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 material was scanned from original publications and will be provided as text searchable PDFs (unless noted in description). You will receive an email with the download link after purchasing online. These files can be read using many PDF reader programs (Windows / Mac / Linux), however Adobe Reader or Acrobat are recommended.

(*** These files of this collection are not text searchable ***)

Maps & Atlases
1857 Map of Venango County Pennsylvania (Irwin, Heydrick & Heydrick, Color)
1860's Oil Regions of Venango County Pennsylvania (Unattributed, Color)
1864 Lloyd's Map of the Great Oil Region (J. T. Lloyd, 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 Hunt's Improved Map of Venango County Oil Regions (John Hunt, Color)
1890 Map of Cornplanter Township, Venango Co., PA. (C. I. Neydrick & L. P. Nancock, Color)

Birds-eye Town Views
Oil City, Pennsylvania (1896, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Emlenton, Venango County, Pennsylvania (1897, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
View of the City of Franklin, Pa. (1901, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)