The Geohistory Network includes scanned images of historic fire insurance atlases and directories for Philadelphia. It is a pilot project of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) to develop a web-based repository of geographically organized historical information about Philadelphia, its geography, its buildings, and its people.

The Ancestry Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and name indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps.

Genealogical collection covering the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas. The Ancestry Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes); Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes); The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection.

The neighborhoodBase website is designed to assist community-based planning and development organizations, government agencies, researchers and concerned individuals in their efforts to analyze, transform and revitalize Philadelphia neighborhoods.

Philadelphia NIS NeighborhoodBas

NeighborhoodBase is a publicly-accessible, web-based, geographic data application developed by the University of Pennsylvania's Cartographic Modeling Lab. Along with parcelBase, muralBase, and crimeBase, neighborhoodBase is one of four applications that comprise the Neighborhood Information System. The neighborhoodBase website is designed to assist community-based planning and development organizations, government agencies, researchers and concerned individuals in their efforts to analyze, transform and revitalize Philadelphia neighborhoods.

Block statistics (maps) Philadelphia, Pa.-N.J. standard metropolitan statistical area.[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Office, 1982?].
Call#: HA730.P45 B56 1982

United States. Bureau of the Census.. 1970 census of housing.[Washington; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print Off., 1972-
Call#: Van Pelt Library HD7293 .A512 1972

United States. Bureau of the Census.. Census of housing: taken as part ;of the seventeenth decennial census of the United States.Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1951-1952.
Call#: HD7293 .A4883

United States. Bureau of the Census.. Census of housing : taken as part of the seventeenth decennial census of the United States.Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1951-54.
Call#: HD7293 .A4883

United States. Bureau of the Census.. Census of housing : taken as part of the seventeenth decennial census of the United States.Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1951-54.
Call#: Van Pelt Library 317.3 Un35 1950.2

United States. Bureau of the Census.. 16th census of the United States, 1940. Housing : Supplement to the first series, housing bulletin for Pennsylvania : Philadelphia block statistics.Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks HD7293 .A486 1942