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==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] | ||
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*[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 | ||
=== | ==History== | ||
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Pennsylvania. | |||
==Resources for Pennsylvania Directories== | |||
===Libraries and Archives=== | ===Libraries and Archives=== | ||
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*Ancestry.com ($) has Pennsylvania directories available online in its [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1540 U.S. City Directories] collection. | *Ancestry.com ($) has Pennsylvania directories available online in its [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1540 U.S. City Directories] collection. | ||
===The | ===The FamilySearch Library=== | ||
The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Pennsylvania including: | |||
'' | '''Philadelphia''' | ||
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}} | |||
'''Pittsburgh''' | |||
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] | |||
Some examples of statewide directories for Pennsylvania are: | |||
''The Pennsylvania Law Directory. Lindsay and Blakiston, 1844.'' {{FSC|535186|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6044309}}. | |||
''' | Ulman, H. C. Ulman's ''Pennsylvania Business Directory and Eastern, Western and Southern Circular, 1854/55.'' {{FSC|535186|item|disp=FS Library 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.''{{FSC|535186|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6044311}}. | |||
To find directories, consult the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog]] under: | To find directories, consult the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog]] under: | ||
:: PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES | ::PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES | ||
:: PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES | ::PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES | ||
==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. | ||
{{Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania}} {{U.S. Directories}} | {{Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania}} {{U.S. Directories}} | ||
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