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. (Family History Library fiche 6044309.)
Ulman, H. C. Ulman's Pennsylvania Business Directory and Eastern, Western and Southern Circular. (1854/55; Family History 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; Family History Library fiche 6044311.)
The Family History Library has directories for:
Philadelphia
| 1797-1849: |
Family History Library films 983347-55 |
| 1850-1899 | Family History Library films 1000893-903 |
| 1861-1901 | Family History Library films 1377251-90 |
Pittsburgh
| 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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