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''[[Portal:United States of America|United States of America]] > [[United States Directories|United States Directories]] > Pennsylvania Directories''
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Some examples of statewide directories for [[Pennsylvania]] are:
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==Online Resources==


''The Pennsylvania Law Directory. Lindsay and Blakiston, 1844''. (Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=535186&disp=Pennsylvania+%28state%29+directories++ 6044309].)
*[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]
*[http://ldsgenealogy.com/PA/City-Directories.htm Pennsylvania City Directories], by county and city


Ulman, H. C. Ulman's ''Pennsylvania Business Directory and Eastern, Western and Southern Circular''. (1854/55; Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=535186&disp=Pennsylvania+%28state%29+directories++ 6044310].)
==History==
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Pennsylvania.


Boyd, William H. Boyd's ''Business Directory of the Counties of Adams, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster, Montgomery, and York, PA.'' (1860; Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=535186&disp=Pennsylvania+%28state%29+directories++ 6044311].)
==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:
===Libraries and Archives===


=== Philadelphia  ===
===Directories Online===


{| class="plain FCK__ShowTableBorders"
*[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.
| 1797-1849: <br>
| Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=983347 983347]-55
|-
| 1850-1899
| Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1000893 1000893]-903
|-
| 1861-1901
| Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1377251 1377251]-90
|}


=== Pittsburgh  ===
===The FamilySearch Library===


{| class="plain FCK__ShowTableBorders"
The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Pennsylvania including:
|-
 
| 1861-1901
'''Philadelphia'''
| Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=536469&disp=Pittsburgh+%28Pennsylvania%29+city+direc++ 1377291]-314
 
|-
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'''.'''  
 
| Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.885+E4ph 974.885 E4ph]
'''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:
 
::PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
::PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES
 
==Websites==


== Web Sites ==
*[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.


== References  ==
{{Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania}} {{U.S. Directories}}  
 
{{Place|Pennsylvania}}  


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