Lower Macungie Library’s Local History resources are non-circulating. They focus on the following geographic, historical, industrial and cultural areas:
- The Township of Lower Macungie,
- Macungie and surrounding areas;
- The cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton;
- Lehigh County and
- the adjacent counties of Lehigh, Berks, Carbon, Monroe, Northampton, Bucks and Schuylkill ; and more generally, Eastern Pennsylvania.
The Library has a nice collection of Pennsylvania Railroad and train history and related industries that formed in eastern Pennsylvania along the Delaware and Lehigh Rivers. Also represented are specific local industries such as Air Products, Bethlehem Steel, and Mack Trucks.
Local Pennsylvania German / Pennsylvania Dutch culture is an important part of the region, and is represented in books and videos concerning the folklore, language, culture, and art items produced by the Pennsylvania Dutch, Moravian, Mennonite, and Amish of Pennsylvania.
We are a depository of genealogical records from local churches and cemeteries, and keep class yearbooks from neighborhood schools.
The library is looking for donated items of local interest, and well as local imprints (print materials of age that have been published locally) and newly published works that have some historical interest, especially those written by local authors. If you are interested in donating to the collection, please call the library at 610 966-6864 or click HERE to email us.
Lower Macungie Library also has books, DVD's and videos you may borrow to help you and your family conduct your own genealogical search. Here are a few of the titles in our collection:
Ancestors : Discovering your heritage [DVD 929.1 ANC]
Barbara Renick's guide to genealogy information on-line [VID 929.1028 BAR]
Genealogy via the Internet : tracing your family roots quickly and easily by Ralph Roberts [929 ROB]
Through the eyes of your ancestors by Maureen A. Taylor [JUV 929.1 TAY]
Unpuzzling your past : a basic guide to genealogy by Emily Anne Croom [929.1 CRO]
Some links for research and local historical interest:
Lehigh County
Alburtis-Lockridge Historical Society
Lehigh Valley Heritage Center (Allentown, PA)
Lower Macungie Township Historical Society
Macungie Historical Society
Berks County
Berks County Genealogical Society (Reading, PA)
Berks County Museum Council (Reading, PA)
Berks Visitor's Historic Sites
Historical Society of Berks County (Reading, PA)
Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center (Kutztown, PA)
Bucks County
Bucks County Historical Society
Historic Bucks County
Carbon County
Carbon County (PA) History and Genealogy Index Page
Monroe County
Monroe County, PA
Monroe County Historical Association
Northampton County
Bethlehem Digital History Project
Historic Bethlehem Partnership (Bethlehem, PA)
Moravian Archives (Bethlehem, PA)
Moravian Historical Society (Nazareth, PA)
National Canal Museum (Easton, PA)
Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society
Schuylkill County
Historical Society of Schuylkill County (Pottsville, PA)
Eastern Pennsylvania Nat'l Register of Historic Places (PA)
PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Online Genealogical Resources Access Genealogy
Ancestry.com
PA-Roots
