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=== Online Resources ===
==Online Resources==


*[http://www.fold3.com/documents.php?bc=16 Fold3 City Directories Pennsylvania]  
*[http://www.fold3.com/documents.php?bc=16 Fold3 City Directories Pennsylvania]
*[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/Home/usa/pa Pennsylvania Online Historical Directories - listed by county]  
*[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/Home/usa/pa Pennsylvania Online Historical Directories - listed by county]
*[http://ldsgenealogy.com/PA/City-Directories.htm Pennsylvania City Directories], by county and city
*[http://ldsgenealogy.com/PA/City-Directories.htm Pennsylvania City Directories], by county and city


=== Resources for Pennsylvania Directories  ===
==History==
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Pennsylvania.


Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Pennsylvania.
==Resources for Pennsylvania Directories==


=== Libraries and Archives ===
===Libraries and Archives===


=== Directories Online ===
===Directories Online===


*[http://www.fold3.com Fold3.com] ($) has [http://www.fold3.com/title_451/city_directories_philadelphia Philadelphia City Directories] 1785, 1791, 1793-1922 (7 yrs. missing) and [http://www.fold3.com/title_460/city_directories_pittsburgh Pittsburgh City Directories] 1861-1923 (3 yrs. missing) available online.  
*[http://www.fold3.com Fold3.com] ($) 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.
*Ancestry.com ($) has Pennsylvania directories available online in its [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1540 U.S. City Directories] collection.
*Ancestry.com ($) has Pennsylvania directories available online in its [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1540 U.S. City Directories] collection.


=== The Family History Library ===
===The FamilySearch Library===


Some examples of statewide directories for Pennsylvania are:  
The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Pennsylvania including:  


''The Pennsylvania Law Directory. Lindsay and Blakiston, 1844.'' {{FHL|535186|item|disp=FHL fiche 6044309}}.
'''Philadelphia'''  


Ulman, H. C. Ulman's ''Pennsylvania Business Directory and Eastern, Western and Southern Circular, 1854/55.'' {{FHL|535186|item|disp=FHL fiche 6044310}}.
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}}  


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|535186|item|disp=FHL fiche 6044311}}.
'''Pittsburgh'''  


The Family History Library has directories for:  
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]


'''Philadelphia'''
Some examples of statewide directories for Pennsylvania are:


1797-1849: {{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}}  
''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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'''Pittsburgh'''  
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}}.


1861-1901: {{FHL|536469|item|disp=FHL films 1377291-314}}<br>1916, etc.: {{FHL|807885|disp=FHL book 974.885 E4ph}}
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 ===
==Websites==


*[http://www.uscitydirectories.com/pa.htm US City Directories] This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
*[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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=== References  ===


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