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| | ''The Pennsylvania Law Directory. Lindsay and Blakiston, 1844''. (FHL fiche 6044309.) |
| ==Online Resources==
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| *[http://www.fold3.com/documents.php?bc=16 Fold3 City Directories Pennsylvania]
| | Ulman, H. C. Ulman's ''Pennsylvania Business Directory and Eastern, Western and Southern Circular''. (1854/55; FHL fiche 6044310.) |
| *[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/Home/usa/pa Pennsylvania Online Historical Directories - listed by county]
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| *[http://ldsgenealogy.com/PA/City-Directories.htm Pennsylvania City Directories], by county and city
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| ==History==
| | Boyd, William H. Boyd's ''Business Directory of the Counties of Adams, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster, Montgomery, and York, PA.'' (1860; FHL fiche 6044311.) |
| Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Pennsylvania.
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| ==Resources for Pennsylvania Directories==
| | Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Pennsylvania. For example, the Family History Library has directories for: |
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| ===Libraries and Archives=== | | === Philadelphia === |
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| ===Directories Online===
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| *[http://www.fold3.com Fold3.com] ($) has [http://www.fold3.com/title_451/city_directories_philadelphia Philadelphia City Directories] 1785, 1791, 1793-1922 (7 yrs. missing) and [http://www.fold3.com/title_460/city_directories_pittsburgh Pittsburgh City Directories] 1861-1923 (3 yrs. missing) available online.
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| *Ancestry.com ($) has Pennsylvania directories available online in its [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1540 U.S. City Directories] collection.
| | | 1797-1849: <br /> |
| | | FHL films 983347-55 |
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| | | FHL films 1000893-903 |
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| | | 1861-1901 |
| | | FHL films 1377251-90 |
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| ===The FamilySearch Library=== | | === Pittsburgh === |
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| The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Pennsylvania including:
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| '''Philadelphia''' | | | ''' FHL films 1377291-314''' |
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| 1797-1849 FS Library film {{FSC|150991|item|disp=983347-983355}}<br>1850-1899 FS Library film {{FSC|150991|item|disp=1000893-1000903}}<br> 1861-1901 FS Library film {{FSC|150991|item|disp=1377251-1377290}}
| | | ''' 1916, etc.''' |
| | | | ''' FHL book 974.885 E4ph''' |
| '''Pittsburgh''' | | |} |
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| 1861-1901 FS Library film {{FSC|536469|item|disp=1377291-1377314}} <br>1940, 1969, 1970, 1971 etc. FS Library book [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bcall_number%3A%22974.885%20E4ph*%22 974.885 E4ph]
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| Some examples of statewide directories for Pennsylvania are:
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| ''The Pennsylvania Law Directory. Lindsay and Blakiston, 1844.'' {{FSC|535186|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6044309}}. | |
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| Ulman, H. C. Ulman's ''Pennsylvania Business Directory and Eastern, Western and Southern Circular, 1854/55.'' {{FSC|535186|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6044310}}.
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| Boyd, William H. Boyd's ''Business Directory of the Counties of Adams, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster, Montgomery, and York, PA, 1860.''{{FSC|535186|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6044311}}.
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| To find directories, consult the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog]] under:
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| ::PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
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| ::PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES
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| ==Websites==
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| *[http://www.uscitydirectories.com/pa.htm US City Directories] This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
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