Fold3.com ($) has Philadelphia City Directories 1785, 1791, 1793-1922 (7 yrs. missing) and Pittsburgh City Directories 1861-1923 (3 yrs. missing) available online.
Ancestry.com ($) has Pennsylvania directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.

The Family History Library[edit | edit source]

The Family History Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Pennsylvania including:

Philadelphia

1797-1849: Family History Library film 983347-983355
1850-1899: Family History Library film 1000893-1000903
1861-1901: Family History Library film 1377251-1377290

Pittsburgh

1861-1901: FHL films 1377291-314
1916, etc.: FHL book 974.885 E4ph

Some examples of statewide directories for Pennsylvania are:

The Pennsylvania Law Directory. Lindsay and Blakiston, 1844. FHL fiche 6044309.

Ulman, H. C. Ulman's Pennsylvania Business Directory and Eastern, Western and Southern Circular, 1854/55. FHL fiche 6044310.

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.

To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES

PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES

Websites[edit | edit source]

US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.

v • d• e Links to Pennsylvania-related articles

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 Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Pennsylvania.
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 '''Philadelphia'''
--1849: {{FHL|15099|film|disp=FHL film 983347 item 1 (first of 31 film or fiche)}}<br>1850-1899: {{FHL|150991|film|disp=FHL film 1000893 item 1}}<br> 1861-1901: {{FHL|544839|film|disp=FHL film 1377251-90}}
+-1849: Family History Library film [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/150991?availability=Family%20History%20Library 983347-983355]<br>1850-1899: Family History Library film [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/150991?availability=Family%20History%20Library 1000893-1000903]<br> 1861-1901: Family History Library film [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/150991?availability=Family%20History%20Library 1377251-1377290]
 '''Pittsburgh'''