years, Rusyns have also been known by a variety of other names—Carpatho-Russians, Carpatho-Ukrainians, Rusnaks, Ruthenes, Ruthenians, Uhro-Rusyns and Podkarpats’ki Rusyny, to name a few. Rusyns typically referred to themselves as Rusnaks of Lemko for those who settled on the northern slopes of the Carpathians.
You might be Rusyn if ..
- You called your grandmother Baba
- You can be no more specific about your origins than to say that your ancestors came from Austria-Hungary or Galicia
- Your ancestors immigrated from Eastern Europe to the northeastern US and found work in the coal mines and steel mills of Pennsylvania and Ohio, or the factories of New Jersey and Connecticut
- Your ancestors spoke a language that they didn’t really have a term for—perhaps they called it “hillbilly Russian” or simply “ponashomu” (our way of speaking)
- Your ancestors worshipped at a Byzantine Catholic church—the priest would have called you “Ruthernian,” the Latin-based western term used for Rusyn.
- Your ancestors might have used other terms for the group, which included, but are not limited to, Rusnaks, Carpatho-Russians, Carpatho-Ukrainians, Uhro-Rusyns, Lemkos, or a derogatory name that’s okay when used by the people themselves to refer to one another, Hunkies.
- Your ancestors immigrated between 1890 and World War I and called themselves Russians.
- You ate Bobal’ki and pyrohy at Christmas and paska and hurdka at Easter.
To register go to LHS Forum Registration, for more information contact the Society at lackawannahistory@gmail.com or call (570) 344-3841.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
Sat., July 13, 8 pm: Wyoming Valley Ghost Tours at the Catlin House, Click to register.
Wed., July 17: Dine Lackawanna: Enjoy a night out & help support the Society by dining out at supporting locations! This month's event is at Camelot Restaurant and Inn 17 Johnson Road Clarks Summit (570)-585-1430
Thanks to Lamar Advertising for its ongoing support of this program
Sat., July 20, 1 pm: NET Credit Union - Credit Score Seminar at the Catlin House, Stop by to tour the latest exhibits, Grab some snacks and learn how to: Raise Your Credit Score; Lower Monthly Payments & Eliminate High-Interest Debt.
Weds. July 24: Dusk Throwback Thursday screening of Christmas Vacation at the Circle Drive-In |
Architectural Walking Tours Return! Start your weekend off with some history! These free Saturday guided tours provide local residents and visitors with a chance to learn more about Downtown Scranton's magnificent architecture and the stories about buildings and neighborhoods you pass every day! Call the Society at 570-344-3841 to make a reservation.
Sat. August 10 at 11am: Gothic District; meet at Lacka wanna College, corner N. Washington and Vine
Sat., August 24 at 11am: Lower Hill section; meet Elm Park Church, cor. Linden and Jefferson
Sat., Sept. 7 at 11 am: Courthouse Square; meet at cor. N. Washington & Linden
Wed., Aug. 14, 10 am to Noon: Genealogy Forum: Searching Italian Records at North Pocono Hosted by Ann Marie Castelgrande. To register go to LHS Forum Registration, for more information contact the Society at lackawannahistory@gmail.com or call (570) 344-3841. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
Wed., Aug. 21: Dine Lackawanna: Enjoy a night out & help support the Society by dining out at supporting locations! This month's event is at Sidel's Restaurant 1202 N Main Ave, Scranton (570) 343-6544
Thanks to Lamar Advertising for its ongoing support of this program
Thurs. Aug. 22: Dusk Throwback Thursday screening of American Graffiti at the Circle Drive-In
Thurs./Sat Aug. 22/24: Sacred Sites & Sounds - The Lackawanna Historical Society is bringing back its popular Places of Worship church tour, highlighting six communities of faith in Carbondale on Saturday, August 24. In conjunction with the tour, we're excited to feature a Sacred Sounds event on Thursday, August 22 at Constantino's, featuring musical performances from five ethnic church communities, including Black, Latinx, Ukrainian, Welsh, and Indonesian. Join us to learn more about Lackawanna County's diverse history, architecture, and people!
Tickets are $25 for the Tour and $35 for the Sacred Sounds performance. Registration is required for both events and a combo ticket is available for $45. Tickets are available ONLINE. For more infomation, call (570) 344-341 or contact the Society by email at lackawannahistory@gmail.com.
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Wed., Sept. 18, 10 am to Noon: Genealogy Forum: Searching German Records at Abington Community Library Hosted by Tom Price To register go to LHS Forum Registration, for more information contact the Society at lackawannahistory@gmail.com or call (570) 344-3841. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
Sat., Sept. 28, 10 am – 4 pm: Join us for the second annual Local History Fair in Northeastern Pennsylvania at the Viewmont Mall. Where local historical societies and community groups displaying, sharing and promoting our incredible history.
Sun., Sept. 29, TBA Local History Writers Panel.
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