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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 | ===Resources for Pennsylvania Directories=== | ||
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. | ||
=== 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 Family History Library=== | ||
Some examples of statewide directories for Pennsylvania are: | Some examples of statewide directories for Pennsylvania are: | ||
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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}}. | 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}}. | ||
The Family History Library has directories for: | The [[Family History Library]] has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Pennsylvania including: | ||
'''Philadelphia''' | '''Philadelphia''' | ||
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}} | 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}} | ||
'''Pittsburgh''' | |||
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: | |||
:: PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES | |||
:: PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES | |||
=== 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 | ===References=== | ||
{{Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania}} {{U.S. Directories}} | {{Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania}} {{U.S. Directories}} | ||
[[Category:Pennsylvania, | [[Category:Pennsylvania, United States|Directories]] | ||
[[Category:United States Directories]] | |||