This is a collection of various historical and genealogical reference works on Pennsylvania.  These references cover 1000's of individuals, and are an excellent way to start or continue research focused on PA.  This collection includes all of the individual collections covering Adams County, PA (Please see individual collection listings for detailed descriptions of titles.)

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EL01 – Elk County Genealogy Everything Collection

(All Individual Collections on Elk County, PA)

EL02 – County, Regional & Miscellaneous History Collection

County History & Biography Collection

History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1890, 1264 pages)

Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania (W. J. McKnight, 1905, 755 pages)

Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (John W. Jordan, 1913, 1556 pages)

Biographical Sketches of Elk County People Combined with Who’s Who In Elk County (Brehm and Mohr, 1932, 180 pages)

Town, Township & Regional Histories

Ridgway Advocate – Illustrated Industrial Edition (Ridgway Advocate, 1896, 60 pages)

1824-1924 Centennial Souvenir Program – 100th Anniversary, Ridgway, Pennsylvania (Anonymous, 1924, 64 pages)

Ridgway 1824-1974 (Ridgway Sesquicentennial Inc., 1974, 354 pages)

Church, Family, Education, Military and Miscellaneous Histories 

Welcome Souvenir [WWI] – Ridgway, PA, June 19, 1919 (Anonymous, 1919, 74 pages)

Welcome Home and Centennial – St. Marys, Pennsylvania – 1846-1946 (Souvenir Booklet Committee, 1946, 56 pages)

Maps Atlases & Images

1855 Map of Elk County Pennsylvania (Version 1, H. A. Pattison, W. H. Rease, Color)

1856 Map of Elk County Pennsylvania (Version 2, H. A. Pattison, W. H. Rease, Color)

1878 Map of District No. 4 [McKean and Elk Counties, PA] (J. L. Brown, Color)

Birds-eye Town Views

Johnsonburg, Elk County, Pennsylvania (1895, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)

Ridgway, Elk County, Pennsylvania (1895, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)

St. Mary’s, Elk County, Pennsylvania (1895, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)

EL03 – Directory Collection (1874-1937)

Greevy & Renner’s Directory of Lock Haven, Bellefonte, and Philadelphia and Erie Railroad 1874-5 (Thomas H. Greevy & William H. Renner, 1874, 242 pages)

Telephone Directory – Altoona, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Lewistown, Mehaffey, Ridgway, Philipsburg and Nearby Places – October 1911 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1911, 88 pages)

Altoona, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Lewistown, Mehaffey, Ridgway, Philipsburg and Nearby Places Telephone Directory - June 1912 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1912, 92 pages)

Telephone Directory – Altoona, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Lewistown, Mehaffey, Ridgway, Philipsburg and Nearby Places – October 5, 1913 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1913, 100 pages)

Telephone Directory – Altoona, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Lewistown, Mehaffey, Ridgway, Philipsburg and Nearby Places – February 5, 1914 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1914, 100 pages)

Telephone Directory – Altoona, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Lewistown, Mehaffey, Ridgway, Philipsburg and Nearby Places – October 5, 1914 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1914, 100 pages)

Telephone Directory – Spring Issue – February 5, 1917 - Altoona, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Lewistown, Mehaffey, Ridgway, Philipsburg, Tyrone and Nearby Places (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1917, 100 pages)

Telephone Directory – Spring Issue – February 5, 1918 - Altoona, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Lewistown, Mehaffey, Ridgway, Philipsburg, Tyrone and Nearby Places (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1918, 110 pages)

Telephone Directory – Spring 1931 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1931, 1952 pages)

Telephone Directory – Oct. 1933 [Brockway, Emporium, Ridgway & Vicinity] (Home Telephone Co., 1933, 48 pages)

Telephone Directory – April 1935 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1935, 132 pages)

Telephone Directory – October 1935 [Brockway, Emporium, Ridgway & Vicinity] (Home Telephone Co., 1935, 50 pages)

Telephone Directory – June 1936 [Brockway, Emporium, Ridgway & Vicinity] (Home Telephone Co., 1936, 50 pages)

Telephone Directory – June 1937 [Brockway, Emporium, Ridgway & Vicinity] (Home Telephone Co., 1937, 50 pages)

Telephone Directory – Dec. 1937 [Brockway, Emporium, Ridgway & Vicinity] (Home Telephone Co., 1937, 50 pages)

EL04 – Directory Collection (1939-1958)

Telephone Directory – May 1939 [Brockway, Emporium, Ridgway & Vicinity] (Home Telephone Co., 1939, 44 pages)

Coudersport and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – June 1939 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1939, 110 pages)

Bradford and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – June 1940 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1940, 106 pages)

Bradford and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – June 1941 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1941, 104 pages)

Kane and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – February, 1943 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1943, 48 pages)

Kane and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – March, 1944 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1944, 60 pages)

Telephone Directory – December 1946 [Brockway, Emporium, Ridgway & Vicinity] (Home Telephone Co., 1946, 120 pages)

Bradford and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – January 1952 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1952, 248 pages)

Telephone Directory – April 1952 [Brockway, Emporium, Ridgway & Vicinity] (Home Telephone Co., 1952, 162 pages)

Kane and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – December, 1955 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1955, 96 pages)

Du Bois – Falls Creek – Reynoldsville – Sykesville and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – November 1956 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1956, 164 pages)

Eldred – Mount Jewett – Port Alleghany – Smethport and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – December 1956 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1956, 164 pages)

Kane and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – October, 1958 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1958, 90 pages)