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

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AL01 - Allegheny County PA - Everything Collection (All Collections on Allegheny County)

AL02 - County History & Biography Collection
History of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania (L. H. Everts, 1876, 325 pages)
Allegheny County: Its Early History and Subsequent Development (A. A. Lambing & J. W. F. White, 1888, 343 pages)
History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., 1889, 1426 pages)
Biographical Review - Pittsburgh and the Vicinity, Pennsylvania (Biographical Review Publishing Co., 1897, 543 pages)
Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Personal and Genealogical (Northwestern Historical Association, 1904, 1078 pages)
Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley (John W. Jordan, 1913, 1402 pages)
Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (John W. Jordan, 1915, 1996 pages)

AL03 - Regional and Miscellaneous History Collection
Town, Township & Regional Histories
Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the Centennial Year (George H. Thurston, 1876, 308 pages)
Recollections of Seventy Years and Historical Gleanings of Allegheny, Pennsylvania (Judge John E. Parke, 1886, 386 pages)
Pittsburgh and Allegheny Illustrated Review - Historical, Biographical and Commercial (J. W. Leonard, 1889, 134 pages)
Pittsburgh and Allegheny Photo-Gravures (R. S. Davis & Co., ~1890-1900, 34 pages)
Light and Shadows of Sewickley Life: or Memories of Sweet Valley (Agnes L. Ellis, 1893, 252 pages)
Views of Pittsburg (Mortgage Banking Company, ~1903, 98 pages)
Souvenir of Pittsburgh (Lyman H. Nelson Co., ~1905, 33 pages)
Pittsburgh Sesqui-Centennial Celebration (1908, 79 pages)
150 Years of Unparalleled Thrift - Pittsburgh Sesqui-Centennial - Official History and Programme (Edward White, 1908, 64 pages)
Sketches - Serious and Otherwise - Men of Pittsburgh and Vicinity (W. A. Washburn, 1914, 142 pages)
Forest Hills Community Golden Jubilee 1919-1969 (Golden Jubilee Committee, 1969, 134 pages)

Church, Family, Education, Military and Miscellaneous Histories
Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania Their Industries and Commerce, Resources and Prospects (Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh, 1885, 131 pages)
Industrial and Commercial Resources of [Western] Pennsylvania (Historical Publishing Company, 1887, 144 pages)
Pittsburgh the Powerful (Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, 1907, 110 pages)
The Great Flood of 1907 Souvenir [Pittsburgh] (Anonymous, 1907, 28 pages)
Coraopolis District Servicemen's Honor Roll recording names of men and women of Coraopolis and Moon and Crescent Townships engaged in Military Activities (Keith-Holmes Post 402 VFW, 1943, 20 pages)
Young American Patriots - The Youth of Pennsylvania in World War II (National Publishing Company, 1946, 674 pages)
Flood 1972 (Pennsylvania Mirror, 1972, 48 pages)

AL04 - Maps Atlases & Images Collection
1851 Map of Allegheny County Pennsylvania (Sidney & Neff and S. M. Rea, Color)
1862 Map of Allegheny Co. Pennsylvania (S. N. & F. W. Beers and Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Color)
1883 Map of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Otto Krebs, Color)
1890 Map of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania With Adjoining Parts of Westmoreland, Washington and Beaver Counties (Otto Krebs, Color)
1898 Farm Line Map of Allegheny County Pennsylvania (Chas. T. Rainey, Color)

Birds-eye Town Views
Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Birmingham (1871, Otto Krebs)
View of Pittsburgh & Allegheny (1874, Otto Krebs)
Pittsburgh & Allegheny (1876, Armor, Feurhake & Co.)
City of McKeesport & Vicinity (1893, Otto Krebs’ Sons & Co.)
Verona & Oakmont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (1896, by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Carnegie, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (1897, by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Duquesne, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (1897, by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Elizabeth and West Elizabeth, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (1897, by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Turtle Creek, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (1897, by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Wilmerding, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (1897, by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
McKee's Rocks, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (1901, by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Pitcairn, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (1901, by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (1901, by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Glassport, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania (1902, by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Homestead, Pennsylvania (1902, by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1902, by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Wilson and Mendelssohn, Pennsylvania (1902, by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)

AL05 - Directory Collection (1815-1911)
The Pittsburgh Directory, For 1815 (James M. Riddle, 1815, 162 pages)
The Pittsburgh Directory, For 1819 (J. M. Riddle, and M. M. Murray, 1819, 175 pages)
Pittsburgh in the Year Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-six (S. Jones, 1826, 178 pages)
Harris' Pittsburgh Business Directory for the Year 1837 (Isaac Harris, 1837, 468 pages)
Harris' Pittsburgh & Allegheny Directory [Including the Boroughs of Lawrenceville and Birmingham] (Isaac Harris, 1839, 240 pages)
Harris' General Business Directory of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny (Isaac Harris, 1841, 318 pages)
Harris' Business Directory of the Cities of Pittsburgh & Allegheny (Isaac Harris, 1844, 156 pages)
Harris' General Business Directory of the Cities of Pittsburgh & Allegheny (Isaac Harris, 1847, 292 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)
Prominent Families - Pittsburgh 1911 (The Index Company, 1911, 287 pages)

AL06 - Directory Collection (1929-1959)
1929 Polk's McKeesport City Directory, Including Dravosburg, Glassport, Otto, Port Vue and Versailles (R. L. Polk & Co., 1929, 974 pages)
New Kensington & Nearby Communities Telephone Directory - February 1948 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1948, 244 pages)
Polk's Pittsburgh City Directory - 1949, Including Mount Oliver Borough (R. L. Polk & Co., 1950, 1942 pages)
Polk's Pittsburgh City Directory - 1952, Including Mount Oliver Borough (R. L. Polk & Co., 1953, 2028 pages)
Beaver Valley and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory - January 1954 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1954, 420 pages)
Polk's Pittsburgh City Directory - 1958, Including Mount Oliver Borough (R. L. Polk & Co., 1959, 2132 pages)
Belle Vernon - Fayette City - West Newton - and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory [1959-60] (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1959, 236 pages)