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

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LB01 - Lebanon County Genealogy Everything Collection (All Collections on Lebanon County)

LB02 - County and Regional History Collection

County History & Biography Collection
History of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon (I. Daniel Rupp, 1844), 500 pages)
History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon in the Commonwealth of PA: Biographical and Genealogical (William Henry Egle, 1883, 1043 pages)
Ancient and Historic Landmarks in the Lebanon Valley (Rev. P. C. Croll, 1895, 335 pages)
Biographical Annals of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1904, 845 pages)
A History of the Lebanon Valley in Pennsylvania (Dr. Hiram H. Shenk, 1930, 627 pages)

Town, Township & Regional Histories
Souvenir Book Old Home Week and Sesqui-Centennial 1760-1910 (Anonymous, 1910, 148 pages)
Lebanon Pennsylvania (Lebanon Chamber of Commerce, 1918, 34 pages)
Lebanon's Bicentennial - 1940 (Executive Committee, 1940, 128 pages)
This is Palmyra 1760-1960 (Bicentennial Committee, 1960, 209 pages)
Bicentennial [Palmyra, PA] (Anonymous, 1960, 32 pages)
North Lebanon Township - A History (Centennial Committee For an Historical Publication, 1976, 114 pages)

LB03 - Church, Family, Education, Military and Miscellaneous Histories Collection
Industries of Pennsylvania The Cities of Lancaster, Lebanon and Mount Joy Historical and Descriptive Review (Richard Edwards, 1880, 118 pages)
Industrial and Commercial Resources of Pennsylvania (Historical Publishing Company, 1886, 122 pages)
Genealogy of the Meyer Family (Henry Meyer, 1890, 129 pages)
A History of Tabor, First Reformed Church, Lebanon, Penna. (Rev. D. Earnest Klopp, 1892, 79 pages)
A History of St. Mark's Reformed Church and Sunday School, Lebanon, PA (I. Calvin Fisher, 1895, 81 pages)
Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever Baptismal and Marriage 1730-1779 (Anonymous, 1896, 79 pages)
Old Salem in Lebanon - A History of the Congregation and Town (Theodore E. Shumauk, 1898, 218 pages)
History of St. John's Reformed Church, 1858-1901 (Henry H. Ranck, 1901, 258 pages)
Centennial Celebration of the Organization of the First Conference of the Evangelical Church 1807-1907 (J. H. Shirey & S. L. Wiest, 1907, 106 pages)
History of St. Paul Klopp Reformed Church, Hamlin, PA (Rev. C. A. Butz, 1908, 64 pages)
Yearbook of St. Mark's Reformed Church - 1909 (I. Calvin Fisher, 1909, 71 pages)
Red: White: and Blue Badge - Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers (Penrose G. Mark, 1911, 592 pages)
Directory of the Directors and Teachers of the County and City of Lebanon 1916-1917 (Jno. W. Snoke, 1916, 58 pages)
Bindnagles Evangelical Lutheran Church Souvenir 1932 (Anonymous, 1932, 28 pages)
Hill Lutheran Church (Berg Kirche) 1733-1933 (Rev. P. C. Croll, 1933, 48 pages)
First [Tabor] Reformed Church, Lebanon, Pennsylvania 1760-1935 (William J. Hinke & William D. Happel, 1935, 128 pages)
Historical Booklet Commemorating the Centennial Anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lebanon, PA (Cleon F. Prowell, 1944, 26 pages)
125 Anniversary of Elias Union Church (1945, 25 pages)
Bindnagles Evangelical Lutheran Church Bicentennial Souvenir 1745-1945 (Anonymous, 1945, 29 pages)
General Marshall's Victory Report [Palmyra] (U.S. War Department, 1946-47, 162 pages)
General Marshall's Victory Report [Womelsdorf, Newmanstown, Stouchsburg] (U.S. War Department, 1946-47, 159 pages)
Bicentennial - The Moravian Church of Lebanon, PA 1747-1947 (1947, 45 pages)
In Memory of Our Honored Dead - Souvenir Program (Marine Corps League Lebanon Detachment, 1947, 52 pages)
1948 Directory - Year Book. The Luther Church, [St. James, Lebanon, St. John's Mt. Aetna] (Anonymous, 1948, 44 pages)
Bindnagles Evangelical Lutheran Church Souvenir 1957 (Anonymous, 1957, 29 pages)
Historic Bindnagles Church (Anonymous, ~1970's, 4 pages)

LB04 - Maps Atlases & Images Collection

Maps & Atlases
1860 Map of Lebanon County Pennsylvania (W. F. Brigdens, Color)
1875 County Atlas of Lebanon Pennsylvania (F. A. Davis, 62 pages, Color)

Birds-eye Town Views
View of Annville Pennsylvania (1888, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)
Newmanstown and Sheridan, Pennsylvania (1898, Bailey & Moyer)

LB05 - Directory Collection (1860-1923)
Boyd's Directory of Lebanon 1860 (William H. Boyd, 1860, 17 pages)
Gopsill's Directory of Lancaster, Harrisburg, Lebanon and York 1863-4 (James Gopsill, 1863, 428 pages)
The New Business Directory of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 1874 - 75 (William M. Breslin, 1874, 108 pages)
List of Subscribers - March 1st, 1886 [Telephone Directory, Eastern PA] (Pennsylvania Telephone Company, 1886, 84 pages)
Directory of Lebanon City and County 1889-'90 (The Lebanon Directory Co., 1889, 414 pages)
Boyd's Directory of Lebanon 1891-1893 (W. H. Boyd, 1891, 187 pages)
Harrisburg, Carlisle, Chambersburg, Waynesboro and Nearby Places Telephone Directory - June 1, 1913 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1913, 116 pages)
Farm and Business Directory of Lebanon County Pennsylvania - 1914 (Wilmer Atkinson Company, 1914, 221 pages)
Telephone Directory - November 1919 - Reading-Lebanon-Pottsville and Nearby Places (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1919, 156 pages)
Telephone Directory - May 1921 - Reading-Lebanon-Pottsville and Nearby Places (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1921, 172 pages)
Telephone Directory - November 1921 [Reading-Lebanon-Pottsville and Vicinity] (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1921, 188 pages)
Telephone Directory - May 1922 [Reading-Lebanon-Pottsville and Vicinity] (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1922, 200 pages)
United Telephone Directory - Southern District - June 1922 (United Telephone Company, 1922, 120 pages)
Telephone Directory - May 1923 [Reading-Lebanon-Pottsville and Vicinity] (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1923, 160 pages)
Telephone Directory - November 1923 [Reading-Lebanon-Pottsville and Vicinity] (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1923, 164 pages)

LB06 - Directory Collection (1924-1945)
Penn State Telephone Directory Southern District - June 1924 (The United Telephone Company, 1924, 132 pages)
Telephone Directory - Winter 1925 [Reading-Lebanon-Pottsville and Vicinity] (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1925, 218 pages)
Carlisle and Nearby Points - Telephone Directory - Winter 1928 (Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, 1928, 410 pages)
Harrisburg and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - Winter 1931-32 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1931, 380 pages)
Reading and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - Summer 1932 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1932, 288 pages)
Reading and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - March 1939 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1939, 248 pages)
Lancaster and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - June 1940 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1940, 234 pages)
Polk's Lebanon City Directory 1940 [Including Annville, Cleona, Myerstown & Palmyra] (R. L. Polk & Co., Inc., 1940, 832 pages)
Polk's Lebanon City Directory 1942 [Including Annville, Cleona, Myerstown & Palmyra] (R. L. Polk & Co., Inc., 1942, 846 pages)
Lebanon and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - May 1943 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1943, 136 pages)
Lebanon and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - June 1945 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1945, 184 pages)
York and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - June 1945 (York Telephone & Telegraph Co., 1945, 168 pages)
Polk's Lebanon City Directory 1945-46 [Including Annville, Cleona, Myerstown & Palmyra] (R. L. Polk & Co., Inc., 1946, 1062 pages)