Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Online Historical Directories

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1840s - 1860s

Lancaster City Directory, Bryson, 1843 - Free (LancasterHistory)

- reprint of original

Lancaster City Directory, Boyd, 1857 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Lancaster County Business Directory, Boyd, 1859-60 - Free (Google Books)

Lancaster County Business Directory, Boyd, 1859-60 - Free (Hathi Trust Digital Library)

Lancaster City Directory, Gopsill, 1863-4 - Free (LancasterHistory)

- includes Harrison, Lebanon, and York

Lancaster City Directory, Lant, 1866-7 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Lancaster City Directory, unknown, 1868-9 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Lancaster County Directory, Barnes & Pearsol, 1869-70 - Free (LancasterHistory)

1870s

Lancaster City Directory, unknown, 1871 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Lancaster City Directory, Barnes, 1873-4 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Columbia Borough Directory, Young, 1874 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Columbia and Lancaster City Directories, Boyd, 1874-5 - Free (LancasterHistory)

- includes Chester and West Chester

Lancaster City and County Directories, Barnes, 1875-6 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Lancaster City Directory, Barnes, 1877-8 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Columbia Borough Directory, Young & Hook, 1878 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Lancaster Business Directory, Leonard, 1879-80 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Lancaster City Directory, Barnes, 1879-80 - Free (LancasterHistory)

1880s

Lancaster City and County Directories, Howe, 1882-3 - Free (LancasterHistory)

- includes Columbia

Lancaster City and County Business Directories, Boyd, 1883 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Lancaster County Business Directory, Leonard, 1883 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Lancaster City and County Directories, Ferris Brothers, 1884 - Free (LancasterHistory

Lancaster City and County Directories, Barnes, 1886 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Lancaster City and County Directories, Ferris Brothers, 1886 - Free (LancasterHistory)

- includes Columbia, Elizabethtown, Manheim, Marietta, Mount Joy, and Strasburg, as well as Adamstown and Washington Boroughs

Lancaster City Directory, Williams, 1888 - $ (Ancestry)

Lancaster City Directory, Williams, 1888 - Free (LancasterHistory)

1890 - 1894

Lancaster City and County Directories, Williams, 1890 - $ (Ancestry)

Lancaster City and County Directories, Williams, 1890 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Columbia Borough Directory, Conklin, 1892 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Lancaster City Directory, Williams, 1892 - $ (Ancestry)

Lancaster City Directory, Williams, 1892 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Lancaster City and County Directories, Williams, 1892 - Free (LancasterHistory)

- missing pages; appears to have just the last few pages of the city section, with the bulk of the county directory pages appearing. Does not appear to be the second half the city directory listed above.

Lancaster City Directory, Williams, 1894-5 - Free (LancasterHistory)

1895 - 1899

Lancaster City and County Directories, Williams, 1896 - $ (Ancestry)

Lancaster City and County Directories, Williams, 1896 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Lancaster County Business Directory, Bards, 1897 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Lancaster City Directory, Polk, 1897 - $ (Ancestry)

Lancaster City Directory, Polk, 1897 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Lancaster City and County Directories, Polk, 1898 - $ (Ancestry)

Lancaster City and County Directories, Polk, 1898 - Free (LancasterHistory)

Lancaster City Directory, Polk, 1899-1900 - $ (Ancestry)

Lancaster City Directory, Polk, 1899-1900 - Free (LancasterHistory)

1900 - 1904