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 Bedford County, PA (Please see individual collection listings for detailed descriptions of titles.)

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BD01 - Bedford County PA - Everything Collection (All Collections on Bedford County)

BD02 - County, Regional and Misc History & Maps Collection

County History & Biography Collection

The History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, Perry, Somerset, Cambria, and Indiana Counties (I. Daniel Rupp, 1848, 711 pages)
History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania (Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884, 779 pages)
Biographical Review - Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Bedford and Somerset Co., PA (Biographical Review Publishing Co., 1899, 312 pages)
Annals of Bedford County, Pennsylvania (William P. Schell, 1907, 91 pages)
In Pioneer Days and Historical Notes on Bedford, PA (Inquirer Printing Company, 1934, 28 pages)
A Brief History of Bedford Pennsylvania From Pioneer Days to the Present (Annie M. Gilchrist, 1955, 37 pages)

Church, Family, Education, Military and Miscellaneous Histories

Industrial and Commercial Resources of [Northern] Pennsylvania (Historical Publishing Company, 1887, 125 pages)

Maps Atlases & Images
1850's Bedford Co., PA (Unattributed, Color)
1861 Map of Bedford County Pa (E. L. Walker, Color)
1877 County Atlas of Bedford Pennsylvania (F. W. Beers & Co., 41 pages, B/W)

Birds-eye Town Views
Everett, Bedford County, PA 1905 (T. M. Fowler, 1905)
Birds Eye View of Hyndman, Bedford Co., PA (Fowler & Kelly, 1906)

BD03 - Directory Collection (1886-1959)
Farquhar's Directory of Bedford County, 1886, Volume II (J. B. Farquhar, 1886, 184 pages)
Telephone Directory April 1914 - Bedford, Cambria, Indiana, Somerset and Westmoreland Counties (Central District Telephone Co., 1914, 138 pages)
United Telephone Directory - June 1923 - Northern District (United Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1923, 176 pages)
Altoona - Hollidaysburg - Tyrone and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - October 1941 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1941, 154 pages)
Telephone Directory - Bedford and Nearby Points - September 1946 (The United Telephone Company of PA, 1946, 76 pages)
Telephone Directory - Bedford and Nearby Points - September 1956 (The United Telephone Company of PA, 1956, 148 pages)
Telephone Directory - Huntingdon and Nearby Points - December 1956 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1956, 130 pages)
Telephone Directory - Bedford and Nearby Points - September 1958 (The United Telephone Company of PA, 1958, 168 pages)
Fishertown & Osterburg Supplemental Directory - June 1959 (The United Telephone Company of PA, 1959, 12 pages)
Telephone Directory - Bedford and Nearby Points - September 1959 (The United Telephone Company of PA, 1959, 172 pages)