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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/ | The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Pennsylvania including: | ||
'''Philadelphia''' | '''Philadelphia''' | ||
1797-1849 | 1797-1849 FS Library film [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/150991 983347-983355]<br>1850-1899 FS Library film [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/150991 1000893-1000903]<br> 1861-1901 FS Library film [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/150991 1377251-1377290] | ||
'''Pittsburgh''' | '''Pittsburgh''' | ||
1861-1901 | 1861-1901 FS Library film [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/536469 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: | Some examples of statewide directories for Pennsylvania are: | ||
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Online Resources
- Fold3 City Directories Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Online Historical Directories - listed by county
- 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
Directories Online
- 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 FamilySearch Library
The FamilySearch Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Pennsylvania including:
Philadelphia
1797-1849 FS Library film 983347-983355
1850-1899 FS Library film 1000893-1000903
1861-1901 FS Library film 1377251-1377290
Pittsburgh
1861-1901 FS Library film 1377291-1377314
1940, 1969, 1970, 1971 etc. FS Library book 974.885 E4ph
Some examples of statewide directories for Pennsylvania are:
The Pennsylvania Law Directory. Lindsay and Blakiston, 1844. FS Library fiche 6044309.
Ulman, H. C. Ulman's Pennsylvania Business Directory and Eastern, Western and Southern Circular, 1854/55. 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.FS Library fiche 6044311.
To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
- PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
- PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES
Websites
- US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
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