Pretty Evil Pennsylvania
Research Archive:

In the course of researching Pretty Evil Pennsylvania, I am collecting a great deal of research on the Pennsylvania counties of Allegheny, Butler, Lancaster, Lawrence, Mercer, Montgomery and Philadelphia (as well as Cape May, New Jersey) that - while not applicable to the book - may be of interest to other historical and genealogical researchers. As such, I am sharing it with readers.

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Thanks for reading.

Stephanie Hoover
January 2020

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Check back regularly (or use the above form to sign up for updates) as this list will grow throughout the course of my book research.

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Allegheny County Research Resources:

• Allegheny County Deed Indices, 1788-1904 and Deeds, 1788-1901

• Pittsburgh Atlases, 1872-1940

• Pittsburgh City Directories, 1815-1945

• Newspaper: Allegheny Times, 1988-1990, 1992-2001, 2003-2008

• Early Pittsburgh Newspapers Available Online from PSU's Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive (click the title to be taken to the link):

TITLE	STARTS AT	ENDS AT
Daily morning post.	1842-09-10	1843-07-28
The daily morning post.	1846-09-17	1855-11-24
The Daily Pittsburgh gazette and commercial journal.	1861-01-01	1863-12-31
The daily Pittsburgh gazette.	1851-01-09	1861-05-08
The daily Pittsburgh gazette.	1863-05-21	1866-01-06
The mystery.	1845-04-16	1845-04-16
Pittsburg dispatch.	1889-01-01	1892-12-31
Pittsburgh daily gazette and advertiser.	1847-03-29	1847-03-31
The Pittsburgh daily gazette.	1847-04-01	1851-01-08
The Pittsburgh gazette.	1866-01-08	1870-07-30
Pittsburgh morning post.	1843-07-29	1846-09-16
Pittsburgh morning post.	1855-11-26	1858-10-15
The Pittsburgh post.	1859-06-08	1864-12-31
Presbyterian banner & advocate.	1856-09-27	1860-03-03

Butler County Research Resources:

• Butler County Deed Index, 1800-1925, and Deeds, 1804-1902

• 1817 Map of Butler County

• Newspaper: Butler County Citizen (weekly), September 3, 1879 through October 25, 1906

• Butler, Pennsylvania Sanborn Fire Map, April 1886

• 1916 Butler County Farm Directory (Owners, Managers and Tenants)

Lancaster County Research Resources:

Lawrence County Research Resources:

Mercer County Research Resources:

Montgomery County Research Resources:

Philadelphia County Research Resources:

• Philadelphia City Directories (1785-1867, 1887-90, 1895-1900, 1904, 1906,1907) Available Online

New Jersey Research Resources:

• New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665-1800