Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Online Historical Directories

Links to directories at New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) are to the images themselves, which are browsable.  Non-subscribers will not be able to view these. Non-subscribers can, however, use the search engine and see a listing of possible results (but no images or further details).  To search by keyword, go to the Digital Archive & Library search engine on this page (it is the second search box).  For more information on how to access subscription websites, read Number 5 on my FAQs page.

The Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network has both directories in scanned form and an initial search engine that currently (20 July 2010) searches surnames A-N for the 1861 McElroy's Philadelphia directory. Plans are in place to update the search engine to include all surnames from all directories on that site.

Philadelphia City Directory, Paxton, 1819 - $ (NEHGS)
 - Part I (Abbett-Curtis); Part II (Curtis-Jefferies); Part III (Jefferis-Pine); Part IV (Piper-Wells); Part V (Wells-Zottman)
 - includes Hamiltonville

Philadelphia City Directory, McElroy, 1851 - Free (Internet Archive)
 - description erroneously states 1842 as year of publication

Philadelphia City Directory, McElroy, 1856 - Free (Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network)

Philadelphia City Directory, McElroy, 1857 - Free (Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network)

Philadelphia City Directory, McElroy, 1858 - Free (Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network)

Philadelphia City Directory, McElroy, 1861 - Free (EveNDon)

Philadelphia City Directory, McElroy, 1861 - Free (Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network)

Philadelphia City Directory, McElroy, 1866 - Free (Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network)