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

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WR01 - Warren County PA - Everything Collection (All Collections on Warren County)

WR02 - County, Miscellaneous History & Directory Collection

County History & Biography Collection
History of Warren County Pennsylvania (J. S. Schench & W. S. Rann, 1887, 908 pages)
Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania (W. J. McKnight, 1905, 755 pages)

Church, Family, Education, Military and Miscellaneous Histories
Industrial and Commercial Resources of [Western] Pennsylvania (Historical Publishing Company, 1887, 144 pages)

Directory Collection (1872-1944)
General Directory for the Oil Regions of Pennsylvania for 1872-73 (Jno. M. Arters, 1872, 341 pages)
First Annual Directory of Clarendon (Times Steam Print, 1882, 56 pages)
Titusville, Oil City, Franklin and Warren Directory For 1884 (J. H. Lant, 1884, 272 pages)
Warren County Business and General Directory for 1886 (S. P. Johnson, 1886, 228 pages)
Titusville City Directory 1890-91 Also a Containing a Complete Directory of Warren Borough (W. H. Armitage, 1890, 216 pages)
William & Kirwin's Warren Duplex Directory 1901-1902 (Williams & Kirwin, 1901, 300 pages)
Warren, Pa. Directory 1906 (Kirwin & Armitage Directory Co., 1906, 334 pages)
Directory of the Mutual Telephone Co., and American Union Telephone Co., Erie County, PA - June 1908 (Mutual Telephone Co., & American Union Telephone Co., 1908, 164 pages)
Warren Borough and Warren County Directory 1914 (Kirwin & Latham, 1914, 318 pages)
Polk's Warren Directory 1930 (R. L. Polk & Co., Inc., 1930, 684 pages)
Polk's Warren City Directory 1943-44 (R. L. Polk & Co., 1944, 522 pages)
Erie and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory - July 1945 (Pennsylvania Telephone Corporation, 1945, 236 pages)
Erie and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory - July 1952 (General Telephone Company of PA, 1952, 468 pages)

WR03 - Maps Atlases & Images Collection

Maps & Atlases
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
Sheffield, Warren County, Pennsylvania (1895, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Tidioute, Warren County Pennsylvania (1896, T. M. Fowler)