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 collection includes all of the individual collections covering Columbia County, PA (Please see individual collection listings for detailed descriptions of titles.)

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CO01 - Columbia County PA - Everything Collection (All Collections on Columbia County)

CO02 - County History & Biography Collection

County Histories and Biographicals
History and Topography of Northumberland, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Centre, Union, Columbia, Juniata, and Clinton Co., PA (I. Daniel Rupp, 1847, 567 pages)
A History of Columbia County, Pennsylvania (John G. Freeze, 1883, 583 pages)
History of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania (J. H. Battle, 1887, 899 pages)
Book of Biographies. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of the 17th Congressional District, Pennsylvania. (Biographical Publishing Co., 1899, 680 pages)
Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1915, 1392 pages)

Town, Township & Regional Histories
Souvenir Book of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania (The Columbian Printing Office, 1901, 86 pages)
Souvenir Book of Bloomsburg, Penn'a. and Vicinity (Anonymous, ~1900-1910, 60 pages)
The Story of Berwick 1786-1936 (Berwick Sesquicentennial Committee, 1936, 104 pages)

Church, Family, Education, Military and Miscellaneous Histories
Historical Discourse - Presbyterian Church, Bloomsburg, PA (David J. Waller, 1876, 49 pages)
Industrial and Commercial Resources of [Northern] Pennsylvania (Historical Publishing Company, 1887, 125 pages)
In Memory of Our Honored Dead – Souvenir Program [Columbia, Montour & Northumberland Counties] (Honor Degree of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1947, 120 pages)
Dedication - St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Bloomsburg (1925, 18 pages)
Flood Pennsylvania - 1972 (Timothy E. Euker, David Berner, 1972, 68 pages)

Maps Atlases & Images
1860 Cumming's Map of Columbia and Montour Counties Penna (G. M. Hopkins & J. A. J. Cummings, Color)
1876 Atlas of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania (F. W. Beers & Co., 62 pages, B/W)

Birds-eye Town Views
Berwick, Pennsylvania (1884, O. H. Bailey & Co.)

CO03 - Directory Collection (1901-1958)
Directory of Columbia and Montour Counties, PA - 1901 (George Hanford, 1901, 706 pages)
United Telephone & Telegraph Company District No. 4 (United Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1906, 124 pages)
People's Ideal Telephone Company Directory - Dec 1909 [Montour County & Vicinity] (People's Ideal Telephone Company, 1909, 124 pages)
Directory of Greater Berwick, including Berwick, West Berwick, North Berwick, and Nescopeck (Robert J. Eshleman & Eckhark J. Eshleman, 1912, 73 pages)
Shamokin, Sunbury, Bloomsburg, Milton, Berwick and Nearby Places Telephone Directory - September 15, 1916 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1916, 68 pages)
Walsh's 1922-1923 Bloomsburg Directory (The Walsh Directory Co., 1923, 165 pages)
United Telephone Directory - June 1923 - Northern District (United Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1923, 176 pages)
Berwick and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - Summer 1932 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1932, 120 pages)
Sunbury and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - February 1938 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1938, 130 pages)
Honesdale and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - July 1939 (Bell Telephone Directory of PA, 1939, 408 pages)
Carbondale and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - July 1941 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1941, 402 pages)
Sunbury and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - February 1941 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1941, 118 pages)
Wilkes-Barre and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - August 1950 (Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, 1950, 472 pages)
Berwick - Bloomsburg - Danville and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - April 1952 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1952, 244 pages)
Berwick and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - May 1954 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1954, 184 pages)
Pittston and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - September 1958 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1958, 324 pages)