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 material was scanned from original publications and will be provided as text searchable PDFs (unless noted in description). These files can be read using many PDF reader programs (Windows / Mac / Linux), however Adobe Reader or Acrobat are recommended.

Phillipsburg - Including Nearby Points Telephone Directory
March 1948 (New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, 1948, 92 pages)
This is a telephone directory covering parts of Bucks and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania and parts of New Jersey, for the year 1948. The directory lists 1,000's of residents and businesses, and provides the resident's name, street address and telephone number arranged alphabetically by town. This directory does not include any "yellow pages" section.

Pennsylvania Towns Included:
Avon Heights, Bath, Belfast, Brodhead, Bucksville, Brosonville, Bushkill Center, Cedarville, Chapman Quarries, Cherry Hill, Chestnut Hill, Coffeetown, Cross Roads, Dannersville, Durham, Durham Furnace, Easton, Ferndale, Georgetown, Glendon, Harrow, Haycock Run, Hecktown, Highland Park, Island Park, Jacksonville, Kintersville, Klecknersville, Lehnenburg, Martins Creek, Moorestown, Narrowsville, Nazareth, Newburg, Odenweldertown, ottsville, Palmer Heights, Parkwood, Passer, Pleasant Valley, Raubsville, Redington, Revere, Reigelsville, Sandts Eddy, Seemsville, Seipsville, South Easton, Springtown, Stockertown, Tatamy, Tohickon, Upper Black Eddy, Walters, West Easton, Wilson Borough, Zucksville

New Jersey Towns Included:
Alpha, Amsterdam, Baptistown, Barbertown, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Heights, Brainards, Carpentersville, Delaware Park, Everittstown, Fairview Heights, Finesville, Frenchtown, Greens Bridge, Harmony, Harmony Station, Heckman Terrace, Hillcrest, Holland, Hughesville, Untingdton, Ingersoll Heights, Kingwood, Little York Locktown, Lopatocomg Township, Lower Harmony, Martins Creek, Milford, Morris Park, Mount Joy, Mount Pleasant, New Village, Palmyra, Phillipsburg, Pittstown, Port Warren, Revencroft, Ravenswood, Reigel Ridge, Reigelsville, Shimer Manor, Spring Mills, Springtown, Stewartsville, Stewartsville Heights, Still Valley, Straw Church, Uniontown, Upper Harmony, Valley View, Vulcanite, Warren Glen

Bittler's Northampton County, Pennsylvania Farm Directory
1948 Edition (Chas F. & C. M. Louise Bittler, 1948, 76 pgaes)
This is a 1948 edition of Bittler's Northampton County Farm Directory containing over 3,000 farm listings. The listings are alphabetically arranged according to townships and boroughs, and note the name and address of each farm as well as acres. There are also numerous ads for local businesses throughout.

Bittler's Northampton County, Pennsylvania Farm Directory
1950 Edition (Chas F. & C. M. Louise Bittler, 1950, 96 pgaes)
This is a 1950 edition of Bittler's Northampton County Farm Directory containing over 3,000 farm listings. The listings are alphabetically arranged according to townships and boroughs, and note the name and address of each farm as well as acres. There are also numerous ads for local businesses throughout.

Polk's Bethlehem City Directory - 1953 (R. L. Polk & Co., 1953, 1250 pages)
This is a resident and business directory of Bethlehem and surrounding areas, Northampton County, PA for the year 1953. Bethlehem lies between Lehigh and Northampton Counties, in eastern PA. The publication starts with a classified business directory arranged by trade. After this comes the residential directory, listing 1,000's of residents and businesses from the area, providing the resident's (or business) name, mate's name, occupation, and street address. Following this is a numerical street directory listing residents and businesses by street number. This directory also includes telephone numbers for those households which had them.

Bangor - Pen Argyl - Portland - Saylorsburg
And Nearby Points Telephone Directory - March 1955
(Pennsylvania Community Telephone Co., 1955, 136 pages)
This is a telephone directory covering parts of Northampton County, Pennsylvania for the year 1955. The directory lists 1,000's of residents and businesses, and provides the resident's name, street address and telephone number arranged alphabetically by town. This directory also includes the "yellow pages" section covering the businesses of the same area. There are a few pages missing from the yellow pages section, however all of the directory information is present.

Towns Included:
Achenback Hill, Ackermanville, Alpha, Bangor, Kunkletown, Little Gap, Martins Creek, McIlhaney, Meyers Crossing, Middle Village, Mount Bethel, North Bangor, Pen Argyl, Pompeii, Portland, Richmond, Roseto, Ross Common, Saylors Lake, Saylorsburg, Sciota, Slateford, Smith Gap, Snydersville, Stiers, Stone Church, Stormville, Trachsville, West Bangor, West Pen Argyl, Wind Gap

Easton and Nearby Points Telephone Directory
February 1956 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1956, 308 pages)
This is a telephone directory covering parts of Bucks and Northampton, Counties, Pennsylvania and parts of New Jersey for the year 1956. The directory information lists the resident's name, street address and telephone number arranged alphabetically by town. This directory also includes the "yellow pages" section covering the businesses of the same area.

Pennsylvania Towns Covered:
Avon Heights, Bath, Belfast, Brodhead, Bucksville, Bushkill Center, Cedarville, Chapman Quarries, Cherry Hill, Chestnut Hill, Coffeetown, Cross Roads, Dannersville, Durham Furnace, Easton, Erwinna, Ferndale, Glendon, Harrow, Haycock Run, Hecktown, Highland Park, Island Park, Jacksonville, Kintnersville, Klecknersville, Lehnenburg, Moorestown, Narrowsville, Nazareth, Newburg, Odenweldertown, Ottsville, Palmer Heights, Parkwood, Passer, Pipersville, Pleasant Valley, Raubsville, Redington, Revere, Reigelsville, Sandts Eddy, Seemsville, Seipsville, South Easton, Springtown, Stockertown, Tatamy, Tohickon, Uhlerstown, Upper Black Eddy, Walters, West Easton, Wilson Borough, Zucksville

New Jersey Towns Covered:
Alpha, Amsterdam, Baptistown, Barbertown, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Heights, Brainards, Carpentersville, Delaware Heights, Delaware Park, Everittstown, Fairview Heights, Finesville, Frenchtown, Greens Bridge, Harmony, Harmony Station, Heckman Terrace, Hillcrest, Holland, Hughesville, Huntington, Kingwood, Little York, Locktown, Milford, Morris Park, Mount Joy, Mount Pleasant, New Village, Palmyra, Parkside, Phillipsburg, Pittstown, Port Warren, Reigel Ridge, Reigelsville, Shimer Manor, Spring Mills, Springtown, Stewartsville, Stewartsville Heights, Still Valley, Unionville, Valley View, Warren Glen

Polk's Bethlehem City Directory - 1957
(R. L. Polk & Co., 1957, 1242 pages)
This is a resident and business directory of Bethlehem and surrounding areas, Northampton County, PA for the year 1957. Bethlehem lies between Lehigh and Northampton Counties, in eastern PA. The publication starts with a classified business directory arranged by trade. After this comes the residential directory, listing 1,000's of residents and businesses from the area, providing the resident's (or business) name, mate's name, occupation, and street address. Following this is a numerical street directory listing residents and businesses by street number. This directory also includes telephone numbers for those households which had them.

Polk's Easton (Northampton County, PA.) City Directory 1957
and Phillipsburg (Warren County, NJ) (R. L. Polk & Co., 1957, 1456 pages)
This is a resident and business directory of the areas of Easton, Northampton County, PA and Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ, for the year 1957. The publication starts with a classified business directory arranged by trade. After this comes the residential directory, listing 1,000's of residents and businesses from the area, providing the resident's (or business) name, mate's name, occupation, and street address. Following this is a numerical street directory listing residents and businesses by street number. This directory also includes telephone numbers for those households which had them. The same information arrangement is repeated for the Phillipsburg, NJ area.

Bittler's Northampton County, Pennsylvania Farm Directory
1958 Edition (Chas F. & C. M. Louise Bittler, 1958, 72 pgaes)
This is a 1958 edition of Bittler's Northampton County Farm Directory containing over 3,800 farm listings. The listings are alphabetically arranged according to townships and boroughs, and note the name and address of each farm as well as acres. There are also numerous ads for local businesses throughout.

Polk's Easton (Northampton County, PA.) City Directory 1959
and Phillipsburg (Warren County, NJ) (R. L. Polk & Co., 1959, 934 pages)
This is a resident and business directory of Bethlehem and surrounding areas, Northampton County, PA for the year 1959. Bethlehem lies between Lehigh and Northampton Counties, in eastern PA. The publication starts with a classified business directory arranged by trade. After this comes the residential directory, listing 1,000's of residents and businesses from the area, providing the resident's (or business) name, mate's name, occupation, and street address. Following this is a numerical street directory listing residents and businesses by street number. This directory also includes telephone numbers for those households which had them.

Polk's Bethlehem City Directory - 1959
(R. L. Polk & Co., 1959, 1224 pages)
This is a resident and business directory of the cities of Easton [Northampton Co., PA] and Phillipsburg [Warren Co., NJ] for the year 1959. It also covers the boroughs of West Easton and Wilson, and Palmer Township, Northampton Co., PA. The publication begins with a classified business directory, listing businesses alphabetically by trade. Following this is the resident directory, listing residents and businesses alphabetically. It includes the primary resident's name, their mate's names, children's names along with ages, occupation/employer of the primary resident and street address of the household. After this portion, there is an additional numerical street directory of the city, listing addresses numerically by street along with the resident's name and telephone number. Finally, there is a numerical telephone directory, listing residents by telephone number. Following the directory listings on Easton and vicinity, there is a resident directory and a numerical street directory for Phillipsburg.