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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County Histories & Biographical Volumes

History of Warren County Pennsylvania

(J. S. Schench & W. S. Rann, 1887, 908 pages)

This is an early history of Warren County Pennsylvania.  The first several chapters focus on the early history of the area, its native inhabitants, French and English domination of the area and the Revolutionary War.  Later chapters deal with the settlements which displaced the native inhabitants, and the subsequent growth of the area.  Several chapters also cover the Civil War and the part that various regiments from the county played.  Following this are chapters dealing with the county's towns and townships.  Finally at the end of the publication is a section including biographical sketches of many of the county's prominent individuals and families.  There are also several dozen portraits of important men of the county included.

Surname Sketches:

Abbott, Acocks, Acomb, Agrelius, Akins, Akeley, Alger, Allen, Amann, Anderson, Andrews, Arnold, Arthur, Axtell, Ayer, Babcock, Baird, Baker, Baldensperger, Ballard, Barlow, Barnes, Bartsch, Basset, Bates, Beaty, Beck, Belkap, Benedict, Beyer, Bimber, Bines, Bishop, Blair, Blanchard, Blodget, Boeshclin, Bonner, Bowen, Boyd, Bracken, Brasington, Breitenbaker, Brennan, Brightman, Briggs, Brondage, Brooks, Brown, Bucklin, Bull, Burroughs, Butterfield, Cady, Campbell, Cargill, Carter, Case, Chaffee, Chapin, Chapman, Chase, Cheeney, Clapp, Clark, Clendenning, Cobb, Colby, Cole, Conklin, Connely, Cooney, Cornen, Covell, Crocker, Cumings, Cummings, Currie, Curtiss, Curwen, Dalrymple, Dalton, Darling, Davis, Dawson, Dean, Deming, Demmon, Dennigan, Dennison, Dewey, Dible, Diefendorf, Dietch, Dickinson, Dinsmoor, Donaldson, Dunham, Dupree, Duprey, Durant, Eldred, Ellis, Emerson, English, Erickson, Evans, Ewald, Ewer, Falconer, Farnsworth, Fisher, Flasher, Flatt, Fletcher, Forbes, Foster, Fox, Francis, Franklin, Frantz, Fuellhart, Fuller, Gage, Garcelon, Gardner, Garfield, Gautz, George, Gibbs, Gilson, Goodwin, Gorman, Goudy, Gould, Graham, Grandin, Gray, Green, Gregg, Gregory, Grosch, Gross, Grossenburg, Grunder, Hale, Hall, Hallock, Hamilton, Hanchett, Hanpin, Harmon, Harrington, Hazard, Hazeltine, Hertzel, Highhouse, Hill, Hinsdale, Hodges, Holman, Holt, Horner, Hopkins, Horn, Hosterman, Houghtling, Houghton, Houghwot, Howard, Hull, Humphrey, Hunter, Hutchinson,  Irvine, Jackson, Jacobs, Jamieson, Jenkins, Jennings, Jewell, Jobes, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Kablin, Kafferlin, Keiker, Keller, Kelley, Kennedy, Kilburn, Kinnear, Kitchen, Knapp, Knoph, La Bree, Lacy, Lake, Langdon, Lauffenberger, Lauffer, Learn, Leiter, Leonard, Lesser, Livermore, Logan, Long, Loree, Love, Mabie, Mahan, Mandavill, Mandaville, Marsh, Martin, Mathis, Mattiston, McCall, McCoy, McDonald, McDowell, McGee, McGraw, McGuire, McIntosh, McIntyre, McKean, McKelvey, McKinney, McKitrick, McMillen, McNett, McWilliams, Mead, Merkle, Merrihew, Merritt, Metzger, Miles, Miller, Mix, Morgan, Morian, Morrison, Morton, Mowris, Mudge, Murphy, Murray, Myers, Nesmith, Newman, Neyhart, Nichols, Nobbs, Offerle, O'Gorman, Orr, Osgood, Packard, Parker, Patch, Patchen, Pearce, Peck, Perry, Peterson, Phillips, Pier, Pierce, Place, Porter, Porterfield, Pratt, Proper, Putnam, Quillian, Raymond, Rickerson, Ridelsperger, Rieg, Robinson, Rogers, Root, Roper, Rouse, Rowe, Rowland, Rowley, Roy, Ruhlman, Ruland, Russell, Sampson, Samuelson, Sanford, Schramling, Schrick, Schuler, Scofield, Scott, Seabury, Seaver, Sechriest, Seigrist, Shaw, Shippee, Shortt, Shutt, Siggins, Smedley, Smith, Smutz, Snapp, Somers, Speckman, Spencer, Spoon, Stanford, Starrett, Stephens, Stilson, Stone, Storum, Strand, Strong, Stuart, Struthers, Stutts, Sutter, Sweeting, Swift, Tanner, Taylor, Thacher, Thomas, Thompson, Tompsett, Truman, Trushel, Tuneberg, Twining, Tucker, Van Eps, Van Guilder, Vanmon, Van Orsdale, Van Sickel, Venness, Vermilyea, Virgil, Waite, Wales, Walker, Wallace, Walling, Walter, Walton, Walz, Ward, Waterhouse, Watson, Watt, Watts, Way, Weiler, Weld, Wellman, Welsh, Wentworth, Wentz, Wenzel, Wetmore, Whaley, Wheeler, Wheelock, White, Whitehead, Whitcomb, Whitman, Whitney, Wickwire, Wickhizer, Wiederhold, Wilcox, Williams, Wilson, Wollaston, Woodburn, Wright, Yagle, Yates, Young

Book of Biographies.  This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens

of the Thirty-Seventh Judicial District Pennsylvania (Biographical Publishing Co., 1899, 610 pages)

This is a compilation of biographical sketches from the 37th Judicial District, which at the time encompassed Warren and Forest Counties, Pennsylvania.  The sketches represent some of the prominent and important citizens of these counties.  Some of the sketches are also accompanied by portaits of the sketch subject.

Sketch Surnames: 

Andrews, Arird, Ayer, Baker, Ball, Barnes, Beals, Bean, Beaty, Beck, Becker, Bines, Black, Blodgett, Booth, Bordwell, Boss, Bovard, Bowman, Boyd, Braley, Branch, Briggs, Brown, Bruner, Bucklin, Cable, Caldwell, Campbell, Carson, Chadwick, cheney, Church, Clark, Clawson, Cobham, Cole, Collins, Curtis, Curwen, Daniels, Davis, Dawson, Deming, Denniston, Dervin, Dinsmoor, Doughty, Dunham, Dunkle, Durham, Eden, Eddy, Eisenbrown, Elliott, Ellis, English, Evans, Falconer, Farnsworth, Flatt, Francis, Franklin, Gale, Gass, Gaul, Geist, Gildersleeve, Gillespie, Gillis, Gilson, Glenn, Goal, Grandin, Gray, Greaves, Greene, Grettenberger, Grindlay, Hamilton, Hassinger, Hazeltine, Heath, Hertzel, Highhouse, Hill, HImes, Hinckley, Hodges, Horton, Hunt, Hunter, Huntington, Irvine, Irwin, Jackson, Jacobs, Jamieson, Jarvis, Johnson, Jones, Keeny, Keller, Kemble, Kemp, Kerr, Killmer, King, Kinnear, Kippel, Kirkpatrick, Knabb, Kreitler, Lamkin, Lawrence, Lesser, Lindsey, MacGowan, Mainwaring, Marsh, Marshall, Martin, Masterson, Maze, McAlpin, McCabe, McCain, McCall, McChesney, McCray, McKelvey, McKinney, McLaren, Mead, Merkle, Miles, Mitchell, Mitchlen, Mooney, Moore, Morris, Morrison, Mowris, Muir, Muse, Nash, Neill, Nesmith, Newmaker, Noyes, Nutting, Offerlee, O'Neil, Oviatt, Parker, Paul, Pearce, Phillis, Pratt, Priestley, Price, Proper, Pryor, Putnam, Quinn, Radeker, Ritchey, Rogers, Rohrer, Rose, Roy, Russell, Ryan, Sandtrom, Schneider, Schuler, Sechreist, Secor, Shearer, Sheldon, Shortt, Siegfried, Siggins, Sill, Simpson, Slater, Sliter, Smith, Sterling, Stewart, Stone, Storum, Stryker, Swain, Sweeting, Tallman, Tate, Thompson, Tochterman, Towler, Trushel, Utter, Von Zastrow, Wagner, Walton, Warren, Waters, Watson, Wead, Weaver, Weiler, Wetmore, Whan, Wheeler, Wheelock, Wilkins, Winger, Wood, Yates, Young

Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania

(W. J. McKnight, 1905, 719 pages)

The Full title is: "A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Embracing the Counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer, Also A Pioneer Sketch of the Cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda"  This publication is a historical account of the early beginnings of several counties in Northwestern PA.  The information is more focused on historical details than biographical, but it still contains a great deal of information useful for historical or genealogical research.

Miscellaneous Histories

Industrial and Commercial Resources of [Western] Pennsylvania

(Historical Publishing Company, 1887, 125 pages)

This publication is a history and description of the business operations from a dozens of towns throughout north and western Pennsylvania.  Each business is detailed in sketch form, giving, in many cases, a brief history of its existence, management, and a description of its operations.  This information was only published in this publication making this a rare and useful resource for historical or genealogical research in these counties of PA.

From Warren County

-- From Tidioute: -- Tidioute Chair Co., Limited, A. Dunn, Z. M. Jones, D. W. Clarke, W. D. Bucklin, J. Brennan, John Siggins, John O. Strong, Henry Ewald, J. A. Ulf, Chas. A. Allen, Gilfillen & Coppil, E. A. Baldwin, J. L. Acomb, W. E. Stephens

Maps, Atlases & Town Views

Maps & Atlases (*** Files are not text searchable ***)

1838 Map of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Andrew H. Ludlow, Color)

1864 Map o f the Oil District of Venango, Crawford & Warren Counties, Pennsylvania (R. C. Root, Anthony & Co., Color)

1865 Map of the Oil Region of Pennsylvania (Otto Krebs, Color)

1865 Beers, Ellis & Soule's Map of Venango Co. Penn. (F. W. Beers & Co., Color)

1865 Map of Warren County Pennsylvania (R. L. Barnes & R. R. Russell, Color)

1865 Map of Warren Co., PA. (Beers, Ellis & Soule, Color)

1865 Hunt's Improved Map of Warren County Pennsylvania (J. P. Hunt, Color)

1878 Howden & Odbert's Atlas of Warren County Pennsylvania (J. A. Howden & A. Odbert, 131 pages, B/W)

1881 A Map of the Original Warrants of Portions of Warren & Forest Counties (John Gardiner, Color)

1882 Map of the Oil Fields of Warren and Forest Counties Pennsylvania (J. L. Smith, Color)

1889 Map of Warren Co. Pa. (D. F. A. Wheelock, Color)

1900 Official Map of Warren Co. Pa. (N. B. Brakenridge, Color)

Birds-eye Town Views (*** Files are not text searchable ***)

Sheffield, Warren County, Pennsylvania (1895, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)

Tidioute, Warren County Pennsylvania (1896, T. M. Fowler)