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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WS01 - Westmoreland County PA - Everything Collection (All Collections on Westmoreland County)

WS02 - County, Regional and Miscellaneous History Collection
County History & Biography Collection
History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Sketches (George Dallas Albert, 1882, 831 pages)
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (John M. Greshem Co., & Samuel T. Wiley, 1890, 744 pages)
History of Westmoreland County Pennsylvania (John N. Boucher, 1906, 2190 pages)

Town, Township & Regional Histories
Historical Ligonier Valley - A Souvenir (William G. Irwin, 1898, 68 pages)
Laughlintown Penna. 1797-1947 (Anonymous, 1947, 85 pages)
Latrobe Pennsylvania 1854-1954 (Anonymous, 1954, 160 pages)
The Greater Greensburg Profile (William M. Henry, 1962, 442 pages)
History of Jeannette (Jeannette American Legion, 1976, 306 pages)

Church, Family, Education, Military and Miscellaneous Histories
A History of the Reformed Church Within the Bounds of the Westmoreland Classis (Committee of Classis, 1877, 238 pages)
Industrial and Commercial Resources of [Northern] Pennsylvania Review (Historical Publishing Company, 1887, 125 pages)
Industrial and Commercial Resources of [Western] Pennsylvania (Historical Publishing Company, 1887, 144 pages)
Illustrated Portfolio of Reformed Churches of Western Pennsylvania (J. N. Naly, 1894-1896, 172 pages)
Old Westmoreland: A History of Western Pennsylvania During the Revolution (Edgar W. Hassler, 1900, 206 pages)
Monument Number - Historic Souvenir Westmoreland County Soldiers and Sailors (Westmoreland Co. Soldiers' and Sailors' Veterans Assoc., 1925, 73 pages)

WS03 - Maps Atlases & Images Collection
Maps & Atlases
1857 Map of Westmoreland Co. Pennsylvania (J. D. Lake & N. S. Ames and Wm. J. Barker, Color)
1890 Map of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania With Adjoining Parts of Westmoreland, Washington and Beaver Counties (Otto Krebs, Color)

Birds-eye Town Views
New Kensington, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (1896, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Irwin, Pennsylvania (1897, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Jeannette, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (1897, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Derry Station, Pennsylvania (1900, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Latrobe, Pennsylvania (1900, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Ligonier, Pennsylvania (1900, T. M. Fowler)
Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania (1900, T. M. Fowler)
West Newton, Pennsylvania (1900, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Greensburg, Pennsylvania (1901, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
New Kensington, Pennsylvania (1902, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)

WS04 - Directory Collection (1876-1957)
1876-7 Wiggins & McKillop's General Directory of Cambria, Indiana & Westmoreland Counties (Wiggins & McKillop, 1876, 331 pages)
Wiggins' Directory of Greensburg and Westmoreland County for 1890-91 (J. Wiggins & Co., 1891, 490 pages)
List of Subscribers - The Central District Printing Telegraph Co., July 1894 (The Central District and Printing Telegraph Company, 1894, 186 pages)
Official Directory of the Central District & Printing Telegraph Co. May 1898 (Central District & Printing Telegraph Co., 1898, 410 pages)
Mowrey's Tri-State Directory - 1907 (Mowrey Directory Co., 1907, 544 pages)
Telephone Directory April 1914 - Bedford, Cambria, Indiana, Somerset and Westmoreland Counties (Central District Telephone Company, 1914, 138 pages)
Vandergrift, Apollo and Leechburg, PA 1929 Directory (The Calkin-Kelly Directory Company, 1929, 400 pages)
Vandergrift, Leechburg and Apollo Pennsylvania Con Survey Directory 1940 (Baldwin Con Survey Company, 1940, 490 pages)
Indiana and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory - April 1943 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1943, 80 pages)
Polk's Greensburg City Directory 1946 (R. L. Polk & Co., 1946, 582 pages)
New Kensington & Nearby Communities Telephone Directory - February 1948 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1948, 244 pages)
Indiana and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory - May 1952 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1952, 216 pages)
Indiana and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory - March 1954 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1954, 224 pages)
Greensburg and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory - April 1956 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1956, 336 pages)
Greensburg and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory - April 1957 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1957, 336 pages)