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=== Resources for Pennsylvania Directories  ===
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==Online Resources==


Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in 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]
*[http://ldsgenealogy.com/PA/City-Directories.htm Pennsylvania City Directories], by county and city


==== Libraries and Archives  ====
==History==
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Pennsylvania.


==== Directories Online  ====
==Resources for Pennsylvania Directories==


*[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.  
===Libraries and Archives===
 
===Directories Online===
 
*[http://www.fold3.com Fold3.com] ($) has [http://www.fold3.com/title_451/city_directories_philadelphia Philadelphia City Directories] 1785, 1791, 1793-1922 (7 yrs. missing) and [http://www.fold3.com/title_460/city_directories_pittsburgh Pittsburgh City Directories] 1861-1923 (3 yrs. missing) available online.
*Ancestry.com ($) 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''. (Family History Library fiche {{FHL|535186|title-id|disp=6044309}}.)
'''Philadelphia'''  


Ulman, H. C. Ulman's ''Pennsylvania Business Directory and Eastern, Western and Southern Circular''. (1854/55; Family History Library fiche {{FHL|535186|title-id|disp=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; Family History Library fiche {{FHL|535186|title-id|disp=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:
 
''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}}.


{| class="plain FCK__ShowTableBorders"
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}}.
|-
| 1797-1849: <br>
| Family History Library films {{FHL|983347|film|disp=983347}}-55
|-
| 1850-1899
| Family History Library films {{FHL|1000893|film|disp=1000893}}-903
|-
| 1861-1901
| Family History Library films {{FHL|1377251|film|disp=1377251}}-90
|}


'''Pittsburgh'''
To find directories, consult the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog]] under:


{| class="plain FCK__ShowTableBorders"
::PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
|-
::PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES
| 1861-1901
| Family History Library films {{FHL|536469|title-id|disp=1377291}}-314
|-
| 1916, etc'''.'''
| Family History Library book {{FHL|974.885 E4ph|disp=974.885 E4ph}}
|}


=== Web Sites  ===
==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.
=== References  ===


{{Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania}} {{U.S. Directories}}  
{{Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania}} {{U.S. Directories}}  


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