Allegheny County, PA Genealogy
Depreciation Lands Museum
Costumed Demonstrators bring to life our settlers’ world in this small village nestled on the edge of Route 8, just north of Pittsburgh, PA.
Allison Park, PA 15101
German Pittsburgh, by Dr. Michael Shaughnessy
Historic Pittsburgh
Full-Text Maps Images Finding Aids Census Chronology HSWP Catalog
Historic Pittsburgh is a comprehensive collection of local resources that supports personal and scholarly research of the western Pennsylvania area. This Web site enables access to historic material held by the University of Pittsburgh’s University Library System, the Library & Archives of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania at the Heinz History Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, and Chatham College Archives. The project represents a model of cooperation between libraries, museums and institutions of higher learning in providing centralized access to selections of their respective historic materials.
Searching for Allegheny City maps and images on the Historic Pittsburgh website:
Maps: After opening the Historic Pittsburgh website
- click on “Maps”
- Click on G.M. Hopkins Collections
- click on Brouse
- Select one of the following maps of Allegheny City or the North Side: 1872 Pittsburgh and Allegheny, 1876 Pittsburgh and Allegheny, 1890 Allegheny City Vol.1, 1890 Allegheny City Vol.2, 1901 Allegheny City Vol.1, 1902 Allegheny City Vol.2, 1925 City of Pittsburgh (North Side) Vol.4, 1925 City of Pittsburgh (North Side) Vol.5.
Images: After opening the Historic Pittsburgh website
- click on Images
- click on Explore
- click on Location
- either us the map (the best section is the large area where the original center of Allegheny City was — it is called North Side) or scroll down in the list below the map to “North Side.” You’ll find hundreds of great images of North Side locations.
In and About Allegheny
Neighborhood Community Development Fund
The Neighborhood Community Development Fund (former known as Northside Community Development Fund) is a 501(c)(3) CDFI certified by the Department of Treasury. Established in 2000, the organization is dedicated to a mission of “empowers people of all races, ethnicities and socioeconomic levels to grow their businesses – revitalizing their neighborhoods and helping their communities.” The NCDF operates four lines of lending1) small business finance (including start-ups), commercial real estate finance, affordable housing finance, and energy efficiency / green finance lending.
3923 Perrysville Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15214
412 322 0290
Pittsburgh, PA 15214
Pittsburgh – In Ye Olden Times
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation
PHLF is chartered to work within the western portion of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the surrounding area within 250 miles of Pittsburgh, Pa., although its primary focus is on the Pittsburgh area.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center
An affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the History Center is Pennsylvania’s largest history museum and presents the most compelling stories from American history with a Western Pennsylvania connection.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
The Story of the Allegheny Observatory: A Film By Dan Handley
Veteran’s War Monuments and Memorials Inventory – City of Pittsburgh
Check out the City’s War Monuments and Memorials Inventory, available here for download:
