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.  

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Directory of Tioga County, Pa., 1899 (George Hanford, 1899, 664 pages)

This is a post office and business directory of Tioga County, PA for the year 1899, covering 1,000's of residents and businesses.  The information is arranged alphabetically by township and includes the resident's name, street address, and occupation.  There are also various ads for local businesses.

Anderson's Directory and Reference Guide of

Tioga County Pennsylvania 1908-1909 (H. R. Anderson, 1908, 545 pages)

This is a post office and business directory of Tioga County, PA for the year 1908-1909, covering 35,000 residents and businesses.  The information includes the resident's name, street address, occupation and often additional information such as mate's name, whether they owned or rented their home, whether they were retired or a widow, etc.

Bell Telephone Directory - Elmira [NY] District - May 1910

(The New York Telephone Company, 1910, 44 pages)

This is an early telephone directory of the Elmira District, covering parts of Chemung, Schuyler, and Tioga Counties New York and Bradford and Tioga Counties, Pennsylvania for the year 1910.  The directory information includes the resident's name, street address, telephone number, and sometime occupation, although, some areas included in this directory do not contain all of those details.  The directory information is listed alphabetically by town.

New York Towns included:

Beavers Dams, Bentley Creek, Big Flats, Breesport, Burdett, Cayuta, Elmira, Hector, Horseheads, Millport, Monterey, Montour Falls, North Chemung, North Hector, Odessa, Pine City, Pine Valley, Reading Center, Seeley Creek, Spencer, Sullivanville, Townsend, Van Etten, Watkins, Wellsburg, West Danby

Pennsylvania Towns included:

Alba, Arnot, Austinville, Blossburg, Burlington, Canoe Camp, Canton, Carbon Run, Cedar Ledge, Columbia X Roads, Covington, Daggets, East Canton, East Troy, Elk Run, Fassetts, Gilletts, Granville Summit, Grover, Granville Center, Jobs Corners, Lake Nephawin, Lamb's Creek, Laquin, Leona, Leroy, Mainsburg, Mansfield, Millerton, Morris Run, Mosherville, Ridgebury, Roseville, Snedekerville, Sylvania, Troy, Wells, West Burlington, West Franklin, Wetona

Telephone Directory - Coudersport, Emporium, Galeton,

Wellsboro, Westfield and Nearby Places - February 1913

(Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1913, 32 pages)

This is a telephone directory of covering parts of Cameron, McKean, Potter and Tioga Counties, PA for the year 1913.  The directory lists 1,000's of residents and businesses from these areas, providing the resident's name, street address and telephone number (arranged alphabetically by town).  

Towns Included:

Annin Creek, Ansonia, Antrim, Arnot, Asaph, Austin, Ayres Hill, Bingham Centre, Blackwells, Blossburg, Bristol, Brookland, Brookland Club, Brownlee, Burtville, Butler Hill, Calder, Cameron, Canoe Camp, Card Creek, Carter Camp, Climer, Clintontown, Comes Corners, Coneville, Corryville, Costello, Coudersport, Covington, Cowanesque, Crandall Hill, Crosby, Cross Forks, Delmar, East Sharon, Eldred, Elkland, Elk Run, Elmer, Emporium, English Centre, Farmers Valley, First Fork, Gaines, Galeton, Gardeau, Germania, Gold, Greyville, Grimes District, Hammersly, Harrison Valley, Hector, Heise Run, Holiday, Honeoye, Hulls, Huntley, Indian Creek, Inez, Jamerson, Keating Summit, Kennedy, Knoxville, Kress, Lamb's Creek, Landrus, Lansing, Larrabee, Larshabaugh, Lawrenceville, Leetonia, Liberty, Lick Run, Lincks, Little Marsh, Logue, Long Hollow, Lyman Run. Mainsburg, Manhattan, Mansfield, Marsh Creek, Marshlands, Marvin Creek, McFall, Middlebury, Millport, Mills, Mina, Micktown, Morris, Morris Run, Myrtle, Nauvoo, Nelson, Nelson Run, Newerf, Newfield, Niles Valley, North Fork, Norway Ridge, Norwich, Odin, Open Brook, Oregon Hill, Osceola, Pigeon Hill, Pine Grove, Pleasant Valley, Portage Creek, Port Allegany, Potter Brook Prentiss Vale, Raymond, Rock Run, Roulette, Sabinsville, Sartwell, Seven Bridges, Shawmut, Shingle House, Sinnemahoning, Sizerville, Skinner Creek, Smethport, Smith Sanitarium, Sterling Run, Stokesdale, Stone House, Stony Fork, Swanson, Sweden Valley, Sunderlineville, Tiadaghton, Trout Brook Trowsbridge's Corners, Turtle Point, Two Mile, Ulysses, Upper Lambs Creek, Viner, Walton, Watrous, Wellsboro, West Branch, Westfield, West Pike, Wharton, Whites Corners, Woodhull (NY)

Telephone Directory - Coudersport, Emporium, Galeton,

Wellsboro, Westfield and Nearby Places - November 1, 1913

(Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1913, 34 pages)

This is a telephone directory of covering parts of Cameron, McKean, Potter and Tioga Counties, PA for the year 1913.  The directory lists 1,000's of residents and businesses from these areas, providing the resident's name, street address and telephone number (arranged alphabetically by town).  

Towns Included:

Annin Creek, Ansonia, Antrim, Arnot, Asaph, Austin, Ayres Hill, Bingham Centre, Blackwells, Blossburg, Bristol, Brookland, Brookland Club, Brownlee, Burtville, Butler Hill, Calder, Cameron, Canoe Camp, Card Creek, Carter Camp, Climer, Clintontown, Colesburg, Comes Corners, Coneville, Corryville, Costello, Coudersport, Covington, Cowanesque, Crandall Hill, Crosby, Cross Forks, Delmar, East Sharon, Eldred, Elkland, Elk Run, Elmer, Emporium, English Centre, Farmers Valley, First Fork, Gaines, Galeton, Gardeau, Germania, Gold, Greyville, Grimes District, Harrison Valley, Hector, Heise Run, Holiday, Honeoye, Hulls, Huntley, Indian Creek, Inez, Jamerson, Keating Summit, Kennedy, Knoxville, Kress, Landrus, Lansing, Larrabee, Larshabaugh, Lawrenceville, Leetonia, Liberty, Lick Run, Lincks, Little Marsh, Logue, Long Hollow, Lyman Run. Mainsburg, Manhattan, Mansfield, Marsh Creek, Marshlands, Marvin Creek, McFall, Middlebury, Millport, Mills, Mina, Mixtown, Morris, Morris Run, Myrtle, Nauvoo, Nelson, Nelson Run, Newerf, Newfield, Niles Valley, North Fork, Norway Ridge, Odin, Open Brook, Oregon Hill, Osceola, Oswayo, Pigeon Hill, Pine Grove, Pleasant Valley, Portage Creek, Port Allegany, Potter Brook, Prentiss Vale, Raymond, Rock Run, Roulette, Sabinsville, Sartwell, Seven Bridges, Shawmut, Shingle House, Sinnemahoning, Sizerville, Skinner Creek, Smethport, Sterling Run, Stokesdale, Stone House, Stony Fork, Sweden Valley, Sunderlineville, Tiadaghton, Trout Brook, Trowsbridge's Corners, Turtle Point, Two Mile, Ulysses, Viner, Walton, Watrous, Wellsboro, West Branch, Westfield, West Pike, Wharton, Whites Corners, Woodhull (NY)

Telephone Directory - Coudersport, Emporium, Galeton,

Wellsboro, Westfield and Nearby Places - June 1, 1914

(Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1914, 34 pages)

This is a telephone directory of covering parts of Cameron, McKean, Potter and Tioga Counties, PA for the year 1914.  The directory lists 1,000's of residents and businesses from these areas, providing the resident's name, street address and telephone number (arranged alphabetically by town).  

Towns Included:

Annin Creek, Ansonia, Antrim, Arnot, Asaph, Austin, Ayres Hill, Bingham Centre, Blackwells, Blossburg, Bristol, Brookland, Brookland Club, Brownlee, Burtville, Butler Hill, Calder, Cameron, Canoe Camp, Card Creek, Carter Camp, Climer, Clintontown, Colesburg, Comes Corners, Coneville, Corryville, Costello, Coudersport, Covington, Cowanesque, Crandall Hill, Crosby, Cross Forks, Delmar, East Sharon, Eldred, Elkland, Elk Run, Elmer, Emporium, English Centre, Farmers Valley, First Fork, Gaines, Galeton, Gardeau, Germania, Gold, Greyville, Grimes District, Harrison Valley, Hector, Heise Run, Holiday, Honeoye, Hulls, Huntley, Indian Creek, Inez, Jamerson, Keating Summit, Kennedy, Knoxville, Kress, Landrus, Lansing, Larrabee, Larshabaugh, Lawrenceville, Leetonia, Liberty, Lick Run, Lincks, Little Marsh, Logue, Long Hollow, Lyman Run. Mainsburg, Manhattan, Mansfield, Marsh Creek, Marshlands, Marvin Creek, McFall, Middlebury, Millport, Mills, Mina, Mixtown, Morris, Morris Run, Myrtle, Nauvoo, Nelson, Nelson Run, Newerf, Newfield, Niles Valley, North Fork, Norway Ridge, Odin, Open Brook, Oregon Hill, Osceola, Oswayo, Pigeon Hill, Pine Grove, Pleasant Valley, Portage Creek, Port Allegany, Potter Brook, Prentiss Vale, Raymond, Rock Run, Roulette, Sabinsville, Sartwell, Seven Bridges, Shawmut, Shingle House, Sinnemahoning, Sizerville, Skinner Creek, Smethport, Sterling Run, Stokesdale, Stone House, Stony Fork, Sweden Valley, Sunderlineville, Sunderlinville, Tiadaghton, Trout Brook, Trowsbridge's Corners, Turtle Point, Two Mile, Ulysses, Viner, Walton, Watrous, Wellsboro, West Branch, Westfield, West Pike, Whites Corners, Woodhull (NY)

Telephone Directory - Coudersport, Emporium, Galeton,

Wellsboro, Westfield and Nearby Places - February 1, 1915

(Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1915, 34 pages)

This is a telephone directory of covering parts of Cameron, McKean, Potter and Tioga Counties, PA for the year 1914.  The directory lists 1,000's of residents and businesses from these areas, providing the resident's name, street address and telephone number (arranged alphabetically by town).  

Towns Included:

Annin Creek, Ansonia, Antrim, Asaph, Austin, Ayres Hill, Bingham Centre, Blackwells, Blossburg, Bristol, Brookland, Brookland Club, Brownlee, Burtville, Calder, Cameron, Card Creek, Carter Camp, Climer, Clintontown, Comes Corners, Coneville, Corryville, Costello, Coudersport, Covington, Cowanesque, Crandall Hill, Crosby, Cross Forks, Delmar, East Sharon, Eldred, Elkland, Elk Run, Elmer, Emporium, English Centre, Farmers Valley, Gaines, Galeton, Gardeau, Germania, Gold, Greyville, Grimes District, Harrison Valley, Hector, Heise Run, Holiday, Honeoye, Huntley, Indian Creek, Inez, Keating Summit, Kennedy, Knoxville, Kress, Landrus, Lansing, Larrabee, Lawrenceville, Leetonia, Liberty, Lick Run, Lincks, Long Hollow, Lyman Run. Mainsburg, Manhattan, Mansfield, Marsh Creek, Marshlands, Marvin Creek, Middlebury, Millport, Mills, Mixtown, Morris, Morris Run, Myrtle, Nauvoo, Nelson, Newerf, Newfield, Niles Valley, North Fork, Norway Ridge, Odin, Open Brook, Oregon Hill, Osceola, Oswayo, Pigeon Hill, Pine Grove, Portage Creek, Port Allegany, Potter Brook, Prentiss Vale, Raymond, Rock Run, Roulette, Sabinsville, Sartwell, Seven Bridges, Shawmut, Shingle House, Sinnemahoning, Sizerville, Skinner Creek, Smethport, Sterling Run, Stokesdale, Stone House, Stony Fork, Sweden Valley, Sunderlineville, Sunderlinville, Tiadaghton, Trout Brook, Trowsbridge's Corners, Turtle Point, Two Mile, Ulysses, Viner, Watrous, Wellsboro, West Branch, Westfield, West Pike, Whites Corners

Official Directory February 1, 1924

(Farmer's Mutual Telephone Co., 1924, 68 pages)

This is a telephone directory of Tioga County, PA for the year 1924.  The directory information is arranged by exchange and includes the resident's name and telephone number.  There is also a number of ads for local businesses throughout.

Towns Included:

Arnot, Covington, Blossburg, Crooked Creek, Elkland, Lawrenceville, Lindley, Mansfield, Middlebury, Morris, Morris Run, Nelson, Stonyfork, Tiadaghton, Tioga, Wellsboro

Official Directory July 1, 1925

(Citizens' Mutual Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1925, 54 pages)

This is a telephone directory of parts of Tioga County, PA for the year 1924.  The directory information is arranged by exchange and includes the resident's name and telephone number.  There is also a number of ads for local businesses throughout.

Towns Included:

Bentley Creek, East Smithfield, Lawrenceville, Mansfield, Millerton, Mosherville, Roseville, Sylvania, Tioga, Troy, Wetona

Official Directory July 15th, 1932

(Citizen's Mutual Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1932, 56 pages)

This is a telephone directory of parts of Tioga County, PA for the year 1924.  The directory information is arranged by exchange and includes the resident's name and telephone number.  There is also a number of ads for local businesses throughout.

Towns Included:

Bentley Creek, East Smithfield, Mainsburg, Mansfield, Millerton, Mosherville, Roseville, Sylvania, Tioga, Troy, Wetona

Tioga County Bell Telephone Company

April 1934 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1934, 56 pages)

This is a telephone directory of the residences and businesses of Tioga County and a small portion of Potter County for the year 1934.  The directory information is arranged alphabetically by town and includes the resident's (or business') name, street address and telephone number.  There is also a small classified section of business listings at the end.

Towns Included:

Antrim, Ansonia, Arnot, Asaph, Blackwell, Blossburg, Covington, Cross Fork, Elkland, Germania, Harrison Valley, Knoxville, Lawrenceville, Liberty, Mainesburg, Mansfield, Marsh Creek, Mills, Middlebury, Morris, Morris Run, Nelson, North Fork, Osceola, Pigeon Hill, Tioga, Watrous, Wellsboro, Westfield

Official Directory June 1st, 1935

(Citizen's Mutual Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1935, 56 pages)

This is a telephone directory of parts of Tioga and Bradford Counties, PA for the year 1935.  The directory information is arranged alphabetically by town and includes the resident's name and telephone number.  There is also a number of ads for local businesses throughout.

Towns Included:

Bentley Creek, East Smithfield, Mainsburg, Mansfield, Millerton, Mosherville, Roseville, Sylvania, Tioga, Troy, Wetona

Coudersport and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory - June 1939

(Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1939, 110 pages)

This is a telephone directory of covering parts of Elk, McKean, Potter and Tioga Counties, PA for the year 1939.  The directory lists 1,000's of residents and businesses from these areas, providing the resident's name, street address and telephone number (arranged alphabetically by town).  It also includes the "Yellow Pages" classified directory of businesses from the same area.

Towns Included:

Aiken, Allen Station, Annincreek, Austin, Backus, Bellrun, Bells Camp, Betula, Big Shanty, Bingham, Bradford, Brookland, Bullis Mill, Burtville, Carter Camp, Chrystal, Clarkdale, Clermont, Colegrove, Colesburg, Coleville, Coneville, Conrad, Coryville, Costello, Coudersport, Cowanesque, Crosby, Cross Fork, Custer City, Cyclone, Dahoga, Dallas City, Davis City, Degolia, Derrick City, Duke Center, Durant City, East Bradford, East Sharon, Eldred, Eleven Mile, Elkland, Ellisburg, Farmers Valley, Ford Hill, Fullerton, Gaines, Galeton, Genesee, Germania, Gifford, Gilmore, Gold, Guffey, Halsey, Harrisburg Run, Harrison Valley, Haymaker, Hazel Hurst, Herring, Honeoye, Hull Station, Indian Creek, Inez, James City, Kane, Kanesholm, Keating Summit, Keystone, Knoxville, Kushequa, Lafayette, Larabee, Lewis Run, Liberty, Limestone (NY), Ludlow, Manhattan, Marshlands, Marvindale, McKinley, McKinley Station, Millport, Mills, Mina, Mount Alton, Mt. Jewett, Myrtle, Nansen, Newfield, North Fork, Norwich, Odin, Olivedale, Ormsby, Osceola, Oswayo, PCL Town, Port Allegany, Portage Creek, Potter Brook, Prentiss Vale, Raymond, Red Rock, Rew City, Rew, Rixford, Roulette, Sabinsville, Sartwell, Sawyer City, Sergeant, Shinglehouse, Smethport, Song Bird, Summit City, Sweden Valley, Tuna, Tuna Creek, Turtlepoint, Ulysses, Walton, Watrous, West Branch, Westfield, West Kane, Westline, West Pike, Wetmore, Wharton, Wigwam, Wrights