If your family research efforts take you into Western Pennsylvania try the following! My site has compiled the following collection of information for Genealogy Researchers: Genealogy and Biographies of Early McKeesporters Pictures and Biographies of Prominent Early McKeesporters Homestead : the households of a mill town / by Margaret F. Byington - 1910 The Monongahela of old, or, Historical sketches of south-western Pennsylvania to the year 1800 / by James Veech (Includes List of Settlers in Fayette and in Contiguous Parts of Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties in 1772) The old and new Monongahela / by John S. Van Voorhis. - 1893 (History & Biographical Sketches) The history of Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. - 1904 Annals of Old Wilkinsburg and vicinity : the village, 1788-1888 Life sketches of leading citizens of Pittsburgh and the vicinity, Pennsylvania. Civic Club of Allegheny County Members Roster of Hampton Battery B (History of Hampton battery F, independent Pennsylvania light artillery, organized at Pittsburgh, Pa., October 8, 1861, mustered out in Pittsburgh, June 26, 1865. Comp. by William Clark. ) Roster of the Eighty-fifty regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, 1861-1865 Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; personal and genealogical, Vol. 1- 1904 Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; personal and genealogical, Vol. 2 - 1904 Vol. 1 History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania : and its centennial celebration - 1904 Vol. 2 History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania : and its centennial celebration / by Joseph H. Bausman ; illustrated - 1904 History of Washington County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men / edited by Boyd Crumrine ; Illustrated. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts and Co., 1882. Old and new Westmoreland / by John N. Boucher - 1918 (History) Old and new Westmoreland / by John N. Boucher. Vol. 2 - 1918 (History & Special Biographies) Old and new Westmoreland / by John N. Boucher. Vol. 3 - 1918 (Detailed Biographical Sketches) Old and new Westmoreland / by John N. Boucher. Vol. 4. - 1918 (Detailed Biographical Sketches continued) Social directory for Greater Pittsburgh / comp. & published by Margaret A. Winans. - 1904 Classified Business Directory of Homestead, Pa - 1890 Directory of Homestead, Munhall, Six Mile Ferry, and adjacent parts of Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, Pa. : embracing a general directory of citizens with correct post office address, and a full classified business directory, register of public institutions, benevolent and secret societies, churches, schools, borough government, industries, compendium of public information. Western Pennsylvania Family Group Genealogies Biographies of Service Men (WWI) Pittsburgh street directory : as revised since the consolidation of the cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, 1916. J. M. Kelly's handbook of greater Pittsburg: Historical, an encyclopedia, political and statistical, The Proposed Ship Canal, Directory and Guide ; Including a Comprehensive Street Directory and Lithographed Map in Colors - 1895 Duquesne Club (Pittsburgh, Pa.) - 1904 Attorneys, Dentists, Osteopaths and Physicians Directory - Pittsburgh - 1912 St. Regis Association's Catholic year book and directory of Pittsburgh Diocese. Vol. 2 (This section is loaded with Catholic Church Information tucked in between the ads) The Pittsburgh and Allegheny blue book, 1895, Vol. 9. The Pittsburgh directory for 1815, containing the names, professions and residence of the heads of families and persons in business, in the borough of Pittsburgh, with an appendix containing a variety of useful information. Social Directory for Greater Pittsburgh - 1904 Harris' Pittsburgh Directory for the Year 1837 The red book : a social, business and telephone directory of Bellevue, Avalon, Ben Avon and Emsworth, 1904. Pittsburgh Business and Street Guide 1895 My web site is located at: http://www.geocities.com/geojenk/ All the above is located in my "All Things McKeesport" section Good Luck!!! George Jenkins