Local History Collections

Census Records

Crawford County Census 1790-1910 on microfilm
Census records digitally available on Ancestry.com, free for in-library use

City Directories

1866-1960 Digitzed and available online for free.
1960-Current - only available in print at Benson Memorial Library

Family Histories

Alcorn
Armstrong
Attenburg
Bob
Benson
Birtcil
Blizbesky
Boon
Bronson
Buttz
Cauvel
Chambers
Childs
Coil/Coyle
Colestock
Dilley
Duncan
Emerson
Fielding
Fowler
Frank
Frost
Gilson
Glasser
Hanna
Hathaway
Herring
Hollabaugh
Hummer
Hyde
Kerr Kopf
Lake
Locke
McCurdy
Miller
Moody
Murphy
Rathfon
Richmond
Ridgway
Roberts
Rogers
Shultz
Seep
Shelmadine
Sherman
Simmons
Stamp
Stewart
Stub
Taylor
Thayer
Titus
Towne
Tubbs
Tuthill
Valentine
Waid
Watson
Wheeler
White

County Histories

Erie
Crawford
Venango
Forest

Maps

Atlas of the Oil Region (1865)
Combination of Atlas/Map of Crawford County (1876)
Cornplanter's Kingdom: a field map of Allegheny National Forest (1970)
Crawford County, Pa. street index map: eastern county boroughs and lake regions and cities
Erie topography and municipal planning maps
Geological survey map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey
God's country: Pennsylvania's last frontier
Hunting and fishing map of Forest County Pennsylvania and adjoining areas
Map of Broomall Pennsylvania (1961)
Map of Crawford County (1973)
Map of city of Titusville, Pennsylvania
Map of Venango County
Pennsylvania, Titusville Quadrangle: topographic and geologic survey (1933)
Seven county map set: Crawford, Mercer, Erie, Lawrence, Forest, Warren, and Venango
Titusville Sanborn Maps ranging from 1887 to 1912
Traffic and legislative route map Lawrence County: map no.3-37
Venango County, Pennsylvania map
Zoning district map: City of Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Newspapers

Titusville Herald/Titusville Morning Herald from 1866-Nov. 2022 (on microfilm and digital through NewspaperArchive)
Pithole Daily Record from September 1865 - December 1866 (on microfilm and digital through NewspaperArchive)

Yearbooks

Titusville High School (The Optimist) from 1915-current
Titusville Junior High from 1960-1903
South Side Elementary School from 1976-1977
St. Joseph's Academy from 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966
Pleasantville High School from 1940, 1955, 1962
Townville (Torch) from 1950, 1951, 1952
University of Pittsburgh at Titusville (Littlest Panther) from 1973 - 1977
University of Pittsburgh Main Campus (The Owl) from 1962

Note: Pleasantville High School merged with Titusville High School in 1969

Vital Records

Titusville Births from 1857-1917 (on microfilm)
Titusville Marriages from 1924-1934 (on card file)
Titusville Deaths from 1879-1917 (on microfilm)
Oil City Births from 1882-1909 (on microfilm)
Oil City Marriages from 1882-1897(on microfilm)
Obituaries from 1865-current (on card file)

Cemeteries

Venango County Cemeteries Book Series
Crawford County Cemeteries Book Series
Pioneer Park Cemetery Book
Union Cemetery (Crawford County) Book
Dutch Hill Cemetery (Venango County) Book
List of local cemetery caretakers