These collections are avaliable to view at the Benson Memorial Library upon request. They cannot be checked out and used outside of the library.
City Directories/County Directories
- Titusville City Directories: 1866-1959 (on microfiche), 1960-modern (in print)
- Franklin/Oil City Directories: 1870-1885 (partial, on microfiche)
- Crawford County Directories (including Meadville: 1871-1872, 1874, 1879-1880, 1889-1890, 1897-1898, and 1899-1900, 1909-1910 (on microfiche)
- Benson Memorial Library also has county histories for Crawford, Venango, Warren Forest, and Erie Counties
Local 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
Historical Titusville Newspapers
- Titusville Herald/Titusville Morning Herald – 1866-Present (on microfilm)
- Pithole Daily Record – Microfilm September 1865 – December 1866 (on microfilm)
- A variety of newspapers from different towns, states, and nations can be accessed digitally in-house on Newspaper Archive
Maps of the Region
- 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 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
Yearbooks
- Titusville High School (Optimist): 1915 – current
- Titusville Junior High: Various years from 1963-1989
- Titusville Middle School: 2005
- South Side Elementary School: 1976-7
- St. Joseph’s Academy: 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966
- Pleasantville: 1940, 1955, 1962
- Townville (Torch): 1950, 1951, 1952
- University of Pittsburgh at Titusville (Littlest Panther): 1973 – 1977
- University of Pittsburgh Main Campus (The Owl): 1962
Census Records
- Venango: 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 (partial), 1890 Union Veterans & Widows
- Crawford: 1810, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 (partial), 1890 Union Veterans & Widows
- Warren: 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1890 Union Veterans & Widows
- Forest: 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1890 Union Veterans & Widows
- Allegheny: 1790
- Beaver: 1830
- Bedford: 1790
- Berks: 1790
- Bucks: 1790
- Center: 1830
- Chester: 1790, 1810
- Clearfield: 1810, 1840
- Columbia: 1820, 1830, 1880 (partial)
- Cumberland: 1790, 1880 (partial), 1900
- Dauphin: 1790
- Delaware: 1790, 1810
- Erie: 1890 Union Veterans & Widows
- Fayette: 1790, 1860 (partial), 1820 (partial)
- Franklin: 1790, 1820, 1880 (partial), 1900, 1920 (partial)
- Fulton: 1900
- Huntington: 1790
- Lancaster: 1790
- Lawrence: 1890 Union Veterans & Widows
- Luzerne: 1790
- Mercer: 1830, 1890 Union Veterans & Widows
- Mifflin: 1790
- Montgomery: 1790
- Northampton: 1790
- Northumberland: 1790, 1810
- Philadelphia: 1790, 1880 vol. 5
- Potter: 1810
- Somerset: 1810
- Tioga: 1900
- Union: 1830
- Washington: 1790
- Westmoreland: 1790
- York: 1790, 1820
Family Histories
- Alcorn
- Armstrong
- Attenburg
- Benson
- Birtcil
- Blizbesky
- Bob*
- Boon
- Bronson
- Buttz
- Cauvel
- Chambers
- Childs*
- Coil/Coyle
- Colestock
- Dilley
- Duncan*
- Emerson
- Fielding*
- Foster
- Fowler
- Frank
- Frost*
- Gilson
- Glasser*
- Hanna
- Hathaway*
- Herring*
- Hollabaugh
- Hummer
- Hyde
- Kerr
- Kopf
- Lake
- Locke
- McCurdy
- Miller
- Moody*
- Murphy*
- Rathfon
- Richmond*
- Ridgway
- Roberts
- Rogers*
- Schultz
- Schwartz
- Seep
- Shelmadine
- Sherman
- Simmons
- Stamp
- Stewart
- Stub*
- Taylor*
- Thayer
- Titus
- Towne*
- Tubbs
- Tuthill
- Valentine
- Waid*
- Watson
- Wheeler*
- White
* indicates that this family history is part of “They Came to Crawford County” by Kelly DeLong
Other Resources
- Weddings in Titusville 1924 – 1934 (Index Cards)
- Titusville Deaths 1879 – 1917 (microfilm)
- Titusville Births 1857 – 1917 (microfilm)
- Oil City Births 1882 – 1909 (microfilm)
- Oil City Marriages 1882 – 1897 (microfilm)
- Obituary Card Files various 1865 – current (Index Cards, being indexed digitally to be available online)