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- Analyzing City Directories
From the Board for Certification of Genealogists - Skill Building - May 1996.
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 Ancestry.com - Learning Center - Article Archives
Thousands of FREE, searchable how-to articles from Ancestry.com publications such as Ancestry Magazine, the Ancestry Weekly Discovery and the Ancestry Monthly Update.
- Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
- Circa 1930 City Directories Available at NARA
Listing of microfilmed city directories organized by state. These directories are intended to be finding aids for using the 1930 census.
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 CITY-DIRECTORIES Mailing List
For those who desire lookups in city directories such as the old directories found in many local and state public libraries, and for volunteers who are willing to undertake requested lookups in these directories. Archives: browse or search.
- City Directories of the United States of America
A register of known city directories, their years, and repositories for the United States.
- City Directory Lookup
Lookup information in directories contained in this personal collection.
- Creative Genes: City Directories
Creative Genes genealogy blogger Jasia writes a informative and detailed educational series about city directories and their historical and genealogical worth.
- Do You Have an "Urban" Ancestor? Check out that City Directory!
Article by Trevia Wooster Beverly.
- Family Tree Connection - City and Farm Directories
Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
- Free Genealogy Tools: Searching Free Online Historical Directories
Directories, also called registers or gazettes, were early versions of the Yellow Pages, and a wonderful source of family history information. Many directories from around the world have been digitized and are searchable online at no cost.
- NSBJD'S Genealogy & More - Directories, Vital Records & Other Books
Scanned copies of Old City Directories on CD-ROM for sale.
- Old Directory Search
Free collection of digitally scanned old city directories.
- Online Historical Directories Website
The purpose of the site is to have links to all online city directories in one place, listed by location and in date order. It is meant to be used as an aid to genealogists, historians, and other researchers. Included are county, rural, business, professional and other directories.
- Primary Source Microfilm: City Directories of the United States
- Primary Sources - Directories
From the Toronto Public Library with excellent general information about using directories. Includes search strategies and what pitfalls to avoid in directory research.
- RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees - Lesson 20: City Directories and Newspapers
- 1787 Nathaniel Jones Directory of Glasgow - The First Glasgow Directory (1787)
An alphabetical list of the names and places of abode of the merchants, manufacturers, traders and shop-keepers in and about Glasgow, Scotland, in 1787.
- 1828 Buffalo City Directory ~ New York
- 1837 Toronto and Home District Directory ~ Ontario
- 1848 Bradford Directory ~ Bradford On Avon, Somerset, England
- 1857 Auburn, NY Directory Index - French's 1857 Auburn, NY City Directory Index
- 1890 Cincinnati City Directory Online ~ Ohio
- 1903 Clark County Ohio Rural Directory
Names listed in the directory include the head of household and all family members.
- 1907 Directory of Chilmark and Gay Head, Mass.
- 1920 Mansfield City Directory ~ Ohio
Scanned images.
- 1929 Polish Business Directory
Online searchable index of 20th century genealogical data for more than 34,000 locations using Ksiega Adresowa Polski (Wraz z w.m. Gdanskiem dla Handlu, Przemyslu Rzemiosl I Rolnictwa) Directory of Poland, including Gdansk, for trade, industry, handicraft and agriculture (1929).
- 1933 Rural Directory ~ Clay County, Minnesota
- 1933 Village Residents ~ Clay County, Minnesota
- Alabama Archives: Alabama City Directories
- Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
- Annapolis City Directory, 1924
The five hundred and thirty-eighth volume of the Archives of Maryland series was originally published in 1924. The Archives of Maryland edition was published in 2003 by the Maryland State Archives. This volume covers the Annapolis City Directory for 1924.
- Archive: Directories ~ Finmere, Oxfordshire, England
- AwesomeGenealogy.com - Douglas City Directory, Wellington Co., Ontario 1871-72
- Baltimore City Directories 1796-1964 ~ Maryland
- Baltimore City Directory 1871 - Maryland State Archives
This is a listing of African Americans in Baltimore in 1871 taken from Woods's Baltimore City Directory, containing a corrected Engraved Map of the City, a Business Directory, a Street Directory and an Appendix of much Useful Information, pp. 667-757. This city directory is particularly useful for helping locate Baltimore City African Americans in the 1870 Census since the Directory was compiled at the same time the Census was taken, but published the next year.
- Baltimore City Directory 1881 - Maryland State Archives
This is a listing of African Americans in Baltimore in 1881 taken from Woods's Baltimore City Directory, containing a corrected Engraved Map of the City, a Business Directory, a Street Directory and an Appendix of much Useful Information, pp. 933-1066. This city directory is particularly useful for helping locate Baltimore City African Americans in the 1880 Census since the Directory was compiled at the same time as the Census was taken, but published the next year.
- Boston Streets: Mapping Directory Data ~ Massachusetts
Combines photographs, maps, & city directories into a variety of interactive tools for exploring Boston past & present.
- Cowpaths
Interactive orthographic maps for 1844, 1867, 1874, 1898, 1928, 1950 & 2001.
- Moments: Photographs and Images
Photographic collection complete with detailed descriptions.
- The People: City directories
City directories for 1845, 1855, 1865, 1870, 1872, 1875, 1885, 1905 & 1925.
- Places: Atlases, Maps, and Geospatial material
Atlases from 1874, 1898, and 1928 are available for browsing and searching.
- Buckinghamshire Historic Trade Directories ~ England
Online searchable database of over 5,000 entries from Trade Directories published in 1792, 1798, 1811, 1824 & 1832. From the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies.
- BuffaloResearch.com: City Directories in Buffalo & Erie County, NY
A guide to the earliest known city directories and online directories for the city of Buffalo and the towns of Erie County, NY.
- CCFGPW - Cambridge Blue Book
City and street directory for Cambridge, Massachusetts for 1910.
- Chataigne's Fredericksburg and Falmouth City Directories 1888-1889 ~ Virginia
- ChicagoAncestors.org - Tools
From the Newberry Library. City directories for 1866, 1870, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1892, 1900, 1910, 1923.
- City and Phone Directories for Prescott and Yavapai county ~ Arizona
- City Directories ~ Georgia
Held by the Statesboro Regional Library System.
- CompuGen Systems : Indiana & Ohio City Directories Available
Pay-for-search service of Indiana city directories, county directories, telephone directories & plat books.
- A Directory and Handbook of the City of Williamsburg and the County of James City, Virginia (1898)
High resolution scanned images of this entire historic directory including advertising. Blue link buttons next to individual names provide hyperlink connections to pages where that individual is mentioned in the text or an advertisement.
- Directory of Oxford County 1857-1858 ~ Canada
Online searchable directory of residents and businesses of Oxford County, Ontario 1857-1858.
- Directory of the City of Chicago Illinois for 1843
The 1896 version contained additional information about the 1843 residents, including information about the death of 1843 residents who had died.
- Direct resources ~ United Kingdom
Database of 19th century trades directories and their contents.
- Douglas County Business and Government Directory 1886-1888 by Name from the Castle Rock Journal ~ Colorado
- Douglas County Business and Government Directory 1886-1888 by Town from the Castle Rock Journal ~ Colorado
- EveNDon's Pittsburgh Directories
Historic directories: Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Detroit, many others.
- Fáilte Romhat
- Ferrar's Limerick Directory of 1769 ~ Ireland
- Fond du Lac and Green Lake County Atlases, Directories, and Histories ~ Wisconsin
This digital collection contains 13 published books and a wall map providing accessibility to early information about the City Of Berlin and Green Lake County. City and county directories were chosen because of their historical value. This project was funded, in part, through a 2007 Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant. This grant provided financial support for public libraries to digitize and make available online, their local library resources.
- Francis Guy's Directory of Munster 1886-Ardnacrusha, Co. Clare ~ Ireland
- Francis Guy's Directory of Munster 1886-Clonlara, Co. Clare ~ Ireland
- Francis Guy's County and City of Cork Directory For the Years 1875--1876 ~ Ireland
- Fredericksburg, Virginia City Directory, 1892
- Fredericksburg, Virginia City Directory Vol. 1, 1910-11
- Fredericksburg, Virginia City Directory 1921
- Fredericksburg, Virginia City Directory 1938
- General Directory of the Kingdom of Ireland, 1788
Directory of Limerick, County of Limerick.
- Gogebic Range City Directories 1892-1947
Searchable online transcriptios for Gobebic county, Michigan and Iron & Vilas counties, Wisconsin.
- Heritage Trail Press | Genealogy and Historical Family Research Records
Pay-for-use databases for Oregon and Utah. Including: Old Historic Oregon and Utah Newspaper; Oregon Catholic Church Records; Cumulative Indexes to Munnicks Catholic Church Records of the Pacific Northwest; Portland City Directories; Oregon BLM Maps; Oregon Metsker Atlases; Oregon Cemetery Survey (free); Oregon Death Index (free).
- Highlights of the 1866 City of Denver Business Directory
Including advertisements, business directory and residential directory.
- Historical Directories
Digital library of eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth century local and trade directories from England and Wales. Includes text search and images.
- Historical Trade Directories ~ Waterford, Ireland
Online searchable database.
- Historic Pittsburgh - City Directories
125 directories published between 1815 and 1945. Most cover Pittsburgh and Allegheny City, a portion includes Homestead and nearby boroughs.
- Internet Archive: Free Download: Woods' Baltimore city directory (1864) ~ Baltimore, Maryland
- Kansas Telephone and City Directories
- Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire For 1901
A complete 1901 edition of the Kelly's Trade Directory of Monmouthshire,Wales. Fully indexed, and containing a detailed descriptions of each location, including in each case a list of prominent citizens and tradespeople.
- Kelly's Directories On-line ~ Kent, England
Directories for the Bexley area from 1870 to 1938. From the Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre.
- Kentucky City Directories Online
- Lexington, Kentucky 1859 City Directory
- Long Island Directories ~ New York
- (Massachusetts Directories) Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
- Abington, Massachusetts Directories, 1889, 1892
- Adams and North Adams, Massachusetts Directories, 1887, 1889-90, 1890-93
- Amesbury, Massachusetts Directory, 1891
- Amherst, Massachusetts Directories, 1886-87, 1895
- Arlington, Massachusetts Directory, 1896-97
- Ashland, Massachusetts Directory 1890
- Athol, Massachusetts Directories, 1885, 1897
- Baldwinville, Massachusetts Directory, 1885
- Bedford, Massachusetts Directory 1890
- Belmont, Massachusetts Directory, 1896-97
- Boston, Massachusetts City Directory, 1789
- Boston, Massachusetts Directory, 1805
- Boston, Massachusetts Directory, 1890
- Bradford, Massachusetts Directory 1889
- Braintree, Massachusetts Directories, 1888, 1892
- Brockton, Massachusetts City Directory, 1887-90
- Cambridge, Massachusetts Directories, 1887-90
- Canton, Massachusetts Directory 1887
- Chelsea, Massachusetts Directories, 1890-92
- Concord, Massachusetts Directory, 1892
- Cohasset, Massachusetts Directory, 1894
- Dedham, Massachusetts Directory, 1893
- Dennis, Massachusetts Directory 1895
- Dover, Massachusetts Directory, 1890
- Duxbury, Massachusetts Directory, 1894
- Easton, Massachusetts Directory, 1889
- Erving, Massachusetts Directory 1885
- Essex, Massachusetts Directory 1888-89
- Everett, Massachusetts Directory 1889
- Fall River, Massachusetts City Directories, 1889-91
- Fitchburg, Massachusetts Directories, 1887-90
- Foxborough, Massachusetts Directories, 1887, 1890
- Franklin, Massachusetts Directory 1890
- Gloucester, Massachusetts Directories, 1888-91
- Georgetown, Massachusetts Directory 1885-86
- Great Barrington, Massachusetts Directory, 1894
- Greenfield, Massachusetts Directory 1892
- Groveland, Massachusetts Directory 1885-86, 1894
- Hamilton, Massachusetts Directory 1890
- Haverhill, Massachusetts Directory 1894
- Holbrook, Massachusetts Directory, 1890
- Holyoke, Massachusetts Directories, 1888-90, 1892
- Hopkinton, Massachusetts Directory 1886
- Hudson, Massachusetts Directory 1887-88
- Ipswich, Massachusetts Directory, 1890
- Lakeville, Massachusetts Directory, 1890
- Lawrence, Massachusetts Directories, 1888-92
- Lee, Massachusetts Directory 1890
- Leominster, Massachusetts Directories, 1883-95
- Lexington, Massachusetts Directory 1890
- Lowell, Massachusetts Directories, 1889-90
- Lynn, Massachusetts Directory 1890
- Malden, Massachusetts Directory 1890
- Mansfield, Massachusetts Directory, 1890
- Marlborough, Massachusetts Directory, 1887-88
- Marshfield, Massachusetts Directory, 1894
- Medford, Massachusetts Directory 1890
- Medway, Massachusetts Directory, 1890
- Melrose, Massachusetts Directory, 1885
- Middleboro, Massachusetts Directory, 1890
- Millbury, Massachusetts Directory 1890
- Milton, Massachusetts Directory, 1890
- Needham, Massachusetts Directories, 1888-89, 1893
- New Bedford, Massachusetts Directories, 1887, 1889-90
- Newburyport, Massachusetts Directory, 1891
- Newton, Massachusetts Directory 1929
- North Adams, Massachusetts Directories, 1887, 1890-93
- Norwell, Massachusetts Directory, 1894
- Norwood, Massachusetts Directory 1890
- Orange, Massachusetts Directories, 1885, 1896
- Otter River, Massachusetts Directory 1885
- Palmer, Massachusetts Directory, 1892
- Peabody, Massachusetts Directory, 1886
- Pepperell and Groton, Massachusetts Directory 1895-96
- Petersham, Massachusetts Directory 1885
- Phillipston, Massachusetts Directory 1885
- Pittsfield, Massachusetts Directories, 1889-93
- Plymouth, Massachusetts Directories, 1890, 1893
- Randolph, Massachusetts Directory, 1890
- Rowley, Massachusetts Directory, 1890
- Royalston, Massachusetts Directory, 1885
- Salem, Massachusetts Directories, 1888-89, 1890-91, 1893-94
- Scituate, Massachusetts Directory, 1894
- Somerville, Massachusetts Directories, 1889-90, 1892
- South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts Directory 1892
- Springfield, Massachusetts Directories, 1890-91
- Suffolk County, Boston City Massachusetts 1810 City Directory
- Swampscott, Massachusetts Directory 1890
- Taunton, Massachusetts Directories, 1890-93
- Templeton, Massachusetts Directory, 1885
- Wendall, Massachusetts Directory, 1885
- Whitman, Massachusetts Directories, 1889, 1892
- Worcester, Massachusetts Directories, 1888-90
- Wrentham and Norfolk, Massachusetts Directory 1890
- Yarmouth, Massachusetts Directory 1895
- McElroy's Philadelphia City Directory
McElroy's Philadelphia (PA) city directories for 1856, 1858, 1861, & 1866. Scanned images of the entire directories.
- Morgan Index of Ohio People, Businesses and Institutions, 1796-1850
This index includes 156,300 names of Ohio people, businesses and institutions. The names appear in the books, pamphlets and broadsides printed in Ohio from 1796 through 1850 which are listed in the Morgan Bibliography of Ohio Imprints, 1796-1850.
- Nashville 1859 City Directory
- Nevada County California Business and Residential Directory - 1856
- Newfoundland's Grand Banks Directory Material
Transcribed directories from the 1860s to the 1930s.
- New Orleans City Directory 1805
- New York State Genealogy - Utica, New York, USA - City Directory - 1854
- Norfolk, Virginia 1859 City Directory
- Oberlin City Directory Database ~ Oberlin, Ohio
Online searchable index.
- OK-CITY-DIRECTORIES Mailing List
For those who desire lookups in Oklahoma city directories such as the old directories found in many local and state public libraries, and for volunteers who are willing to undertake requested lookups in these directories. Archives: browse or search.
- Old Directory Search: Cleveland, Ohio 1837
- Old Directory Search: Denver, Colorado 1892
- Old Directory Search: Monroe, Wisconsin 1891
- Old Directory Search: Monson, Massachusetts 1897
- Old Directory Search: New York City, New York 1786
- Old Directory Search: Ohio City, Ohio 1837
- Old Directory Search: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1890
- Old Directory Search: Stamford, Connecticut 1907
- Old Huntsville Magazine: Huntsville City Directory 1859-1860 ~ Alabama
- Phillips Neighborhood History Page ~ Minnesota
The 1859-1860 Dual City Directory for St. Anthony and Minneapolis lists many of the cities' earliest residents, their occupations and their addresses.
- Pigot's Commercial Directory of Derbyshire 1835
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Pigots Index Nottinghamshire 1830
Transcription of the complete listing of the Nottinghamshire, England Pigots Commercial Directory 1830.
- Post Office Directory 1852 ~ Longford, Kent, England
- Post Office Directory 1878 ~ Longford, Kent, England
- Poughkeepsie, NY City Directory, 1856
Browseable surname list of households and businesses in this Dutchess Co. community, posted by the Town of Carmel Historical Society.
- Raleigh City Directory 1899-1900 ~ North Carolina
Lists individuals found in Maloney's 1899-1900 Raleigh, N. C. City Directory.
- Resident Directory of Vineyard Haven, Mass. 1907
- Ringmer Directories and Lists of People who Lived in Ringmer ~ Sussex, England
- Rochester City Directories ~ New York
The Rochester City Directory collection is housed in the Local History and Genealogy Department of the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County. The directories, 1827-1930, are being digitized and put online here.
- San Francisco City Directories ~ California
- Schenectady, New York City Directories ~ New York
Found at the Schenectady County Public Library. Includes an online version of the Schenectady Directory and City Register for the years 1841-2.
- Shaw's Dublin City Directory 1850 ~ Ireland
Surnames extracted from the Directory plus links to some transcriptions of the original entries.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
St. Louis City & Kansas City Directories Index
Shows all KASSELL, CASSELL, CAMPBELL & MARTIN surnames from various years & various directories.
- Street Directories in Memorial Hall Library ~ Massachusetts
- Thackers - and other - Directories
Directories of interest to those researching family history in India.
- Trenton Historical Society, New Jersey - Trenton City Directories
City directories for Trenton, New Jersey: 1857, 1881, 1882, 1900 & 1920.
- Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore
A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - City Directories
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
- Archived Books
Books and trade directories for the UK on CD-ROM.
- eBay Listings: City Directories
Online auction service for buying & selling.
- PA-Genealogy.net
Pennsylvania genealogy, history & biography e-books on CD. Over 1,000 titles. PA histories, biographicals, directories, county atlases, church histories, etc.
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