Pennsylvania Directories
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Resources for Pennsylvania Directories[edit | edit source]
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Pennsylvania.
Libraries and Archives[edit | edit source]
Directories Online[edit | edit source]
- 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 Family History Library[edit | edit source]
Some examples of statewide directories for Pennsylvania are:
The Pennsylvania Law Directory. Lindsay and Blakiston, 1844. FHL fiche 6044309.
Ulman, H. C. Ulman's Pennsylvania Business Directory and Eastern, Western and Southern Circular, 1854/55. FHL 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.FHL fiche 6044311.
The Family History Library has directories for:
Philadelphia
1797-1849: FHL film 983347 item 1 (first of 31 film or fiche 1850-1899: FHL film 1000893 item 1 1861-1901: 1377251-90Pittsburgh
| 1861-1901 | Family History Library films 1377291-314 |
| 1916, etc. | Family History Library book 974.885 E4ph |
Web Sites[edit | edit source]
- US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
References[edit | edit source]
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