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

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FY01 - Fayette County PA - Everything Collection (All Collections on Fayette County)

FY02 - County, Regional, Miscellaneous History & Directory Collection

County History & Biography Collection
History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Franklin Ellis, 1882, 987 pages)
Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County Pennsylvania (John M. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley, 1889, 601 pages)
Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette and Greene Counties Pennsylvania (John W. Jordan, 1912, 1267 pages)
Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania (John W. Jordan, 1913, 1556 pages)

Church, Family, Education, Military and Miscellaneous Histories
Industrial and Commercial Resources of [Western] Pennsylvania (Historical Publishing Company, 1887, 144 pages)
Young American Patriots - The Youth of Pennsylvania in World War II (National Publishing Company, 1946, 674 pages)

Directories
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 - July 1915 - Fayette, Greene, Washington Counties and Monongahela Valley (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1915, 152 pages)
Polk's Connellsville City Directory 1942 [Including South Connellsville] (R. L. Polk & Co., 1942, 342 pages)
Belle Vernon - Fayette City - West Newton - and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory [1959-60] (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1959, 236 pages)

FY03 - Maps Atlases & Images Collection

Maps & Atlases
1850's Map of Fayette Co. PA. (Version 1, Unattributed, Color)
1850's Map of Fayette Co. PA. (Version 2, Unattributed, Color)
1858 Map of Fayette County Pennsylvania (Surveys by McLaughlin & Kinter, Published by Wm. J. Barker, Color)
1865 Map of Fayette Co. Pennsylvania (R. L. Barnes, Color)

Birds-eye Town Views
Bird's-eye-view Brownsville, Bridgeport, W. Brownsville, Pa. (1883, J. J. Stoner)
Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (1897, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Uniontown, Pennsylvania (1897, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Dunbar, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (1900, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Dawson, Pennsylvania (1902, T. M. Fowler)
Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania (1902, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Brownsville, Pennsylvania (1902, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Point Marion, Pennsylvania (1902, T. M. Fowler)