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

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IN01 - Indiana County PA - Everything Collection (All Collections on Indiana County)

IN02 - County and Regional History Collection

County History & Biography Collection
The History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, Perry, Somerset, Cambria, and Indiana Co. (I. Daniel Rupp, 1848, 711 pages)
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (John M. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley, 1891, 613 pages)
Souvenir Program Indiana County Sesquicentennial 1803-1853 (Indiana County Sesquicentennial Association, 1953, 86 pages)

Town, Township & Regional Histories
The Valley of the Conemaugh (Thomas J. Chapman, 1865, 201 pages)
Blairsville Souvenir and Industrial Prospects (Blairsville Board of Trade, Samuel Griffin, 1898, 99 pages)
The Pageant of Blairsville 1748-1925 and Souvenir Program of Old Home Week (Anonymous, 1925, 60 pages)
Homer City, Penn'a and Center Township; Indiana County, Penn'a Commission for the Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington (1932, 126 pages)
Indiana Echoes - Indiana, PA Sesquicentennial 1816-1966 Program, History and Picture Album (1966, 52 pages)

IN03 - Church, Family, Education, Military and Miscellaneous History Collection

Church, Family, Education, Military and Miscellaneous Histories
Young American Patriots - The Youth of Pennsylvania in World War II (National Publishing Company, 1946, 674 pages)
General Marshall's Victory Report [Indiana County, PA] (U.S. War Department, 1946-47, 152 pages)
A Brief History of the Ray Family of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Leonard N. Ray, 1943, 21 pages)
Early Wills and Administrations of Northumberland County, PA. Also the same of Union, Mifflin and Indiana Co. (Dr. Charles A. Fisher, 1950, 80 pages)

Maps & Atlases
1856 Map of Indiana County Pennsylvania (Surveys by David Peelor, Published by William J. Barker, Color)
1871 Atlas of Indiana Co., Pennsylvania (F. W. Beers & Co., 42 pages, B/W)

Birds-eye Town Views
Indiana, Pennsylvania (1900, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)

IN04 - Directory Collection (1876-1957)
1876-7 Wiggins & McKillop's General Directory of Cambria, Indiana & Westmoreland Counties (Wiggins & McKillop, 1876, 331 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)
Telephone Directory April 1914 - Bedford, Cambria, Indiana, Somerset and Westmoreland Counties (Central District Telephone Co., 1914, 138 pages)
1930 Indiana, Penna. Directory (Calvin-Kelly Directory Company, 1930, 252 pages)
1932 Indiana, Penna. Directory (Calvin-Kelly Directory Company, 1932, 236 pages)
1934 Indiana, Penna. Directory (Calvin-Kelly Directory Company, 1934, 230 pages)
1940-1941 Rural Directory - Indiana County (C. S. Burke, 1940, 54 pages)
Indiana Pennsylvania Con Survey City Directory 1942 (Mullin-Kille Company, 1942, 186 pages)
Indiana and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory - April 1943 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1943, 80 pages)
1945 Indiana, Penna. City Directory (Calvin-Kelly Directory Company, 1945, 308 pages)
Indiana Pennsylvania Con Survey City Directory 1947 (Mullin-Kille Company, 1947, 290 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)
Ebensburg and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory - February 1955 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1955, 166 pages)
Punxsutawney - Mehaffey and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory - October 1957 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1957, 120 pages