Ancestry.com continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search.
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For the period of August 1-31, 2020,  the new/updated collections are:

• 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules (UPDATED)
• Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800's-Current (UPDATED)
• Brazil, Find A Grave Index, 1800's-Current (UPDATED)
• Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600's-Current (UPDATED)
• Canada, Selected School Yearbooks, 1901-2010 (UPDATED)
• Dresden, Germany, Births, 1876-1907 (UPDATED)
• Dresden, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1957 (UPDATED)
• Fulton and Campbell Counties, Georgia, Cemetery Records, 1857-1933 (NEW)
• Georgia, Catholic Diocese of Savannah Cemetery Records, 1853-1975 (UPDATED)
• Germany, Find A Grave Index, 1600's-Current (UPDATED)
• Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300's-Current (UPDATED)
• Italy, Find A Grave Index, 1800's-Current (UPDATED)
• Kingdom of Hannover and Province of Hannover, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1684-1892 (UPDATED)
• Mexico, Find A Grave Index, 1800's-Current (UPDATED)
• Montana, State Deaths, 1907-2018 (UPDATED)
• New York State, U.S., Death Index, 1957-1969 (UPDATED)
• New York, Auburn Prison Records, 1816-1942 (NEW)
• New York, Clinton Prison Admission Ledgers, 1851-1866, 1923-1939 (UPDATED)
• New York, Great Meadow Correctional Facility Records, 1911-1933 (NEW)
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 (UPDATED)
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919 (UPDATED)
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1995 (UPDATED)
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936 (UPDATED)
• Norway, Find A Grave Index, 1800's-Current (UPDATED)
• Ontario, Canada Births, 1832-1914 (UPDATED)
• Pennsylvania, U.S., Births, 1852-1854 (UPDATED)
• Pennsylvania, U.S., Deaths, 1852-1854 (UPDATED)
• Queensland, Australia, Landsborough Shire Records - Index to Rates, Receipts and Payments, 1912-1941 (NEW)
• Sweden, Find A Grave Index, 1800's-Current (UPDATED)
• Thuringia, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1557-1940 (UPDATED)
• U.S., Chinese Immigration Case Files, 1883-1923 (UPDATED)
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600's-Current (UPDATED)
• U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874 (UPDATED)
• U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 (UPDATED)
• UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300's-Current (UPDATED)
• WEB: Library of Congress, Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party, 1875-1938 (NEW)
• WEB: Maryland State Archives, Index to Deaths and Burials, 1697-1800 (NEW)
• Web: Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2016 (UPDATED)
• Westminster, London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1812-1910 (NEW)

I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for!

FamilySearch continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search.
​​
For the period of August 1-31, 2020,  the added/updated collections are:

• Alabama, Confederate Pension Applications, ca. 1880-1930's
• Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930
• Arizona, Graham County, Voting Records, 1882-1920
• Arizona, Greenlee County, Voting Records, 1910-1926
• Arizona, Mohave County, Voting Records, 1876-1920
• Australia, South Australia, Will and Probate Records
• Austria, Vienna, Jewish Registers of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1784-1911
• Belgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration, 1588-1913
• Belgium, Limburg, Civil Registration, 1798-1906
• Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996
• Brazil, Bahia, Civil Registration, 1877-1976
• Brazil, Civil Registration, 1860-2006
• Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949
• Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996
• Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999
• California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994
• California, Honor Roll of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918
• California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002
• California, San Francisco Chinese passenger lists, 1882-1947
• Canada, New Brunswick, County Register of Births, 1801-1920
• Chile, Cemetery Records, 1821-2015
• Connecticut Naturalization Records, 1795-1942
• Connecticut, Military Census Questionnaires, 1917
• Democratic Republic of the Congo, Census, 1984
• Dominican Republic Civil Registration, 1801-2010
• Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011
• England and Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1640-1660
• England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983
• England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918
• England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971
• England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898
• England, Manchester, Miscellaneous Records, 1700-1916
• England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988
• England, Shropshire Parish Registers, 1538-1918
• England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963
• England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887
• Fiji, Indian Death Records, 1899-1922
• Fiji, Passports, 1915-1991
• Find A Grave Index
• Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915
• Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990
• Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
• Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957
• Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935
• Hawaii, Collector of Customs, Ships' Passenger Manifests, 1843-1900
• Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands Newspaper Obituaries, 1900-ca.2010
• Hawaii, Naturalization Records, 1838-1991
• Hungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980
• Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950
• Idaho, County Naturalizations, 1861-1974
• Idaho, Eastport, Arrival Manifests, 1924-1956
• Illinois, Quincy, Greenmount Cemetery Records, 1875-1985
• Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007
• Indiana Naturalization Records and Indexes, 1848-1993
• Indiana, Harrison County, Index Cards to Corydon Democrat Newspaper Obituaries, 1861-2008
• Iowa, Black Hawk County, Waterloo, World War I Pledge Cards, 1917-1918
• Iowa, Dallas County, Violet Hill Cemetery, Lot Records, 1846-1988
• Iowa, Monroe County, Card Index of Births, Deaths & Marriages from Newspaper Clippings, 1898-2015
• Ireland, Poverty Relief Funds, 1810-1887
• Italy, Catania, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820-1900
• Italy, Latina, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1867-1946
• Kansas, Lawrence City Cemetery Records, 1850-1988
• Kiribati, Vital Records, 1890-1991
• Louisiana, Ascension Parish, Index of Marriages, 1773-1963
• Louisiana, New Orleans Index to Passenger Lists, 1853-1952
• Louisiana, New Orleans, Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels, 1807-1860
• Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954
• Luxembourg, Civil Registration, 1796-1941
• Massachusetts, City of Boston Voter Registers, 1857-1920
• Mexico, Morelos, Catholic Church Records, 1598-1994
• Mexico, Sinaloa, Civil Registration, 1861-1929
• Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006
• Micronesia, Civil Registration, 1883-1983
• Micronesia, Death Records, 1970-1986
• Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979
• Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991
• Missouri, Pre-WWII Adjutant General Enlistment Contracts, 1900-1941
• Montana Manifests of Immigrant Arrivals and Departures, 1923-1956
• Nebraska, Lancaster County, Fairview Cemetery, Burial Records, 1864-1999
• Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950
• New Hampshire, County Naturalization Records, 1771-2001
• New Jersey, County Naturalization Records, 1749-1986
• New Jersey, Gloucester County, Clarksboro, Eglington Cemetery Records, 1880-1983
• New York, Church Records, 1660-1954
• New York, County Naturalization Records, 1791-1980
• New York, New York, Index to Passengers Lists of Vessels, 1897-1902
• Niue, Register of Baptisms, 1926-1947
• Niue, Vital Records, 1818-1994
• North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922
• North Carolina, Davidson County Vital Records, 1867-2006
• North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000
• North Dakota Manifests of Immigrant Arrivals, 1910-1952
• Norway, Oslo, Census, 1832-1954
• Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904
• Ohio, Washington County Newspaper Obituaries, 1884-2013
• Oklahoma, Noble County, Parker Funeral Home, Funeral Records, 1908-1982
• Ontario, Toronto Cemetery Records, 1989-1995
• Oregon Passenger and Crew Lists, 1888-1956
• Oregon, Lincoln County Voter Registration Index Cards, 1913-1942
• Papua New Guinea, Birth Records, 1888-2004
• Paraguay, Catholic Church Records, 1754-2015
• Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950
• Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976
• Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Naturalization Card File Index, 1906-1990
• Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950
• Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Court of Common Pleas, Naturalization Records, 1799-1906
• Peru, Ayacucho, Civil Registration, 1903-1999
• Peru, Diocese of Huacho, Catholic Church Records, 1560-1952
• Peru, Junín, Civil Registration, 1881-2005
• Peru, Piura, Civil Registration, 1874-1996
• Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018
• Peru, Tacna, Civil Registration, 1850-1998
• Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969
• Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001
• Puerto Rico, Naturalization Records, 1897-1985
• Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885
• South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972
• South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004
• South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966
• South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973
• South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976
• South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Deaths, 1863-1955
• South Africa, Orange Free State, Civil Death Registration, 1902-1954
• South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950
• Spain, Province of La Coruña, Municipal Records, 1648-1941
• Sweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-1860
• Texas, Confederate Army and Commanding Officer Card Index, ca.1861-ca.1865
• Texas, Eagle Pass Arrival Manifests and Indexes, 1905-1954
• Texas, Hardin County Clerk, Death Records, 1908-1948
• Texas, Hardin County, Marriage Records, 1837-2009
• Texas, Indexes and Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Del Rio, 1906-1953
• Texas, Laredo Arrival Manifests, 1903-1955
• Texas, Manifests of Permanent and Statistical Alien Arrivals at El Paso, 1924-1954
• Texas, Various Counties, Military Discharge Records, 1916-1990
• Texas, Washington County, Birth Records, 1903-1991
• United States Census, 1940
• United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865
• United States Public Records, 1970-2009
• United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco, 1930-1949
• United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969
• United States, Compiled Military Service Records Of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With The U.S. Colored Troops, 1861-1866
• United States, Compiled Military Service Records Of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With The U.S. Colored Troops, 1861-1866
• United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011
• United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
• United States, Iowa Naturalization Records, 1859-1990
• United States, Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Military Servicemen in World War I Records, 1919
• United States, Missouri, Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops, 1863-1865
• United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975
• United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012
• Utah, Brigham City Family History Center, Obituary Collection, 1930-2015
• Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951
• Utah, Salt Lake County, Enrolled Militia, 1895
• Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995
• Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008
• Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935
• Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Records, 1853-1912
• Wales, Marriage Bonds, 1650-1900
• Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965
• Washington, County Naturalization Records, 1850-1982
• Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957
• Wisconsin, County Naturalization Records, 1807-1992
• Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015

For a complete list of all added/updated collections, go to https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list
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I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for!

Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historic newspapers, regularly updates their collection.

Here are the updated titles for August, 2020. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title's pages in the database. There are 49 in total from 14 different states.


Alabama

• Updated content for The Birmingham age-herald. (Birmingham, Ala.)
  
• Updated content for The age-herald. (Birmingham, Ala.)

Alaska

• Updated content for The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska)
• Updated content for The midnight sun. (Cape Prince of Wales [i.e. Wales], Alaska)
• Updated content for Tundra times. (Fairbanks, Alaska)
• Updated content for The free press. (Fairbanks, Alaska)
• Updated content for Kodiak mirror. (Kodiak, Alaska)
• Updated content for The new native. (Hydaburg, Alaska)
• Updated content for The Alaska socialist. (Fairbanks, Alaska)
• Updated content for The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska)
• Updated content for The Eskimo bulletin. (Cape Prince of Wales [i.e. Wales], Alaska)

Colorado

• Updated content for The Colorado statesman. (Denver, Colo.)

• Updated content for The Meeker herald. (Meeker, Colo.)
• Updated content for The Democrat-herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.)
• Updated content for The Delta independent. (Delta, Colo.)
  
• Updated content for The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.)

Florida

• Updated content for The Miami times. (Miami, Fla.)

Idaho

• Updated content for The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho)

Montana

• Updated content for The Sidney herald. (Sidney, Mont.)
• Updated content for Belt Valley times. (Armington, Mont.)
• Updated content for Plentywood herald. (Plentywood, Mont.)
• Updated content for Montana labor news. (Butte, Mont.)
  
• Updated content for The Western news. (Libby, Mont.)
• Updated content for The Carbon County news. (Red Lodge, Mont.)
• Updated content for Western news and the Libby times. (Libby, Mont.)

Nebraska

• Updated content for Nebraska Staats-Anzeiger und Herold. (Grand Island, Nebraska)
  
• Updated content for Stjernen. (St. Paul, Howard County, Nebraska)

​Nevada

• Updated content for Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. (Wadsworth, Nev.)
• Updated content for The Wadsworth dispatch. (Wadsworth, Nev.)
• Updated content for The White Pine news. (Treasure City, Nev.)
• Updated content for The Central Nevadan. (Battle Mountain, Nev.)
• Updated content for The Wadsworth dispatch. (Wadsworth, Nev.)

New Jersey

• Updated content for Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.)
• Updated content for Newark star-eagle. (Newark, N.J.)

North Carolina

• Updated content for The Laurinburg post. (Laurinburg, N.C.)
• Updated content for The news and observer. (Raleigh, N.C.)
• Updated content for News-observer-chronicle. (Raleigh, N.C.)
  
• Updated content for The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.)

Ohio

• Updated content for The Geauga Republican-record. (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio)
• Updated content for Geauga record. (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio)

South Dakota

• Updated content for The Tabor independent. (Tabor, S.D.)
• Updated content for Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., Süd=Dakota)
• Updated content for The Mellette County pioneer. (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.)
• Updated content for The Bon Homme County independent. (Tabor, S.D.)

Washington

• Updated content for The Northwest enterprise. (Seattle, Wash.)
• Updated content for Scandinavian American. (Seattle, Wash.)
• Updated content for Filipino forum. (Seattle, Wash.)
• Updated content for Southwest Washington labor press. (Hoquiam, Wash.)

Wisconsin

• Updated content for Danskeren. (Neenah, Wis.)

​Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has made available the Online Historical Directories website, which presents links to directories of all types that are available online, including free collections as well as those available only via subscription. I wish to thank Miriam for her help in launching this category of records at The Ancestor Hunt.

So, what kinds of directories are available to the researcher?  Naturally city and business directories, but also telephone directories, and alumni, farm, lodge, rural, and social directories.

What can you find in these records? How about:

• Full names, including middle names
• Spouse name
• Occupation
• Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
• Maps
• Businesses (and index to advertisers).
• Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, newspapers.
• Whether a woman is a widow (including name of husband).
• List of marriages and deaths of previous year.
• Death date.
• etc.

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:
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• FamilySearch - United States Directories
• How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research 
• What's In A City Directory? (a 10 article series about City Directories)

And here are various places where you can find city directories online: 

• Where to Find City Directories Online

(Updated August, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Select your state of interest, and the links to free online directories will be listed for you to choose from.

• Free Online Alabama City Directories
• Free Online Alaska City Directories
• Free Online Arizona City Directories
• Free Online Arkansas City Directories
• Free Online California City Directories
• Free Online Colorado City Directories
• Free Online Connecticut City Directories
• Free Online Delaware City Directories
• Free Online District of Columbia City Directories
• Free Online Florida City Directories
• Free Online Georgia City Directories
• Free Online Hawaii City Directories
• Free Online Idaho City Directories
• Free Online Illinois City Directories
• Free Online Indiana City Directories
• Free Online Iowa City Directories
• Free Online Kansas City Directories
• Free Online Kentucky City Directories
• Free Online Louisiana City Directories
• Free Online Maine City Directories
• Free Online Maryland City Directories
• Free Online Massachusetts City Directories
• Free Online Michigan City Directories
• Free Online Minnesota City Directories
• Free Online Mississippi City Directories
• Free Online Missouri City Directories
• Free Online Montana City Directories
• Free Online Nebraska City Directories
• Free Online Nevada City Directories
• Free Online New Hampshire City Directories
• Free Online New Jersey City Directories
• Free Online New Mexico City Directories
• Free Online New York City Directories
• Free Online North Carolina City Directories
• Free Online North Dakota City Directories
• Free Online Ohio City Directories
• Free Online Oklahoma City Directories
• Free Online Oregon City Directories
• Free Online Pennsylvania City Directories
• Free Online Rhode Island City Directories
• Free Online South Carolina City Directories
• Free Online South Dakota City Directories
• Free Online Tennessee City Directories
• Free Online Texas City Directories
• Free Online Utah City Directories
• Free Online Vermont City Directories
• Free Online Virginia City Directories
• Free Online Washington City Directories
• Free Online West Virginia City Directories
• Free Online Wisconsin City Directories
• Free Online Wyoming City Directories

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has made available the Online Historical Directories website, which presents links to directories of all types that are available online, including free collections as well as those available only via subscription. I wish to thank Miriam for her help in launching this category of records at The Ancestor Hunt.

So, what kinds of directories are available to the researcher?  Naturally city and business directories, but also telephone directories, and alumni, farm, lodge, rural, and social directories.

What can you find in these records? How about:

• Full names, including middle names
• Spouse name
• Occupation
• Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
• Maps
• Businesses (and index to advertisers).
• Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, newspapers.
• Whether a woman is a widow (including name of husband).
• List of marriages and deaths of previous year.
• Death date.
• etc.

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:
​

• FamilySearch - United States Directories
• How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research 
• What's In A City Directory? (a 10 article series about City Directories)

And here are various places where you can find city directories online: 

• Where to Find City Directories Online

(Updated August, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Select your state of interest, and the links to free online directories will be listed for you to choose from.

• Free Online Alaska City Directories
• Free Online Arizona City Directories

• Free Online California City Directories
• Free Online Colorado City Directories
• Free Online Hawaii City Directories
• Free Online Idaho City Directories
• Free Online Montana City Directories
• Free Online Nevada City Directories
• Free Online New Mexico City Directories
• Free Online Oregon City Directories
• Free Online Utah City Directories
• Free Online Washington City Directories
• Free Online Wyoming City Directories

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

​City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has made available the Online Historical Directories website, which presents links to directories of all types that are available online, including free collections as well as those available only via subscription. I wish to thank Miriam for her help in launching this category of records at The Ancestor Hunt.

So, what kinds of directories are available to the researcher?  Naturally city and business directories, but also telephone directories, and alumni, farm, lodge, rural, and social directories.

What can you find in these records? How about:

• Full names, including middle names
• Spouse name
• Occupation
• Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
• Maps
• Businesses (and index to advertisers).
• Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, newspapers.
• Whether a woman is a widow (including name of husband).
• List of marriages and deaths of previous year.
• Death date.
• etc.

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:
​

• FamilySearch - United States Directories
• How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research 
• What's In A City Directory? (a 10 article series about City Directories)

And here are various places where you can find other city directories online: 

• Where to Find City Directories Online

Note: Some of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections' images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital.

(Updated August, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Links to these free collections are presented initially with statewide collections, followed in alphabetical order by city or county. Generally, the publishing company is included in the reference to the collection, along with the collection title, and the date(s) of the directory:

Statewide

• Armenian Directory of the State of California 1932
• Armenian Directory of the State of California 1933
• Armenian Directory of the State of California 1940/41
• California Attorneys and Bankers Directory, Murdock, 1908-9
• California Telephone Directory, Pacific and Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Companies, 1898
• California Women's Club Directory, Calkins Publishing House, 1907
• California, Oregon & Nevada Trades Guide 1874
• Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of America Directory, Four States Press, 1913
• Grand Lodge of California Free and Accepted Masons Directory, Eastman, 1882
• Pacific Coast Business Directory, Langley, 1867
• Pacific Coast Business Directory, Langley, 1876-8
• Pacific Coast Business Directory, McKenny, 1880-1
• Pacific Coast Business Directory, McKenny, 1880-1
• Pacific Coast Business Directory, McKinney, 1886-7
• Pacific Coast Directory, McKenny, 1880-1
• Pacific Coast Directory, McKenny, 1880-1
• Pacific Coast Directory, McKenny, 1880-1
• Pacific Coast Grange Directory, Bancroft, 1875
• Southern California Directory 1875
• Syrian Directory of the State of California 1928
• Syrian Directory of the State of California 1930
• Syrian Directory of the State of California 1932/33
• Various California Counties Telephone Directories, Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1941
• Various California Counties Telephone Directories, Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1944
• Various California Counties Telephone Directories, Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1946 
• Various California County Telephone Directories, Pacific Telegraph & Telephone Company, 1931

Alameda County

• Alameda, Berkeley, Oakland, and San Leandro Telephone Directories, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1940

Berkeley

• University of California Directory of Graduates, UC Berkeley, 1864 - 1905​

Butte County

• Polk & Co's 1918 Chico, Oroville and Butte County Directory
• Polk & Co's 1923 Butte County Directory
• Polk & Co's 1924 Butte County Directory
• Polk & Co's 1929 Butte County Directory
• Polk & Co's 1931 Butte County Directory
• Polk & Co's 1933 Butte County Directory

Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne County

• Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties Telephone Directories, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1938
• Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties Telephone Directories, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1939
• Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties Telephone Directories, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1942
• Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties Telephone Directories, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1945

Carpinteria

• Carpinteria City Directory 1940

Chico

• 1898 Chico City Directory
• Chico City Directory, 1904 - 1905
• Chico City Directory, 1907

Chico and Oroville

• Chico - Oroville California Directory, 1909
• Chico- Oroville California Directory, 1910
• Polk & Co's 1934-35 Chico and Oroville City Directory
• Polk & Co's 1937 Chico and Oroville City Directory
• Polk's Chico & Oroville Directory, 1927
• Polk's Chico & Oroville Directory, 1939
• Polk's Chico and Oroville (California) City Directory, 1940
• Polk's Chico and Oroville (California) City Directory, 1945
• Polk's Chico and Oroville (California) City Directory, 1948
• Polk's Chico and Oroville (California) City Directory, 1950
• R.L. Polk & Co.'s Chico & Oroville Directory, 1913
• R.L. Polk & Co.'s Chico & Oroville Directory, 1914
• R.L. Polk & Co.'s Chico & Oroville Directory, 1915
• R.L. Polk & Co.'s Chico & Oroville Directory, 1916
• R.L. Polk & Co.'s Chico & Oroville Directory, 1926
• R.L. Polk & Co.'s Chico City & Oroville City Directory, 1921
• R.L. Polk & Co.'s Chico City & Oroville City Directory, 1922
• R.L. Polk & Co.'s Chico, Oroville, Biggs, Durham, Gridley, Hamilton City, Palermo, Paradise, Stirling (sic) City and Wyandotte [Butte County] Directory, 1912
• R.L. Polk & Company's Chico, Oroville, Biggs, Durham, Gridley, Hamilton City, Paradise and Sterling City Directory, 1911​

Daly City

• Daly City Commercial and Civic Directory, 1939

Daly City and Colma

• Daly City/Colma 1969-70 City Directory
• Daly City/Colma 1970-71 City Directory
• Daly City/Colma 1972-73 City Directory
• Daly City/Colma 1973-74 City Directory
• Daly City/Colma 1976-77 City Directory
• Daly City/Colma 1977-78 City Directory

Del Norte County

• History of Del Norte County, California : with a Business Directory, 1881

Escondido

• Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1956
• Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1957
• Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1958
• Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1959
• Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1961
• Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1962
• Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1963-4
• Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1965
• Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1966
• Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1973
• Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1974
• Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1975
• Escondido City and Rural Directory, Glendale Directory Co., 1955

Escondido and Valley Center

• Escondido and Valley Center City Directory 1983
• Escondido and Valley Center City Directory 1984
• Escondido and Valley Center City Directory 1985

Escondido, San Marcos, and Valley Center

• Escondido, San Marcos, and Valley Center City Directory 1979
• Escondido, San Marcos, and Valley Center City Directory 1982
• Escondido, San Marcos, and Valley Center City Directory 1986

Glendale

• Glendale City Directory 1908
• Glendale City Directory 1909
• Glendale City Directory 1911-1912
• Glendale City Directory 1913-1914
• Glendale City Directory 1915-1916
• Glendale City Directory 1917
• Glendale City Directory 1919
• Glendale City Directory 1922
• Glendale City Directory 1923
• Glendale City Directory 1925
• Glendale City Directory 1926
• Glendale City Directory 1927
• Glendale City Directory 1928
• Glendale City Directory 1929
• Glendale City Directory 1935
• Glendale City Directory 1937
• Glendale City Directory 1938
• Glendale City Directory 1941
• Glendale City Directory 1942
• Glendale City Directory 1943
• Glendale City Directory 1944
• Glendale City Directory 1945
• Glendale City Directory 1947
• Glendale City Directory 1948
• Glendale City Directory 1949
• Glendale City Directory 1958
• Glendale City Directory 1971
• Glendale City Directory 1989-1990

Goleta

• Goleta Chamber of Commerce Directory 1971
• Goleta City Directory 1939
• Goleta City Directory 1941 

Granada Hills

• Granada Hills City Directory 1963
• Granada Hills City Directory 1965

Hollywood

• Hollywood City Directory 1906

Inglewood

• Inglewood, Lennox (California) City Directory - 1950

Lomita

• Lomita City Directory 1930

Long Beach

• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1899-1900
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1902
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1904
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1905-1906
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1907
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1908
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1909-1910
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1911
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1912
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1913-1914
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1914-1915
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1915-1916
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1916-1917
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1917
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1918
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1919
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1920
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1921
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1922
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1923
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1925
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1926
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1927
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1928
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1929
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1930
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1931
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1932
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1933
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1935
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1936
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1937
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1938
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1939
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1940
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1941
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1942
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1943-1944
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1945
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1948
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1951-1952
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1953
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1954
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1955
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1957
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1958
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1959
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1960
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1961
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1962
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1963
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1964
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1965
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1966
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1968
• Long Beach City Polk Directory 1969

Los Angeles

• Los Angeles and Santa Ana Valley City Directory 1883-1884
• Los Angeles Business Directory 1890-91
• Los Angeles Business Directory 1914
• Los Angeles City Directory (Atwood) 1883-1884
• Los Angeles City Directory (International ed.) 1906-1907
• Los Angeles City Directory (Maxwell's) 1896
• Los Angeles City Directory 1873
• Los Angeles City Directory 1875
• Los Angeles City Directory 1878
• Los Angeles City Directory 1879-80
• Los Angeles City Directory 1881-82
• Los Angeles City Directory 1884-1885
• Los Angeles City Directory 1887
• Los Angeles City Directory 1887-1888 (Maxwells)
• Los Angeles City Directory 1887-1888 (Smith & McPhee)
• Los Angeles City Directory 1888
• Los Angeles City Directory 1890
• Los Angeles City Directory 1891
• Los Angeles City Directory 1892
• Los Angeles City Directory 1893
• Los Angeles City Directory 1895
• Los Angeles City Directory 1896
• Los Angeles City Directory 1897
• Los Angeles City Directory 1899
• Los Angeles City Directory 1901
• Los Angeles City Directory 1902
• Los Angeles City Directory 1904
• Los Angeles City Directory 1905
• Los Angeles City Directory 1906
• Los Angeles City Directory 1907
• Los Angeles City Directory 1908
• Los Angeles City Directory 1910
• Los Angeles City Directory 1912
• Los Angeles City Directory 1913
• Los Angeles City Directory 1914
• Los Angeles City Directory 1916
• Los Angeles City Directory 1920
• Los Angeles City Directory 1922
• Los Angeles City Directory 1924
• Los Angeles City Directory 1925
• Los Angeles City Directory 1928
• Los Angeles City Directory 1930
• Los Angeles City Directory 1931
• Los Angeles City Directory 1933
• Los Angeles City Directory 1934
• Los Angeles City Directory 1935
• Los Angeles City Directory 1937
• Los Angeles City Directory 1940
• Los Angeles City Directory 1941
• Los Angeles City Directory, 1883-84
• Los Angeles City Directory, 1886-7
• Los Angeles City Directory, 1894
• Los Angeles City Directory, 1898
• Los Angeles City Directory, 1900-1901
• Los Angeles City Directory, 1911
• Los Angeles City Directory, 1915
• Los Angeles City Directory, 1917
• Los Angeles City Directory, 1918
• Los Angeles City Directory, 1921
• Los Angeles Directory Co.'s Los Angeles City Directory 1927
• Los Angeles Directory Co's Los Angeles City Directory 1909
• Los Angeles Directory Co's Los Angeles City Directory 1923
• Los Angeles Directory Co's Los Angeles City Directory 1926
• Los Angeles Directory Co's Los Angeles City Directory 1929
• Los Angeles Directory Co's Los Angeles City Directory 1932
• Los Angeles Directory Co's Los Angeles City Directory 1936
• Los Angeles Directory Co's Los Angeles City Directory 1938
• Los Angeles Directory Co's Los Angeles City Directory 1939
• Los Angeles Directory Co's Los Angeles City Directory 1942
• Los Angeles Negro City Directory 1930-31
• Los Angeles Street Address Directory, 1956, May
• Los Angeles Street Address Directory, 1960, March
• Los Angeles Street Address Directory, 1961, October
• Los Angeles Street Address Directory, 1962, July
• Los Angeles Street Address Directory, 1963, July
• Los Angeles Street Address Directory, 1964, April
• Los Angeles Street Address Directory, 1965, April
• Los Angeles Street Address Directory, 1965, July
• Los Angeles Street Address Directory, 1967, April
• Los Angeles Street Address Directory, 1968, April
• Los Angeles Street Address Directory, 1969, January
• Los Angeles Street Address Directory, 1973, July
• Los Angeles Street Address Directory, 1987, July
• Los Angeles Street and Avenue Guide, 1906
• Los Angeles Telephone Directory 1882
• Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1915
• Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1915
• Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1916
• Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1916
• Los Angeles. Street Directory (Kelts) 1927 A - Nobel
• Los Angeles. Street Directory (Kelts) 1927 Nolden - Z

Merced County

• Stockton City and Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus County Directories, Husted, 1891

North Hollywood

• North Hollywood and Studio City Directory 1944
• North Hollywood and Studio City Directory 1946

Northridge and Chatsworth

• Northridge and Chatsworth City Directory 1964
• Northridge and Chatsworth City Directory 1965-1966

Oakland

• A Directory of the City of Oakland and its environs, 1878
• A Directory of the City of Oakland and its environs,1872
• Bishop's Oakland Directory for 1875
• Bishop's Oakland Directory for 1876/1877
• Bishop's Oakland Directory for 1877/1878
• Bishop's Oakland Directory for 1880/1881
• Directory of the township and City of Oakland : together with the townships of Brooklyn and Alameda, for the year 1869
• Oakland City Directory, Polk, 1928
• Oakland City Directory, Polk, 1937
• Oakland Telephone Directory, Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1893
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, 1928
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, 1930
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, 1933
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, 1934
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, 1935
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, 1937
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, 1938
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, 1939
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, 1940
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, 1941
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, 1967
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, 1969
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, including Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville and Piedmont, 1892-93
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, including Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville and Piedmont, 1908
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, including Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville and Piedmont, 1914
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, including Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville and Piedmont, 1916
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, including Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville and Piedmont, 1917
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, including Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville and Piedmont, 1918
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, including Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville and Piedmont, 1921
• Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, including Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville and Piedmont, 1943
• San Francisco and Oakland Society Directories, Argonaut Publishing Company, 1879

Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley

• Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley City Directory. 1887
• Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory, 1891
• Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory, 1894
• Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory, 1895
• Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory, 1896
• Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory, 1897
• Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory, 1898
• Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory, 1899
• Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory, 1900
• Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory, 1901
• Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory, 1902
• Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory, 1908
• Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory. 1884/85
• Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory. 1889/90
• Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda City Directory, 1921
• Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda Directory, 1914
• Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda Directory, 1917

Orange County

• Orange County Directory, 1899
• Orange County Directory, 1903
• Orange County Directory, 1911
• Orange County Directory, 1913
• Orange County Directory, 1919
• Orange County Directory, 1922
• Orange County Directory, 1924
• Orange County Directory, 1925
• Orange County Directory, 1926
• Orange County Directory, 1927
• Orange County Directory, 1928
• Orange County Directory, 1929
• Orange County Directory, 1930
• Orange County Directory, 1931
• Orange County Directory, 1932
• Orange County Directory, 1933
• Orange County Directory, 1934
• Orange County Directory, 1935
• Orange County Directory, 1936
• Orange County Directory, 1937
• Orange County Directory, 1938
• Orange County Directory, 1939
• Orange County Directory, 1940
• Orange County Directory, 1941
• Orange County Directory, 1945
• Orange County Directory, 1948
• Orange County Directory, 1969
• Orange County Directory, 1971
• Orange County Directory, 1972
• Orange County Directory, 1973
• Orange County Directory, 1974
• Orange County Directory, 1975
• Orange County Directory, 1977
• Orange County Directory, 1979
• Orange County Directory, 1980

Palo Alto

• Palo Alto City Directory, Polk, 1926

Pasadena

• Pasadena City Directory, 1881
• Pasadena City Directory, 1886
• Pasadena City Directory, 1887
• Pasadena City Directory, 1888
• Pasadena City Directory, 1893
• Pasadena City Directory, 1895
• Pasadena City Directory, 1897
• Pasadena City Directory, 1900
• Pasadena City Directory, 1905
• Pasadena City Directory, 1912
• Pasadena City Directory, 1913
• Pasadena City Directory, 1918
• Pasadena City Directory, 1924

Placer County

• California, Placer County Directory, 1861

Placerville

• Directory of the City of Placerville, and towns of Upper Placerville, El Dorado, Georgetown, and Coloma, 1862

Pomona

• 1896 Pomona City Directory
• 1898 Pomona City Directory
• 1903 Pomona City Directory
• 1907 Pomona City Directory
• 1909 Pomona City Directory
• 1911 Pomona City Directory
• 1914 Pomona City Directory
• 1916 Pomona City Directory
• 1919 Pomona City Directory
• 1922 Pomona City Directory
• 1924 Pomona City Directory
• 1926 Pomona City Directory
• 1928 Pomona City Directory
• 1931 Pomona City Directory
• 1934 Pomona City Directory
• 1937 Pomona City Directory
• 1940 Pomona City Directory
• 1945 Pomona City Directory
• 1948 Pomona City Directory
• 1951 Pomona City Directory

Porterville

• Porterville, California, City Directory

Redlands

• Redlands (California) City Directory 1936 - Redlands (California) City Directory

Richmond

• Richmond City and Contra Costa County Directories, Polk, 1914-5
• Richmond City and Contra Costa County Directories, Polk, 1914-5
• Richmond, California, City Directory, 1914-15
• Richmond, California, City Directory, 1914-15

Riverside

• Riverside (California) City Directory - 1951

Sacramento

• Sacramento and North Sacramento City Directories, Sacramento Directory Company, 1935
• Sacramento and North Sacramento City Directories, Sacramento Directory Company, 1939
• Sacramento City and County Directories, McKenny, 1884-5
• Sacramento City and County Directory, Crocker, 1907
• Sacramento City and County Directory, Draper, 1868
• Sacramento City and County Directory, Draper, 1868
• Sacramento City and County Directory, Husted, 1889-90
• Sacramento City and County Directory, Husted, 1895
• Sacramento City and County Directory, Husted, 1898
• Sacramento City and County Directory, Sacramento Directory Company, 1911
• Sacramento City and County Directory, Sacramento Home Directory Company, 1900
• Sacramento City Directory, 1863-4, Mears, 1863-4
• Sacramento City Directory, Colville, 1855-6
• Sacramento City Directory, Crocker, 1875
• Sacramento City Directory, Crocker, 1880
• Sacramento City Directory, Cutter, 1859-60
• Sacramento City Directory, Draper, 1866
• Sacramento City Directory, McKenney, 1870
• Sacramento City Directory, Sacramento Directory Company, 1915
• Sacramento City Directory, Sacramento Directory Company, 1921
• Sacramento City Directory, Sacramento Directory Company, 1921
• Sacramento City Directory, Sacramento Directory Company, 1925
• Sacramento City Directory, Sacramento Directory Company, 1933
• Sacramento County Rural Directory, McNeel Directory Company, 1939
• Sacramento Telephone Directory, Pacific Telegraph & Telephone Company, 1931
• Sacramento Telephone Directory, Pacific Telegraph & Telephone Company, 1944
• Sacramento Telephone Directory, Pacific Telegraph & Telephone Company, 1946
• Sacramento Telephone Directory, Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1941
• Sacramento Telephone Directory, Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1893
• Sacramento Telephone Directory, Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1893

San Benito County

• San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey County Directories, Paulson, 1875

San Bernardino

• 1939 Telephone Directory : San Bernardino, Lake Arrowhead, Crestline, Colton, Etiwanda, Fontana, Highland, Loma Linda, Rialto, Pine Knot

San Bruno

• San Bruno Community Directory, 1990

San Clemente

• San Clemente by-the-sea, City Directory, 1947

San Diego

• 1874 San Diego City Directory Book
• 1926 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1926 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1927 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1927 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1928 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1928 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1928 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1929 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1929 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1930 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1930 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1930 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1931 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1931 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1931 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1931 San Diego City Directory Book Part 4
• 1932 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1932 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1933 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1933 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1934 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1934 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1934 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1935 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1935 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1936 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1936 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1936 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1937 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1937 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1937 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1938 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1938 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1938 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1939 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1939 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1940 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1940 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1940 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1941 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1941 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1941 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1942 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1942 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1942 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1942 San Diego City Directory Book Part 4
• 1943 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1943 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1943 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1943 San Diego City Directory Book Part 4
• 1943 San Diego City Directory Book Part 5
• 1944-45 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1944-45 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1944-45 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1944-45 San Diego City Directory Book Part 4
• 1944-45 San Diego City Directory Book Part 5
• 1947-48 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1947-48 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1947-48 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1947-48 San Diego City Directory Book Part 4
• 1950 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1950 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1950 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1950 San Diego City Directory Book Part 4
• 1952_San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1952_San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1952_San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1952_San Diego City Directory Book Part 4
• 1952_San Diego City Directory Book Part 5
• 1953-54_San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1953-54_San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1953-54_San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1953-54_San Diego City Directory Book Part 4
• 1955 San Diego Suburban Directory Book Part 1
• 1955 San Diego Suburban Directory Book Part 2
• 1956 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1956 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1956 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1956 San Diego City Directory Book Part 4
• 1956 San Diego City Directory Book Part 5
• 1956 Suburban San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1956 Suburban San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1957 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1957 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1957 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1957 San Diego City Directory Book Part 4
• 1957 San Diego City Directory Book Part 5
• 1957 Suburban San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1957 Suburban San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1958 San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1958 San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1958 San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• 1958 San Diego City Directory Book Part 4
• 1958 San Diego City Directory Book Part 5
• 1958 San Diego City Directory Book Part 6
• 1958 San Diego City Directory Book Part 7
• 1958 Suburban San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1958 Suburban San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1959 Suburban San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1959 Suburban San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1960 Suburban San Diego City Directory Book Part 1
• 1960 Suburban San Diego City Directory Book Part 2
• 1960 Suburban San Diego City Directory Book Part 3
• San Diego City Directory, 1874
• San Diego, California, City Directory, 1908

San Fernando Valley

• San Fernando Valley City Directory 1921
• San Fernando Valley City Directory 1922
• San Fernando Valley City Directory 1923
• San Fernando Valley City Directory 1924
• San Fernando Valley City Directory 1926
• San Fernando Valley City Directory 1928
• San Fernando Valley City Directory 1930
• San Fernando Valley City Directory 1937-1938
• San Fernando Valley City Directory 1939-1940

San Francisco

• A.W. Morgan & Co.'s San Francisco Directory, 1852
• Annual Directory of the C.C. of San Francisco (Bishop), 
• Annual Directory of the C.C. of San Francisco (Bishop), 
• Annual Directory of the City and County of San Francisco, 1878
• Chinese Directory of San Francisco and East Bay, 1949
• Colville's San Francisco Directory, 1856
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory vol. 1, 1906
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory vol. 2, 
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory vol. 3, 
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1896
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1897
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1898
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1899
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1900
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1901
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1902
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1903
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1904
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1905
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1907
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1908
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1909
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1910
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1911
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1912
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1913
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1914
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1915
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1916
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1917
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1918
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1919
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1920
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1921
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1922
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1923
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1924
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1925
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1926
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1927
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1928
• Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1929
• Crocker-Langley San Francisco (California) City Directory, 1929
• Langley's San Francisco Directory, 1880
• Langley's San Francisco Directory, 1881
• Langley's San Francisco Directory, 1882
• Langley's San Francisco Directory, 1883
• Langley's San Francisco Directory, 1884
• Langley's San Francisco Directory, 1885
• Langley's San Francisco Directory, 1886
• Langley's San Francisco Directory, 1887
• Langley's San Francisco Directory, 1888
• Langley's San Francisco Directory, 1889
• Langley's San Francisco Directory, 1890
• Langley's San Francisco Directory, 1891
• Langley's San Francisco Directory, 1892
• Langley's San Francisco Directory, 1893
• Langley's San Francisco Directory, 1894
• Langley's San Francisco Directory, 1895
• LeCount and Strong's San Francisco Directory, 1854
• New City Annual Directory of San Francisco (Bishop), 
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1930
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1931
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1932
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1933
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1934
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1935
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1936
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1937
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1938
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1939
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1940
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1941
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1942
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1943
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1944
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1945-46
• Polk's Crocker Langley San Francisco Directory, 1948-49
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1951
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1953
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1954
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1955-56
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1957
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1958
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1959
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1960
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1961
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1962
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1963
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1964-65
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1966
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1967
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1968
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1969-70
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1971
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1972
• Polk's San Francisco Directory, 1973
• San Francisco and Oakland Society Directories, Argonaut Publishing Company, 1879
• San Francisco and Oakland Society Directories, Argonaut Publishing Company, 1879
• San Francisco Bay Residents List, Davis, 1838
• San Francisco Chinese Directory, 1949
• San Francisco City Directory (Polk), 1974
• San Francisco City Directory (Polk), 1975
• San Francisco City Directory (Polk), 1976
• San Francisco City Directory (Polk), 1977
• San Francisco City Directory (Polk), 1978
• San Francisco City Directory (Polk), 1980
• San Francisco City Directory (Polk), 1981
• San Francisco City Directory (Polk), 1982
• San Francisco City Directory, Colville, 1856
• San Francisco City Directory, Crocker-Langley, 1863
• San Francisco City Directory, Crocker-Langley, 1907
• San Francisco City Directory, Crocker-Langley, 1908
• San Francisco City Directory, Crocker-Langley, 1915
• San Francisco City Directory, Crocker-Langley, 1921
• San Francisco City Directory, Davis, 1846
• San Francisco City Directory, Harris, Bogardus & Labatt, 1856
• San Francisco City Directory, Herrick & Hoogs, 1859
• San Francisco City Directory, Herrick and Hoogs, 1859
• San Francisco City Directory, Kimball, 1850
• San Francisco City Directory, Kimball, 1850
• San Francisco City Directory, Kimball, 1850
• San Francisco City Directory, Langley, 1858
• San Francisco City Directory, Langley, 1859
• San Francisco City Directory, Langley, 1864
• San Francisco City Directory, Langley, 1882
• San Francisco City Directory, Langley, 1890
• San Francisco City Directory, LeCount and Strong, 1854
• San Francisco City Directory, Morgan, 1852
• San Francisco City Directory, Morgan, 1852
• San Francisco City Directory, Parker, 1852-3
• San Francisco City Directory, Parker, 1852-3
• San Francisco City Directory, Polk's Crocker-Langley, 1936
• San Francisco City Directory, Polk's Crocker-Langley, 1937
• San Francisco City Directory, Polk's Crocker-Langley, 1939
• San Francisco City Directory, Polk's Crocker-Langley, 1948-9
• San Francisco Directory (Harris, Bogardus and Labatt), 1856
• San Francisco Directory (Kimball), 1850
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1858
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1859
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1860
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1861
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1862
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1863
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1864
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1865
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1867
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1868
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1869
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1871
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1872
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1873
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1874
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1875
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1876
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1877
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1878
• San Francisco Directory (Langley), 1879
• San Francisco Directory (Parker), 1852-53
• San Francisco house and street directory, 1940
• San Francisco Relief Business Directory, Beecher & Pike, 1906
• San Francisco Social Directory, Bancroft Company, 1892
• San Francisco Social Directory, Hoag & Page, 1924
• San Francisco Social Directory, Hoag, 1899
• San Francisco Social Directory, Hoag, 1899
• San Francisco Social Directory, Hoag, 1905
• San Francisco Social Directory, Social Register Association, 1919
• San Francisco Social Directory, Social Register Association, 1919
• San Francisco Social Directory, Social Register Association, 1927
• San Francisco Social Directory, Social Register Association, 1932
• San Francisco Street Number and Car Directory, Andrian, 1912
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1894
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1900
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1900
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1901
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1901
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1902
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1902
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1902
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1903
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1903
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1903
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1904
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1904
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1905
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1905
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1905
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1906
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1906
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1906
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1906
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1906
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1907
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, 1907
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, American Speaking Telephone Company, 1878
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, Pacific States & Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Companies, 1903
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1893
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1902
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1902
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1904
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1905
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1905
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1938
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company, March 1898
• San Francisco Telephone Directory, Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company, March 1898
• San Francisco Temporary Telephone Directory, 1906
• San Francisco Temporary Telephone Directory, Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1906
• San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1908
• San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1908
• San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1915
• San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1915
• San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1920
• San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1920
• San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1921
• San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1921
• San Francisco, Colma and Daly City street address list , Nov. 1936
• San Francisco, Colma and Daly City street address list, 12206
• The San Francisco city directory, 1850
• The San Francisco Directory, 1874
• The San Francisco Directory, 1895

San Francisco and Oakland

• San Francisco-Oakland Directory, 1907

San Joaquin County

• San Joaquin County Business Directory, Thompson & West, 1878-9

San Jose

• 1870 San Jose City Directory
• 1887 San Jose City Directory
• 1890 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1892 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1893 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1895 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1896 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1897 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1898 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1899 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1900 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1901 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1902 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1903 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1904 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1905 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1906 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1907 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1908 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1909 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1910 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1911 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1912 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1913 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1915 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1916 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1917 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1918 San Jose City Directory - Business Classified Section
• 1920 San Jose City and Santa Clara County Directory
• San Jose Telephone Directory, Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1893

San Luis Obispo

• San Luis Obispo City and County Directory, 1901

San Pedro

• San Pedro City Directory 1908
• San Pedro City Directory 1923
• San Pedro City Directory 1926
• San Pedro City Directory 1928
• San Pedro City Directory 1930
• San Pedro City Directory 1932
• San Pedro City Directory 1937
• San Pedro City Directory 1946
• San Pedro City Directory 1949
• San Pedro City Directory 1952
• San Pedro City Directory 1956
• San Pedro City Directory 1957
• San Pedro City Directory 1959

San Pedro and Wilmington

• San Pedro and Wilmington Phone Directory 1931
• San Pedro and Wilmington Phone Directory 1932
• San Pedro and Wilmington Phone Directory 1934
• San Pedro and Wilmington Phone Directory 1935
• San Pedro and Wilmington Phone Directory 1936
• San Pedro and Wilmington Phone Directory 1937 January
• San Pedro and Wilmington Phone Directory 1937 October
• San Pedro and Wilmington Phone Directory 1938 July
• San Pedro and Wilmington Phone Directory 1946 August

Santa Barbara

• Santa Barbara Business Directory 1922
• Santa Barbara City Directory 1886
• Santa Barbara City Directory 1895-1896
• Santa Barbara Great Register 1877
• Santa Barbara Phone Book 1926
• Santa Barbara Phone Book 1933

Santa Maria

• Santa Maria and Los Alamos Valley Directory, 1906-09

Santa Monica

• Santa Monica City Directory 1913
• Santa Monica City Directory 1915-1916
• Santa Monica City Directory 1917
• Santa Monica City Directory 1919-1920
• Santa Monica City Directory 1921-1922
• Santa Monica City Directory 1923-1924
• Santa Monica City Directory 1925
• Santa Monica City Directory 1940
• Santa Monica City Directory 1947-1948

Santa Monica and Venice

• Santa Monica and Venice City Directory 1936
• Santa Monica and Venice City Directory 1938

Sonoma County

• Sonoma County Farmers Directory, Farmers Directory Company, 1922-23

South San Francisco

• City Directory of South San Francisco - 1940
• South San Francisco City Directory - 1929-1930
• South San Francisco City Directory - 1938

Stockton

• Stockton Business Directory, Herrick & Hoogs, 1859
• Stockton City and Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus County Directories, Husted, 1891

Sunland - Tujunga

• Sunland-Tujunga City Directory 1948
• Sunland-Tujunga City Directory 1949
• Sunland-Tujunga City Directory 1956
• Sunland-Tujunga City Directory 1959
• Sunland-Tujunga City Directory 1966
• Sunland-Tujunga City Directory 1969-1970
• Sunland-Tujunga City Directory 1973-1974

Torrance

• Torrance City Directory 1922
• Torrance City Directory 1927-1928
• Torrance City Directory 1929
• Torrance City Directory 1936
• Torrance City Directory 1940
• Torrance City Directory 1941
• Torrance City Directory 1946
• Torrance City Directory 1949
• Torrance City Directory 1956
• Torrance City Directory 1959
• Torrance City Directory 1975

Tuolumne

• Tuolumne Miners and Business Directory, Heckendorn & Wilson, 1856

Vacaville

• Vacaville City and Rural Directory, Smythe, 1950

Van Nuys

• Van Nuys City Directory 1945-1946
• Van Nuys City Directory 1961-1962

Watts

• Watts City Directory 1914-1915
• Watts City Directory 1919
• Watts City Directory 1921
• Watts City Directory 1925
• Watts City Directory 1932

Watts - Compton

• Watts-Compton City Directory 1922-1923
• Watts-Compton City Directory 1927-1928

West Los Angeles

• West Los Angeles City Directory 1961

Westwood

• Westwood City Directory 1958-1959

Westwood Hills

• Westwood Hills City Directory 1932-1933
• Westwood Hills City Directory 1933-1934
• Westwood Hills City Directory 1934-1935

Westwood, Brentwood, and Bel Air

• Westwood, Brentwood and Bel-Air City Directory 1955-56
• Westwood, Brentwood and Bel-Air City Directory 1956-57

Whittier

• Whittier City Directory 1903
• Whittier City Directory 1911
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory and Supplement, 1924
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory and Supplement, 1924
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory and Supplement, 1924
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory Supplement, 1924
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1904
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1906
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1906
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1907
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1908
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1908
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1908
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1909
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1910
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1910
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1910
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1911
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1912
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1914
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1915
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1915
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1916
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1917
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1917
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1918
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1919
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1920
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1920
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1921
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1921
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1922
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1922
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1923
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1923
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1925
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1925
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1925
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1933
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1933
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1934
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1934
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1935
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1935
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1936
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1936
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1937
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1937
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1938
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1938
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1939
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1942
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1942
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1944
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1945
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1945
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1946
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1947
• Whittier Home Telephone Directory, 1948

Yolo County

• Yolo County Business Directory, Sprague & Atwell, 1870

Yuba, Sutter, Colusa, Butte & Tehama County

• City and County Directory of Yuba, Sutter, Colusa, Butte & Tehama Counties... 1881

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Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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The Digital Library of Georgia just announced that 64 titles are to be added during the fall of 2020 and winter of 2021 to the Georgia Historic Newspapers website. The complete announcement can be found HERE.

The announcement also discusses where the funding for each of the added titles came from. 

Here is a list of the titles (and funding organization):
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National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP)-funded newspaper titles:

• Americus Times-Recorder, 1901-1924
• Athens Republique, 1921-1926
• Atlanta Constitution, 1894-1903
• Atlanta Georgian, 1912-1914
• Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal, 1899-1920
• Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal, 1920-1925
• Golden Age (Atlanta), 1906-1915
• Jeffersonian (Atlanta), 1907-1917
• People’s Party Paper (Atlanta), 1906-1915
• Savannah Tribune, 1886-1888
• Trench and Camp (Atlanta), 1917-1919
• Weekly Jeffersonian (Atlanta), 1907

R.J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation-funded newspaper titles to be digitized in coordination with the Atlanta History Center:

• Atlanta Daily Examiner, 1854-1855
• Atlanta Daily Post, 1879
• Atlanta Evening Capitol, 1885-1887
• Atlanta Evening Herald, 1893
• Atlanta Post-Appeal, 1882
• Atlanta Universalist, 1881-1882
• Atlanta Weekly Examiner, 1855-1856
• Atlanta Weekly Post, 1880-1893
• Baptist Banner (Atlanta), 1862-1864
• Cherokee Georgian (Canton), 1875-1876
• Cherokee Intelligencer (Etowah), 1833-1834
• Christian Index (Atlanta), 1879-1881
• Christian Index (Atlanta), 1892-1897
• Christian Index and Southern Baptist (Atlanta), 1881-1883, 1892
• Columbus Daily Times, 1878-1885
• Daily Chronicle & Sentinel (Augusta), 1850
• Daily Dispatch (Savannah), 1894
• Daily New Era (Atlanta), 1865-1868
• Daily Press (Savannah), 1894
• Evening Sentinel (Augusta), 1878-1879
• Georgia Constitutionalist (Augusta), 1845
• Georgia Courier (Augusta), 1833-1835
• Georgia Statesman (Milledgeville), 1827
• Great Kennesaw Route Gazette (Atlanta), 1886
• Kennesaw Gazette (Atlanta), 1886-1890
• Living Issues (Atlanta), 1893-1894
• Looking Glass (Atlanta), 1894-1897
• Macon News, 1898
• Marietta Advocate, 1861-1863
• Marietta Semi-Weekly Advocate, 1861
• Miners Recorder and Spy in the West (Auraria), 1834-1837
• National Republican (Augusta), 1868
• Savannah Daily Times, 1884-1886
• Savannah Gazette, 1817
• Savannah Morning News, 1879-1883
• Savannah Weekly News, 1894-1898
• Southern Alliance Farmer (Atlanta), 1889-1892
• Southern Confederacy (Atlanta), 1861
• Southern Recorder (Milledgeville), 1846-1856
• Southern Whig (Athens), 1834-1839
• Standard of Union (Milledgeville), 1836-1840
• Sunday Gazette (Atlanta), 1878-1880
• Sunday Phonograph (Atlanta), 1879-1881
• Times (Savannah), 1880-1881
• Weekly Augusta Chronicle, 1893-1898
• Weekly Chronicle & Constitutionalist (Augusta), 1881-1883
• Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel (Augusta), 1843-1851
• Weekly Constitution (Atlanta), 1870-1874
• Weekly Constitutionalist (Augusta), 1862-1869
• Weekly Georgia Constitutionalist and Republic (Augusta), 1852-1855
• Weekly Republic (Augusta), 1849-1851
• Western Georgian (Rome), 1838

In my opinion, the state of Georgia has done an outstanding job - not only consolidating the previous disparate sites, but also adding new titles - not an easy task.

For all of the Georgia Historic Newspapers website titles as well as links to other free Georgia historical newspaper websites, please visit Georgia Online Historical Newspapers Summary

The "Search Multiple Historic Newspaper Collections All At Once" website, elephind.com has just published an update that includes many more items and issues from 2 updated collections:

​(from the August, 2020 Elephind Newsletter):

Updated Newspaper Collections

• Hoosier State Chronicles - operated by the Indiana State Library, this is collection of Indiana's historic newspapers contains over 1 million pages.
• The Vidette Digital Archives -  47,000 digitized pages of the campus newspaper of Illinois State University.

​For the complete newsletter article, click HERE

If you have never used (or heard of) elephind, here are a couple of articles that I have written about this wonderful site that may be interesting to you:

• Elephind - One to Watch 
• When is Fuzzy Search Too Fuzzy? Elephind Tells Us! 

If you have never tried Elephind, check it out! The url is elephind.com.

City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has made available the Online Historical Directories website, which presents links to directories of all types that are available online, including free collections as well as those available only via subscription. I wish to thank Miriam for her help in launching this category of records at The Ancestor Hunt.

So, what kinds of directories are available to the researcher?  Naturally city and business directories, but also telephone directories, and alumni, farm, lodge, rural, and social directories.

What can you find in these records? How about:

• Full names, including middle names
• Spouse name
• Occupation
• Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
• Maps
• Businesses (and index to advertisers).
• Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, newspapers.
• Whether a woman is a widow (including name of husband).
• List of marriages and deaths of previous year.
• Death date.
• etc.

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:
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• FamilySearch - United States Directories
• How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research 
• What's In A City Directory? (a 10 article series about City Directories)

And here are various places where you can find other city directories online: 

• Where to Find City Directories Online

Note: Some of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections' images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital.

(Updated August, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Links to these free collections are presented initially with statewide collections, followed in alphabetical order by city or county. Generally, the publishing company is included in the reference to the collection, along with the collection title, and the date(s) of the directory:

Statewide

• 1867 Pacific Coast Directory
• 1872 Puget Sound Business Directory
• 1882-1883 Disturnell's West Coast Business Directory
• 1883-84 Pacific Coast Directory
• 1884-1885 Oregon, Washington and Idaho Gazetteer and Business Directory
• 1887 Puget Sound Directory
• 1898-1899 Bards Business Directory
• City & County Directories and Pacific Coast Directory, 1886-1887
• Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of America Directory, Four States Press, 1913
• Oregon and Washington Gazetteer and Business Directories, 1901-1904, 1901-1904
• Oregon and Washington Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1909-1910
• Oregon and Washington, Pacific Northwest Directory, 1903-1922
• Oregon, Washington and Idaho Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1884-85
• Pacific Coast Business Directory, Langley, 1867
• Pacific Coast Grange Directory, Bancroft, 1875
• Seattle City and King County Pioneer Directory and Washington Territory Business Directory, Choir, 1878

Bellingham

• ​Bellingham Business Directory, Polk, 1962
• Bellingham City and Whatcom County Directory, Polk, 1962
• Bellingham City Directory, Speirs and Anderson, 1890

Benton, Franklin, and Kittitas County

• Benton, Franklin, and Kittitas County Directories, Polk, 1911-2
• Benton, Franklin, and Kittitas County Directories, Polk, 1915-6

Benton, Franklin, and Klickitat County

• Washington, Benton, Franklin, and Klickitat Counties, Directories, 1915-1916

Cedar Valley

• Cedar Valley Rural Directory, Polk, 1894

Chelan-Douglas-Grant-Okanogan County

• Washington, Chelan-Douglas-Grant-Okanogan Counties, Directories, 1914-1921

Clark County

• Clark County Farmers Directory, Farmers Directory Corp., 1922-3
• Washington State Farmers Directory, Clark County - 1922-1923

Clarkston

• Clarkston, Washington City Directory - 1953
• Clarkston, Washington City Directory - 1956
• Clarkston, Washington City Directory - 1958
• Clarkston, Washington City Directory - 1959-1960
• Clarkston, Washington City Directory - 1961
• Clarkston, Washington City Directory - 1962
• Clarkston, Washington City Directory - 1965

Ellensburg & Kittitas County

• Ellensburg and Kittitas County Directory, Polk, 1923-4
• Washington, Ellensburg & Kittitas County, City & County Directories, 1923-1924

Enumclaw

• Temporary Telephone Directory 1953 for Enumclaw, Buckley-Wilkeson

Everett

• Everett and Snohomish County Rural Directory, Polk, 1894

Fairhaven

• Fairhaven City Directory, Polk, 1890
• Fairhaven City Directory, Speirs and Anderson, 1890

Ferry, Pend Oreille, and Stevens County

• Ferry, Pend Oreille, and Stevens Counties Directories, Polk, 1911-2

King County

• 1892 King County Directory
• 1914-1915 King County Directory

Lewis and Pacific County

• Washington, Lewis & Pacific Counties, City & County Directories, 1914-1921
• Lewis and Pacific County Directories, Polk, 1914-5
• Lewis and Pacific County Directories, Polk, 1915-6
• Lewis and Pacific County Directories, Polk, 1917-8
• Lewis and Pacific County Directories, Polk, 1920-21
• Lewis and Pacific County Directories, Polk, 1922-23

Monte Cristo

• Monte Cristo Town Directory, Polk, 1894

Olympia

• Washington, Olympia-Thurston-Mason, City & County Directories, 1911-1924

Olympia & Thurston County

• Washington, Olympia & Thurston County, City & County Directories, 1902-1915

Olympia & Whatcom County

• Washington, Olympia & Whatcom County, City & County Directories, 1890

Pierce County

• Washington, Pierce County, City & County Directories, 1915-1916

Port Angeles

• Port Angeles Telephone Directory, 1906

Port Angeles and Port Townsend

• Port Angeles and Port Townsend (Washington) City Directories - 1959-60
• Port Angeles and Port Townsend (Washington) City Directories - 1962

Seattle

• 1850-1897 Chronological History of Seattle
• 1871 Business of Seattle
• 1876 Seattle Business Directory
• 1878 Pioneer Directory of the City of Seattle and King County
• 1879 Directory of the City of Seattle
• 1882 Residence and Business Directory of Seattle
• 1884-85 The City Directory of Seattle
• 1885-86 Seattle City and King County Directory
• 1888-1889 Seattle City Directory
• 1890 Ballard Directory
• 1891 Ballard Directory
• 1892 Ballard Directory
• 1893 Ballard Directory
• 1901 Seattle City Directory
• 1904 Ballard City Directory
• 1904 Seattle Blue Book
• 1905 Ballard City Directory
• 1906 Ballard City Directory
• 1907 Ballard City Directory
• 1908 Raymer's Dictionary of Greater Seattle
• 1928 Seattle House and Street Directory
• 1931 Heiden's Seattle House and Street Directory
• 1934 Seattle Numerical Street Address Directory
• 1939 Seattle City Directory
• 1940 Seattle City Directory
• Business Directory of the City of Seattle for the year 1876
• Seattle (King County, Wash.) City Directory, 1890-1891
• Seattle (King County, Wash.) City Directory, 1892
• Seattle (King County, Wash.) City Directory, 1893
• Seattle (King County, Wash.) City Directory, 1894-1895
• Seattle (King County, Wash.) City Directory, 1895-1896
• Seattle (King County, Wash.) City Directory, 1898
• Seattle (King County, Wash.) City Directory, 1899
• Seattle (King County, Wash.) City Directory, 1900
• Seattle (King County, Wash.) City Directory, 1913
• Seattle City and King County Pioneer Directory and Washington Territory Business Directory, Choir, 1878
• Seattle City Directory, 1890
• Seattle City Directory, 1891-1892
• Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1890
• Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1891-3
• Seattle City Directory, Polk, 1901
• Seattle, Washington 1923 City Directory
• Washington, Seattle, City & County Directories, 1890-1922

Sehome

• Sehome City Directory, Speirs and Anderson, 1890

Skagit County

• Skagit County (Washington) Directory - 1921-22
• Skagit County, Washington, Directory, 1921-22

Spokane

• Polk's Spokane (Washington) City Directory, 1914
• Spokane Postal Directories 1906 O-R
• Spokane Postal Directories 1916 C-D
• Spokane Postal Directory 1903 A-E
• Spokane Postal Directory 1903 F-K
• Spokane Postal Directory 1904 A-B
• Spokane Postal Directory 1904 H-K
• Spokane Postal Directory 1904 R-Z
• Spokane Postal Directory 1905 D-G
• Spokane Postal Directory 1905 H-K
• Spokane Postal Directory 1906 A-C
• Spokane Postal Directory 1906 D-G
• Spokane Postal Directory 1906 H-K
• Spokane Postal Directory 1906 L-N
• Spokane Postal Directory 1906 S-Z
• Spokane Postal Directory 1907 A-B
• Spokane Postal Directory 1907 C-D
• Spokane Postal Directory 1907 E-G
• Spokane Postal Directory 1907 H-J
• Spokane Postal Directory 1907 K-L
• Spokane Postal Directory 1907 M-N
• Spokane Postal Directory 1907 O-R
• Spokane Postal Directory 1907 S
• Spokane Postal Directory 1907 T-Z
• Spokane Postal Directory 1908 C-E
• Spokane Postal Directory 1908 F-G
• Spokane Postal Directory 1908 H
• Spokane Postal Directory 1908 I-K
• Spokane Postal Directory 1908 L
• Spokane Postal Directory 1908 M
• Spokane Postal Directory 1908 N-Q
• Spokane Postal Directory 1908 S
• Spokane Postal Directory 1908 T-V
• Spokane Postal Directory 1908 W-Z
• Spokane Postal Directory 1909 A-B
• Spokane Postal Directory 1909 C
• Spokane Postal Directory 1909 D-E
• Spokane Postal Directory 1909 H
• Spokane Postal Directory 1909 I-K
• Spokane Postal Directory 1909 L-Mc
• Spokane Postal Directory 1909 M N
• Spokane Postal Directory 1909 O-Q
• Spokane Postal Directory 1909 R
• Spokane Postal Directory 1909 S
• Spokane Postal Directory 1909 T-V
• Spokane Postal Directory 1909 W Z
• Spokane Postal Directory 1910 A-B
• Spokane Postal Directory 1910 D-E
• Spokane Postal Directory 1910 F-G
• Spokane Postal Directory 1910 H
• Spokane Postal Directory 1910 I-K
• Spokane Postal Directory 1910 L-Mc
• Spokane Postal Directory 1910 M-N
• Spokane Postal Directory 1910 O-Q
• Spokane Postal Directory 1910 R
• Spokane Postal Directory 1910 S
• Spokane Postal Directory 1910 T-V
• Spokane Postal Directory 1910 W-Z
• Spokane Postal Directory 1911 A-B
• Spokane Postal Directory 1911 C
• Spokane Postal Directory 1911 D-E
• Spokane Postal Directory 1911 F-G
• Spokane Postal Directory 1911 H-I
• Spokane Postal Directory 1911 J-K
• Spokane Postal Directory 1911 L-Mc
• Spokane Postal Directory 1911 M-N
• Spokane Postal Directory 1911 R
• Spokane Postal Directory 1911 S
• Spokane Postal Directory 1911 T-V
• Spokane Postal Directory 1911 W-Z
• Spokane Postal Directory 1912 A
• Spokane Postal Directory 1912 B
• Spokane Postal Directory 1912 C-D
• Spokane Postal Directory 1912 E-G
• Spokane Postal Directory 1912 H
• Spokane Postal Directory 1912 I-J
• Spokane Postal Directory 1912 L-Mc
• Spokane Postal Directory 1912 M
• Spokane Postal Directory 1912 N-O
• Spokane Postal Directory 1912 P-Q
• Spokane Postal Directory 1912 R
• Spokane Postal Directory 1912 S
• Spokane Postal Directory 1912 T-V
• Spokane Postal Directory 1912 W-Z
• Spokane Postal Directory 1913 A
• Spokane Postal Directory 1913 B
• Spokane Postal Directory 1913 C-D
• Spokane Postal Directory 1913 E-F
• Spokane Postal Directory 1913 I-K
• Spokane Postal Directory 1913 L-Mc
• Spokane Postal Directory 1913 M
• Spokane Postal Directory 1913 N-O
• Spokane Postal Directory 1913 P Q
• Spokane Postal Directory 1913 R
• Spokane Postal Directory 1913 S-So
• Spokane Postal Directory 1913 W Z
• Spokane Postal Directory 1914 A
• Spokane Postal Directory 1914 B
• Spokane Postal Directory 1914 E-G
• Spokane Postal Directory 1914 H
• Spokane Postal Directory 1914 I-K
• Spokane Postal Directory 1914 L-Mc
• Spokane Postal Directory 1914 M
• Spokane Postal Directory 1914 N-O
• Spokane Postal Directory 1914 P-Q
• Spokane Postal Directory 1914 R
• Spokane Postal Directory 1914 S
• Spokane Postal Directory 1914 T-V
• Spokane Postal Directory 1914 W-Z
• Spokane Postal Directory 1915 A
• Spokane Postal Directory 1915 B
• Spokane Postal Directory 1915 C-D
• Spokane Postal Directory 1915 E
• Spokane Postal Directory 1915 H
• Spokane Postal Directory 1915 I-K
• Spokane Postal Directory 1915 L-Mc
• Spokane Postal Directory 1915 M
• Spokane Postal Directory 1915 N-O
• Spokane Postal Directory 1915 P-Q
• Spokane Postal Directory 1915 R
• Spokane Postal Directory 1915 Sp-V
• Spokane Postal Directory 1915 S-So
• Spokane Postal Directory 1915 W-Z
• Spokane Postal Directory 1916 A
• Spokane Postal Directory 1916 B
• Spokane Postal Directory 1916 E-G
• Spokane Postal Directory 1916 E-G
• Spokane Postal Directory 1916 H
• Spokane Postal Directory 1916 I-K
• Spokane Postal Directory 1916 L-Mc
• Spokane Postal Directory 1916 M
• Spokane Postal Directory 1916 N-O
• Spokane Postal Directory 1916 P-Q
• Spokane Postal Directory 1916 R
• Washington, Spokane, City & County Directories, 1890-1922

Spokane Falls

• Spokane Falls City Directory, Polk, 1890
• Spokane Falls City Directory, Polk, 1892
• Spokane Falls City Directory, Polk, 1896

Tacoma

• Tacoma City Directory - 1910
• Washington, Tacoma, City & County Directories, 1893-1922

Thurston and Mason County

• Thurston and Mason County Directories, Polk, 1921-2

Walla Walla

• Washington, Walla Walla & Columbia Counties, City & County Directories, 1911-1922
• Washington, Walla Walla, City & County Directories, 1900-1910

Wenatchee-Chelan-Douglas County

• Washington, Wenatchee-Chelan-Douglas County, City & County Directories, 1907

Whatcom

• New Whatcom and Fairhaven Business Directories, unknown, 1900
• New Whatcom City Directory, Polk, 1890
• New Whatcom City Directory, Speirs and Whittaker, 1891
• New Whatcom City Directory, Speirs and Whittaker, 1891
• Whatcom City Directory, Polk, 1890
• Whatcom City Directory, Polk, 1890
• Whatcom City Directory, Speirs and Anderson, 1890
• Whatcom County Directory, Polk, 1901-2

Whitman & Garfield County

• Washington, Whitman & Garfield Counties, Directories, 1915-1916

Yakima

• North Yakima City Directory, Polk, 1888

Yakima County

• Washington, North Yakima & Yakima County, City & County Directories, 1917

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

​For other Free Washington Links, click on the category of interest:​

City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has made available the Online Historical Directories website, which presents links to directories of all types that are available online, including free collections as well as those available only via subscription. I wish to thank Miriam for her help in launching this category of records at The Ancestor Hunt.

So, what kinds of directories are available to the researcher?  Naturally city and business directories, but also telephone directories, and alumni, farm, lodge, rural, and social directories.

What can you find in these records? How about:

• Full names, including middle names
• Spouse name
• Occupation
• Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
• Maps
• Businesses (and index to advertisers).
• Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, newspapers.
• Whether a woman is a widow (including name of husband).
• List of marriages and deaths of previous year.
• Death date.
• etc.

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:
​

• FamilySearch - United States Directories
• How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research 
• What's In A City Directory? (a 10 article series about City Directories)

And here are various places where you can find other city directories online: 

• Where to Find City Directories Online

Note: Some of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections' images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital.

(Updated August, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Links to these free collections are presented initially with statewide collections, followed in alphabetical order by city or county. Generally, the publishing company is included in the reference to the collection, along with the collection title, and the date(s) of the directory:

Statewide

• Farm and Ranch Directory Blaine, Camas, Gooding, Jerome and Lincoln Counties, Idaho - 1966
• Idaho State Gazetteer and Business Directory - v. 6 (1912-1913)
• Idaho State Gazetteer and Business Directory - v. 7 (1914)
• Idaho State Gazetteer and Business Directory - v. 8 (1916)
• Idaho State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1914
• McKenney's Pacific Coast Directory - California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Nevada, Utah, Idaho and Montana, 1878
• Oregon, Washington and Idaho Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1884-85
• Pacific Coast Business Directory, Langley, 1867
• Pacific Coast Grange Directory, Bancroft, 1875
• The Pacific Coast Business Directory, 1876-78
• The Rocky Mountain Directory,1871, including Colorado, Nevada, Idaho

Bingham, Butte & Custer County

• Farm and Ranch Directory for Bingham, Butte & Custer Counties, Idaho - 1965

Blackfoot

• Blackfoot (Bingham County, Idaho) City Directory - 1966
• Blackfoot (Bingham County, Idaho) City Directory - 1969

Boise

• Boise City and Ada County Directory - 1911
• Boise City and Ada County Directory - 1914
• Boise City and Ada County Directory - 1978
• Boise City and Ada County Directory - 1980
• Polk Boise, Idaho, City Directory, 1905

Cassia and Minidoka Counties

• Farm and Ranch Directory Cassia & Minidoka Counties, Idaho - 1964-1966
• Farm and Ranch Directory Cassia & Minidoka Counties, Idaho - 1966
• Farm and Ranch Directory Cassia & Minidoka Counties, Idaho - 1967
• Farm and Ranch Directory Cassia & Minidoka Counties, Idaho - 1978
• Farm and Ranch Directory Cassia & Minidoka Counties, Idaho - 1980
• Farm and Ranch Directory Cassia & Minidoka Counties, Idaho - 1981
• Farm and Ranch Directory Cassia & Minidoka Counties, Idaho - 1983

Kellogg

• Kellogg, Wallace, Osburn & Mullan, Idaho, City Directory - 1966

Kootenai County

• Kootenai County Directory, 1938

Lewiston

• Lewiston and Nez Perce County, Idaho, Directory, 1908
• Lewiston, Idaho, Clarkston, Washington City Directory - 1953
• Lewiston, Idaho, Clarkston, Washington City Directory - 1956
• Lewiston, Idaho, Clarkston, Washington City Directory - 1958
• Lewiston, Idaho, Clarkston, Washington City Directory - 1959-1960
• Lewiston, Idaho, Clarkston, Washington City Directory - 1961
• Lewiston, Idaho, Clarkston, Washington City Directory - 1962
• Lewiston, Idaho, Clarkston, Washington City Directory - 1965
• Lewiston, Idaho; Clarkston, Washington, including Clarkston Heights North Lewiston and Lewiston Orchards,  1956

Owyhee County

• Owyhee County Business Directory, Owyhee Avalanche, 1898

Power and Bannock County

• Farm and Ranch Directory Power and Bannock Counties, Idaho - 1960
• Farm and Ranch Directory Power and Bannock Counties, Idaho - Nov. 1964

Preston and Pocatello

• Business Directory of Preston, Idaho; Pocatello, Idaho, 1908-1909

Twin Falls

• Twin Falls (Twin Falls County, Idaho) City Directory - 1978
• Twin Falls (Twin Falls County, Idaho) City Directory - 1979
• Twin Falls (Twin Falls County, Idaho) City Directory - 1980
• Twin Falls (Twin Falls County, Idaho) City Directory - 1981
• Twin Falls (Twin Falls County, Idaho) City Directory - 1982
• Twin Falls (Twin Falls County, Idaho) City Directory - 1983
• Twin Falls (Twin Falls County, Idaho) City Directory - 1984
• Twin Falls (Twin Falls County, Idaho) City Directory - 1986
• Twin Falls (Twin Falls County, Idaho) City Directory - 1987
• Twin Falls (Twin Falls County, Idaho) City Directory - 1988

Twin Falls County

• Farm and Ranch Directory, for Twin Falls County, Idaho - 1965
• Farm and Ranch Directory, for Twin Falls County, Idaho - 1966
• Farm and Ranch Directory, for Twin Falls County, Idaho - 1967
• Official Farm and Ranch Directory Twin Falls County, Idaho - May 1965

Whitman County

• Polk's Whitman, Garfield and Latah counties directory - 1921-1922

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

​For other Free Idaho Links, click on the category of interest:​

City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has made available the Online Historical Directories website, which presents links to directories of all types that are available online, including free collections as well as those available only via subscription. I wish to thank Miriam for her help in launching this category of records at The Ancestor Hunt.

So, what kinds of directories are available to the researcher?  Naturally city and business directories, but also telephone directories, and alumni, farm, lodge, rural, and social directories.

What can you find in these records? How about:

• Full names, including middle names
• Spouse name
• Occupation
• Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
• Maps
• Businesses (and index to advertisers).
• Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, newspapers.
• Whether a woman is a widow (including name of husband).
• List of marriages and deaths of previous year.
• Death date.
• etc.

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:
​

• FamilySearch - United States Directories
• How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research 
• What's In A City Directory? (a 10 article series about City Directories)

And here are various places where you can find other city directories online: 

• Where to Find City Directories Online

Note: Some of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections' images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital.

(Updated August, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Links to these free collections are presented initially with statewide collections, followed in alphabetical order by city or county. Generally, the publishing company is included in the reference to the collection, along with the collection title, and the date(s) of the directory:

Statewide

• Classified Directory and Utah guide book, 1949-1950
• Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory
• Pacific Coast Business Directory, Langley, 1867
• R.L. Polk & Co.'s Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1918-1919
• The Utah Directory for 1883-1884
• The Utah Directory, for 1883-84
• Utah Directory and Gazetteer for 1879-80
• Utah Directory and Gazetteer, 1879
• Utah Directory and Gazetteer, 1879-1880
• Utah Gazetteer 1892-93
• Utah Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1922-1923
• Utah Gazetteer and Directory of Logan, Ogden, Provo, and Salt Lake Cities for 1884
• Utah Gazetteer and Directory of Logan, Ogden, Provo, and Salt Lake Cities, 1884
• Utah Gazetteer and Directory of Salt Lake, Ogden, Provo and Logan Cities for 1888
• Utah Gazetteer and Directory, 1874
• Utah Gazetteer and Directory, 1883-84
• Utah Gazetteer and Directory, 1900
• Utah Gazetteer, 1892-93
• Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory - 1900
• Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory - 1908-1909
• Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory - 1916-17
• Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory - 1918-19
• Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory - 1920-21
• Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory - 1927-28
• Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1900
• Utah Territorial Business Directory, Culmer, 1879-80

Clearfield

• Clearfield City, Davis County, Utah Directory - 1967

Davis County

• Davis County and Utah Territorial Business Directory, Culmer, 1879-80

Kaysville

• Kaysville (Davis County, Utah) City Directory

Logan

• Logan City and Cache County Directory (Utah) - 1907
• Logan City and Cache County Directory (Utah) - 1988
• Polk's Logan (Cache County, Utah) City Directory, 1909-10
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1904
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1905
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1909
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1915
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1946
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1949
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1953
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1955
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1956
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1958
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1959
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1961
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1962
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1963
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1964
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1965
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1966
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1968
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1969
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1971
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1972
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1973
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1974
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1975
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1977
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1978
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1979
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1980
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1981
• Utah Polk's Logan City Directory 1983

Mt. Pleasant

• Mt. Pleasant Pyramid : Mt. Pleasant, Utah 1967, North Sanpete County Directory

Ogden

• Directory of Ogden City and North Utah, 1878..
• Directory of Ogden City and Weber County. 1883
• Ogden Business Directory, 1867
• Ogden City Directory, 1879
• Ogden City Directory, 1883
• Ogden City Directory, 1895
• Ogden City Directory, 1902
• Ogden City Directory, 1912
• Ogden City Directory, 1918
• Ogden City Directory, 1920

Park City

• Telephone Directory for Heber City, Coalville, Park City, Kamas, and Oakley, Utah, Winter 1956-57

Payson

• Payson City Directory, 2014

Provo

• R.L. Polk & Co's Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1891
• R.L. Polk & Co's Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1901-02
• R.L. Polk & Co's Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1904-05
• R.L. Polk & Co's Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1911
• R.L. Polk & Co's Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1913-14
• R.L. Polk & Co's Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1915-16
• R.L. Polk & Co's Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1917-18
• R.L. Polk & Co's Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1920
• R.L. Polk & Co's Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1922

Riverdale

• Riverdale City Directory - 1968
• Riverdale City Directory - 1978-79

Roy

• City Directory, Roy, Utah - 1963-1964

Salt Lake City

• Classified Directory and Blue Book, 1923 of Salt Lake City and Vicinity
• Garretty's Guide, Business Directory, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1890
• Gazetteer of Utah and Salt Lake City Directory, 1874
• R. L. Polk & Co's Salt Lake City Directory, 1923
• Salt Lake City and Adjoining Towns Telephone Directory - 1931-1932
• Salt Lake City City Directory and Utah Territorial Business Directory, Graham, 1883-4
• Salt Lake City City Directory and Utah Territorial Business Directory, Stenhouse, 1892-3
• Salt Lake City Directory - 1867
• Salt Lake City Directory - 1873
• Salt Lake City Directory - 1885-86
• Salt Lake City Directory - 1889
• Salt Lake City Directory, commencing Aug. 1,1885
• Salt Lake City Directory, Sloan, 1869 - Free (Google Books)
• Salt Lake City Directory: including a Business Directory of Provo, Springville, and Ogden, Utah Territory, 1867
• Salt Lake City, Utah, City Directory, 1909
• Salt Lake City, Utah, City Directory, 1920
• The Salt Lake City Blue Book (Householder's Directory) 1901-1902
• The Salt Lake City Directory and Business guide, for 1869​

Salt Lake County

• Salt Lake County and Utah Territorial Business Directory, Culmer, 1879-80

Tooele County

• Tooele (Tooele County, Utah) City Directory - 1974
• Tooele (Tooele County, Utah) City Directory - 1976

Utah County

• Farmers and Merchants Directory of Utah County, 1916
• Utah County and Utah Territorial Business Directory, Culmer, 1879-8
• Utah County Farmers and Merchants Directory, Utah Farmers Directory Co., 1916

Weber County

• Polk Weber County Directory 1878
• Polk Weber County Directory 1883
• Polk Weber County Directory 1904-1905
• Polk Weber County Directory 1906
• Weber County and Utah Territorial Business Directory, Culmer, 1879-80

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

​For other Free Utah Links, click on the category of interest:​

City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has made available the Online Historical Directories website, which presents links to directories of all types that are available online, including free collections as well as those available only via subscription. I wish to thank Miriam for her help in launching this category of records at The Ancestor Hunt.

So, what kinds of directories are available to the researcher?  Naturally city and business directories, but also telephone directories, and alumni, farm, lodge, rural, and social directories.

What can you find in these records? How about:

• Full names, including middle names
• Spouse name
• Occupation
• Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
• Maps
• Businesses (and index to advertisers).
• Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, newspapers.
• Whether a woman is a widow (including name of husband).
• List of marriages and deaths of previous year.
• Death date.
• etc.

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:
​

• FamilySearch - United States Directories
• How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research 
• What's In A City Directory? (a 10 article series about City Directories)

And here are various places where you can find other city directories online: 

• Where to Find City Directories Online

Note: Some of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections' images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital.

(Updated August, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Links to these free collections are presented initially with statewide collections, followed in alphabetical order by city or county. Generally, the publishing company is included in the reference to the collection, along with the collection title, and the date(s) of the directory:

Statewide

• Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory
• Wyoming State Business Directory - 1921
• Wyoming State Business Directory - 1922
• Wyoming State Business Directory - 1923
• Wyoming State Business Directory - 1924
• Wyoming State Business Directory - 1925
• Wyoming State Business Directory - 1930
• Wyoming State Business Directory, 1921 part 1
• Wyoming State Business Directory, 1921 part 2
• Wyoming State Business Directory, 1929
• Wyoming State Business Directory, 1930
• Wyoming State Business Directory, 1937

Albany County

• Albany County, Wyoming, Directory, 1935 - 1935

Buffalo

• Sheridan City and Sheridan County Directory and Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming - 1960

Casper

• Casper (Wyoming) City Directories - 1961
• Casper (Wyoming) City Directories - 1962

Cheyenne

• Business Directory of Cheyenne, Laramie, Rawlins, Rock Springs, Green River, 1908-09
• Cheyenne Directory, 1895
• R.L. Polk & Co's Cheyenne city directory. 1907

Green River

• Business Directory of Cheyenne, Laramie, Rawlins, Rock Springs, Green River, 1908-09

Laramie

• Business Directory of Cheyenne, Laramie, Rawlins, Rock Springs, Green River, 1908-09
• History and Directory of Laramie City, Wyoming Territory, 1875

Rawlins

• Business Directory of Cheyenne, Laramie, Rawlins, Rock Springs, Green River, 1908-09
• Rawlins, Wyoming, City Directory - 1962

Riverton

• ​Riverton, Wyoming, City Directory - 1964
• Riverton, Wyoming, City Directory - 1968

Rock Springs

• Business Directory of Cheyenne, Laramie, Rawlins, Rock Springs, Green River, 1908-09

Sheridan

• Sheridan (Wyoming) City Directories - 1959

Sheridan County

• Sheridan City and Sheridan County Directory and Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming - 1960

​Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For other Free Wyoming Links, click on the category of interest:​​

City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has made available the Online Historical Directories website, which presents links to directories of all types that are available online, including free collections as well as those available only via subscription. I wish to thank Miriam for her help in launching this category of records at The Ancestor Hunt.

So, what kinds of directories are available to the researcher?  Naturally city and business directories, but also telephone directories, and alumni, farm, lodge, rural, and social directories.

What can you find in these records? How about:

• Full names, including middle names
• Spouse name
• Occupation
• Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
• Maps
• Businesses (and index to advertisers).
• Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, newspapers.
• Whether a woman is a widow (including name of husband).
• List of marriages and deaths of previous year.
• Death date.
• etc.

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:
​

• FamilySearch - United States Directories
• How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research 
• What's In A City Directory? (a 10 article series about City Directories)

And here are various places where you can find other city directories online: 

• Where to Find City Directories Online

Note: Some of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections' images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital.

(Updated August, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Links to these free collections are presented initially with statewide collections, followed in alphabetical order by city or county. Generally, the publishing company is included in the reference to the collection, along with the collection title, and the date(s) of the directory:

Statewide

• 1900 Telephone Directory
• 1902 Polk's District of Alaska Gazetteer and Business Directory
• 1915-1916 Alaska-Yukon Classified Business Directory and Buyer's Guide
• 1915-1916 Alaska-Yukon Gazetteer and Business Directory
• 1923-1924 Alaska-Yukon Gazetteer and Business Directory
• Directory for Behring's Sea and coast of Alaska, 1869
• Disturnell's business directory and gazetteer of the west coast of North America, 1882
• McKenney's Pacific Coast Directory for 1883-4, giving includes California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, and New Mexico
• Pacific Coast Business Directory, 1867
• Pacific Coast Business Directory, 1867
• Tewkesbury's Who's Who in Alaska and Alaska Business Index, 1947
• The Pacific Coast Directory - 1871-1873

​
Aleutian Islands East Borough & Aleutian Islands West Census Area

• Aleutian Islands East Borough & Aleutian Islands West Census Area, Directory, 1902
• Aleutian Islands, 1984 Telephone Directory

Anchorage

• 1968 Telephone Directory - Anchorage & Vicinity

Bethel-Wade Hampton Census Area

• Bethel-Wade Hampton Census Area, Directory, 1902

Bristol Bay - Dillingham Borough

• Bristol Bay - Dillingham Borough, Directory, 1902

Fairbanks North Star Borough & Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

• Fairbanks North Star Borough & Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Directory, 1902

Haines Borough

• Haines Borough, Directory, 1902

Juneau Borough

• Juneau Borough, Directory, 1902

Kenai Peninsula Borough

• 1970 Telephone Directory - Kenai Peninsula
• Kenai Peninsula Borough, Directory, 1902

Ketchikan-Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough

• Ketchikan-Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough, Directory, 1902

Kodiak Island Borough

• Kodiak Island Borough, Directory, 1902

Lake and Peninsula Borough

• Lake and Peninsula Borough, Directory, 1902
• Lake-Peninsula 1984 Telephone Directories

Matanuska-Susitna Borough

• Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Directory, 1902

Mt. Edgecumbe

• Mt. Edgecumbe Telephone Directory, 1958

Nome Census Area

• Nome Census Area, Directory, 1902

North Slope Borough

• North Slope Borough, Directory, 1902

Northwest Arctic Borough

• Northwest Arctic Borough, Directory, 1902

Prince of Wales

• Prince of Wales, Directory, 1902

Sitka Borough

• Sitka Borough, Directory, 1902
• Sitka Telephone Directory, 1958

Valdez-Cordova Census Area

• Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Directory, 1902

Wrangell-Petersburg Borough

• Wrangell-Petersburg Borough, Directory, 1902

Yakutat Borough

• Yakutat Borough, Directory, 1902

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

• Yukon 1984 Telephone Directories
• Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Directory, 1902

​Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

​For other Free Alaska Links, click on the category of interest:​

City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has made available the Online Historical Directories website, which presents links to directories of all types that are available online, including free collections as well as those available only via subscription. I wish to thank Miriam for her help in launching this category of records at The Ancestor Hunt.

So, what kinds of directories are available to the researcher?  Naturally city and business directories, but also telephone directories, and alumni, farm, lodge, rural, and social directories.

What can you find in these records? How about:

• Full names, including middle names
• Spouse name
• Occupation
• Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
• Maps
• Businesses (and index to advertisers).
• Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, newspapers.
• Whether a woman is a widow (including name of husband).
• List of marriages and deaths of previous year.
• Death date.
• etc.

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:
​

• FamilySearch - United States Directories
• How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research 
• What's In A City Directory? (a 10 article series about City Directories)

And here are various places where you can find other city directories online: 

• Where to Find City Directories Online

Note: Some of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections' images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital.

(Updated August, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Links to these free collections are presented initially with statewide collections, followed in alphabetical order by city or county. Generally, the publishing company is included in the reference to the collection, along with the collection title, and the date(s) of the directory:

Statewide

• 1880-1881: The Hawaiian Kingdom Statistical and Commercial Directory and Tourist's Guide
• 1884-1885: Husted's Directory of Honolulu and the Hawaiian Territory
• 1888: Husted's Directory of Honolulu and the Hawaiian Territory
• 1889: Directory and Handbook of The Kingdom of Hawaii
• 1890: Directory and Handbook of the Kingdom of Hawaii
• 1892: Directory and Handbook of the Kingdom of Hawaii
• 1894-1895: Directory and Handbook of Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands
• 1896-1897: Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii
• 1898: Husted's Directory and Handbook of Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands
• 1905-1906: Husted's Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii
• 1910: Husted's Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii
• 1913: Polk-Husted's Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii
• 1924: Polk-Husted's Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii
• Directory and Handbook of the Kingdom of Hawaii, 1890
• Hawaiian Directory and Hand Book of the Kingdom of Hawaii - 1888
• Kingdom of Hawai`i Commerical Directory, Polk, 1880-1
• Kingdom of Hawai`i Directory, Polk, 1890 
• Kingdom of Hawai`i Directory, Polk, 1892

Honolulu

• 1902: Directory of City & County of Honolulu
• 1903-1904: Directory of City & County of Honolulu
• 1904-1905: Directory of City & County of Honolulu
• Honolulu Almanac and Directory, 1884
• Honolulu Almanac and Directory, 1885
• Honolulu Directory, 1869
• Honolulu Directory, 1869
• Oahu College (Punahou School), 1907,list of trustees, presidents, instructors, matrons, librarians, superintendents of grounds and students, 1841-1906

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

​For other Free Hawaii Links, click on the category of interest:​

(Updated August,2020)

​Ah the memories. School yearbooks, which immortalize how we looked and what we did in high school or college. Whether we looked goofy or cool, that photo is there forever. And they document what clubs, sports or other activities we were involved in.

Primarily a North American phenomenon historically, the first yearbook published was the Yale Banner in the early 1800's.

But hey - what about our ancestors? They went to school too (at least some of them in the last 200 years). And they belonged to clubs and associations outside of school.

I have found some really good stuff about some of my ancestors and relatives. I didn't know that Brooklyn-born Leo Markheim went to law school at the University of West Virginia. Or that Ethel Tinnemann was a tennis star at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1920s, or that her father Otto Tinnemann graduated with a degree from the same university in 1905, majoring in Mechanical Engineering. And now I have their photos to boot! Nowhere else was I able to find this information or what they looked like at an early age.

So for me, discovering more about them and what they looked like has been a real boon to my research and filling out the stories of their lives. Thus your genealogy and family history research won't be complete without looking into yearbooks.

I encourage you to research old yearbooks as well. Offshoots are the Alumni Directories which also include address information and occupations. And there are yearbooks available for many associations that have nothing to do with school.

Yes, The Ancestor Hunt has recently started cataloging the links to FREE (and only free) yearbooks.  Check out the Yearbooks tab for the link lists by state and province.

Old yearbooks available online can be found in many places. And below are some great places to search. Some require a subscription or payment, but not all. Some are free, some are easy to use, and some are not too great actually. Many of these are for the U.S. only, but some have Canadian yearbooks available in the collection.

• Ancestry.com has a nice school yearbook collection to search. I would encourage you to check out the schools and years available in the "Browse This Collection" section on the right side of the page in order to look for a specific yearbook.  And yes, Ancestry requires a subscription. They claim to have over 450,000 yearbooks - that's total yearbooks, not schools.
• My Heritage has a huge collection of yearbooks that can be searched. Thy claim to have over 250,000 yearbooks, again yearbooks, not schools. They also have the Alumni Lists originally provided by Distant Cousin. Some are transcribed and some are scanned page images. And yes, My Heritage requires a subscription. WorldVitalRecords, (owned by My Heritage), has 115 schools.  I don't know if that is included in the My Heritage number.
• The last "big player" is Classmates.com which has a large collection of over 350,000 yearbooks where a reprint can be purchased. I will leave it up to you to figure out how to save an image or two. It can be accomplished. You can view the yearbooks by browsing. You do not need to have a subscription, but they are available. Frankly since I've always had a Free Account, I don't know how your Yearbook browsing and searching is affected if you have a subscription. Hopefully the bombardment of ads diminishes.
• The Internet Archive has over 42,000 results if you search for the keyword "yearbook". Definitely worth searching if you know the school or association.
• E-Yearbook.com has a sizable collection available by subscription. They don't advertise the number of yearbooks, but it is sizable.  They also have a nice collection of Military Yearbooks, and Navy Cruise books.
• Skalooza is interesting.  It has a good number of yearbooks available; it is easy to register, and the interface is easy to use. Quite honestly, I have had difficulty finding things on this site..
• Old Yearbooks used to have an interesting collection. Some are scanned and some are transcribed. Frankly, now it is just a list of links, many that are to Classmates.
• Dead Fred has a collection of photos from old yearbooks that you might want to browse. Checking this today, yielded a Privacy Error when visiting the site.
• Don's List has a very nice collection of old yearbooks and alumni association directories. There are over 100 schools - many are also in the  Internet Archive.  There is a nice list of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania schools that he provides.
• Ebay and Amazon have a lot of old yearbooks for sale.
• GenealogyToday has over 370 yearbooks and is a subscription only service.
• There are a few link only sites, such as Cyndi's List, Access Genealogy, and Linkpendium. The number of links are in the low hundreds, although it is very difficult to know Linkpendium's because of their search architecture.
• Google Books has a wide variety of yearbooks available. Many are from an association and are not related to schools. Worth a search. Unfortunately. most are not viewable.
• Hathitrust has a couple hundred full view school yearbooks. Usually there are only a couple of years available and many are in the early 1900's.

And then there is The Ancestor Hunt.  What I am attempting to do is to assemble a list of links to school yearbooks that are totally free, regardless of their source. Most are from digitization projects at libraries, whether high schools in the local library's general location, or at a college/university. There have been a few statewide projects, such as those in Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Virginia. But most projects are for one or just a few high schools.

I am gathering the links from a wide variety of sources, such as all the Internet Archive collections, DPLA, Calisphere, users of Digital Commons software, etc.  But most are just elbow grease searching.

Currently at the date of this article's publication, there are over 8,000 schools in the list. I don't know how many yearbooks that equates to, but my guess is that it is over 50,000, but that is just a guess. And I won't stop there. Like most of my link list collections, whether newspapers or others, I will continually and regularly update these lists. You can expect more links to free yearbooks to be listed in the future. 

So check out the Yearbooks Page on this site, and definitely make use of those sites listed above.  You never know where that elusive yearbook may be found.

City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has made available the Online Historical Directories website, which presents links to directories of all types that are available online, including free collections as well as those available only via subscription. I wish to thank Miriam for her help in launching this category of records at The Ancestor Hunt.

So, what kinds of directories are available to the researcher?  Naturally city and business directories, but also telephone directories, and alumni, farm, lodge, rural, and social directories.

What can you find in these records? How about:

• Full names, including middle names
• Spouse name
• Occupation
• Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
• Maps
• Businesses (and index to advertisers).
• Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, newspapers.
• Whether a woman is a widow (including name of husband).
• List of marriages and deaths of previous year.
• Death date.
• etc.

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:
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• FamilySearch - United States Directories
• How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research 
• What's In A City Directory? (a 10 article series about City Directories)

And here are various places where you can find other city directories online: 

• Where to Find City Directories Online

Note: Some of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections' images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital.

(Updated August, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Links to these free collections are presented initially with statewide collections, followed in alphabetical order by city or county. Generally, the publishing company is included in the reference to the collection, along with the collection title, and the date(s) of the directory:

Statewide

• McKenney's Pacific Coast Directory for 1883-4
• McKenney's Pacific Coast Directory, 1878, V1
• McKenney's Pacific Coast Directory, 1878, V2
• McKenney's Pacific Coast Directory, 1886-87
• Oregon and Washington Gazetteer and Business Directories, 1901-1904, 1901-1904
• Oregon and Washington Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1909-1910
• Oregon and Washington, Pacific Northwest Directory, 1903-1904
• Oregon and Washington, Pacific Northwest Directory, 1905-1906
• Oregon and Washington, Pacific Northwest Directory, 1907-1908
• Oregon and Washington, Pacific Northwest Directory, 1909-1910
• Oregon and Washington, Pacific Northwest Directory, 1911-1912
• Oregon and Washington, Pacific Northwest Directory, 1913-1914
• Oregon and Washington, Pacific Northwest Directory, 1915-1916
• Oregon and Washington, Pacific Northwest Directory, 1917-1918
• Oregon and Washington, Pacific Northwest Directory, 1919-1920
• Oregon and Washington, Pacific Northwest Directory, 1921-1922
• Oregon Business Directory and State Gazetteer, 1873
• Oregon State Business Directory, Murphy, 1873 
• Oregon State Directory - 1881
• Oregon, Washington and Alaska Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1901-02
• Oregon, Washington and Idaho Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1884-85​
• Oregon, Washington and Idaho Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1886-87
• Oregon, Washington and Idaho Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1891-92
• Pacific Coast Business Directory, 1867
• Pacific Coast Business Directory, Langley, 1867
• Pacific Coast Directory, for 1880-81
• Pacific Coast Grange Directory, Bancroft, 1875
• San Francisco Blue Book and Pacific Coast Elite Directory, 1890-1891
• The Pacific Coast Directory - 1871-1873
• The Pacific Coast Directory - 1878

Albany

• Albany City Directory, 1878
• Albany City Directory, 1878
• Albany City Directory, 1892
• Albany City Directory, 1905
• Albany City Directory, 1909-1910
• Albany City Directory, 1911-1912
• Albany City Directory, 1913
• Albany City Directory, 1936
• Albany City Directory, 1939
• Albany City Directory, 1941-1942
• Albany City Directory, 1946
• Albany City Directory, 1948
• Albany City Directory, 1950
• Albany City Directory, 1952
• Albany City Directory, 1957
• Albany City Directory, 1958
• Albany City Directory, 1959-1960
• Albany City Directory, 1961
• Albany City Directory, 1962
• Albany City Directory, 1964-1965
• Albany City Directory, 1966-1967
• Albany City Directory, 1967-1968
• Albany City Directory, 1968-1969
• Albany City Directory, 1969-1970
• Albany City Directory, 1971
• Albany City Directory, 1972
• Albany City Directory, 1974
• Albany City Directory, 1975
• Albany City Directory, 1976
• Albany City Directory, 1977
• Albany City Directory, 1978
• Albany City Directory, 1979
• Albany City Directory, 1980
• Albany City Directory, 1982
• Albany City Directory, 1983
• Albany City Directory, 1985
• Albany City Directory, 1986
• Albany City Directory, 1987
• Albany City Directory, 1988
• Albany City Directory, 1989
• Albany, Oregon, City Directory - 1950
• Albany, Oregon, City Directory - 1962

Astoria

• Astoria and Vicinity Telephone Directory, December 1950
• Astoria and Vicinity Telephone Directory, December 1951
• Astoria and Vicinity Telephone Directory, December 1951
• Astoria and Vicinity Telephone Directory, February 1950
• Astoria and Vicinity Telephone Directory, January 1953
• Astoria and Vicinity Telephone Directory, January 1954
• Astoria and Vicinity Telephone Directory, January 1955
• Astoria and Vicinity Telephone Directory, January 1955
• Astoria and Vicinity Telephone Directory, July 1945
• Astoria and Vicinity Telephone Directory, July 1946
• Astoria and Vicinity Telephone Directory, March 1949
• Astoria and Vicinity Telephone Directory, May 1947
• Astoria and Vicinity Telephone Directory, May 1948
• Astoria Telephone Directory Including Section for Cannon Beach, Jewell, Seaside, Warrenton, and Westport; January 1957
• Astoria Telephone Directory Including Sections for Cannon Beach, Seaside, Warrenton, and Westport; April 1956
• Astoria, Clatsop County Telephone Directory July 1942
• Astoria, Clatsop County Telephone Directory July 1943
• Astoria, Clatsop County Telephone Directory, June 1941
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Ore. and Southern Half of Pacific County, Wash., April 1925 Telephone Directory
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Ore. and Southern Half of Pacific County, Wash., April 1926 Telephone Directory
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Ore. and Southern Half of Pacific County, Wash., March 1923 Telephone Directory
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Ore. and Southern Half of Pacific County, Wash., March 1923 Telephone Directory
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Ore. and Southern Half of Pacific County, Wash., March 1924 Telephone Directory
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Ore. and Southern Half of Pacific County, Wash., October 1924 Telephone Directory
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Ore. and Southern Half of Pacific County, Wash., September 1923 Telephone Directory
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Ore. and Southern Half of Pacific County, Wash., Telephone Directory April 1929
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Ore. and Southern Half of Pacific County, Wash., Telephone Directory April 1930
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Ore. and Southern Half of Pacific County, Wash., Telephone Directory April, 1927
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Ore. and Southern Half of Pacific County, Wash., Telephone Directory November 1930
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Ore. and Southern Half of Pacific County, Wash., Telephone Directory October 1929
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Ore. and Southern Half of Pacific County, Wash., Telephone Directory October, 1927
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Ore. and Southern Half of Pacific County, Wash., Telephone Directory, October 1926
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon and Southern Half of Pacific County Washington, March 1922 Telephone Directory
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon, Telephone Directory March 1933
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon, Telephone Directory, March 1932
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon; Telephone Directory June 1934
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon; Telephone Directory June 1935
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon; Telephone Directory June 1936
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon; Telephone Directory June 1937
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon; Telephone Directory, July 1931
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Telephone Directory June 1938
• Astoria, Clatsop County, Telephone Directory, July 1940
• Astoria, Clatsop County; Telephone Directory June 1939
• September 1957, Astoria Telephone Directory Including section for Cannon Beach, Jewell, Seaside, Warrenton, and Westport

Benton County

• Benton County Directory, 1867
• Benton County Directory, 1878
• Benton County Directory, 1880 - 1881
• Benton County Directory, 1886 - 1887
• Benton County Directory, 1888
• Benton County Directory, 1889 - 1890
• Benton County Directory, 1891 - 1892
• Benton County Directory, 1903 - 1904
• Benton County Directory, 1905 - 1906
• Benton County Directory, 1907 - 1908
• Benton County Directory, 1909 - 1910
• Benton County Directory, 1911 - 1912
• Benton County Directory, 1913 - 1914

Corvallis

• Maxsons Corvallis Directory Volume 1, 1934
• Maxsons Corvallis Directory Volume 3, 1937
• Maxsons Corvallis Directory Volume 5, 1940
• Maxsons Corvallis Directory Volume Five, 1947

Eastern Oregon

• Eastern Oregon Directory - 1899-1900

Eugene

• Eugene (Oregon) City Directories - 1945

Eugene-Springfield

• Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Directory - 1952
• Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Directory - 1959
• Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Directory - 1960
• Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Directory - v. 1 (1962)
• Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Directory - v. 2 (1962)

Forest Grove

• Forest Grove City Directory - December 1935
• Forest Grove City Directory - December 1943
• Forest Grove City Directory - March 1928
• Forest Grove City Directory - May 1926
• Forest Grove City Directory - November 1934
• Forest Grove City Directory - October 1956
• Forest Grove City Directory - September 1928
• Forest Grove Supplemental Telephone Directory - January 1928
• Forest Grove, Oregon, City Directory - 1960

Grants Pass

• Grants Pass, Oregon, City Directory - 1961
• Grants Pass, Oregon, City Directory - 1962
• Grants Pass, Oregon, City Directory - 1967-1968

Hillsboro

• Hillsboro, Oregon, City Directory - 1960
• Hillsboro, Oregon, City Directory - 1968

Klamath Falls

• 1905 Klamath Falls Business Directory
• 1925 Klamath Falls Telephone Directory
• Klamath Falls City Directory, 1905
• Klamath Falls City Directory, 1909
• Klamath Falls City Directory, 1920

Lane County

• Lane County, Oregon Telephone Directory - April 1923

Lebanon

• Lebanon, Oregon, City Directory - 1962
• Lebanon, Oregon, City Directory - 1968

Linn County

• 1882 Linn County Business Directory
• North Santiam Area Telephone Directory - ca. 1915

Portland

• Polk's Portland (Oregon) City Directory, 1885-86
• Polk's Portland (Oregon) City Directory, 1889
• Polk's Portland (Oregon) City Directory, 1892
• Polk's Portland (Oregon) City Directory, 1893
• Polk's Portland (Oregon) City Directory, 1897
• Polk's Portland City Directory, 1920 Vol I
• Polk's Portland City Directory, 1920 Vol I
• Polk's Portland City Directory, 1920 Vol II
• Polk's Portland City Directory, 1920 Vol II
• Portland City Directory 1900-1901
• Portland City Directory, Polk, 1956
• Portland City Directory, Polk, 1959
• Portland City Directory, Polk, 1962
• The Portland Directory, 1863

Rainier

• Directory, Kelso-Longview, Wash., Rainier, Oregon - 1923-1924

Seaside

• Seaside and Vicinity Telephone Directory; February 1950
• Seaside and Vicinity Telephone Directory, January 1955
• Seaside and Vicinity Telephone Directory; January 1953
• Seaside Telephone Directory Including Cannon Beach, Jewell, Warrenton, Westport, and section for Astoria; January 1957
• Seaside Telephone Directory Including Cannon Beach, Jewell, Warrenton, Westport, and section for Astoria; September 1957

Yamhill County

• Oregon State Farmers' Directory, Yamhill County - 1922-1923

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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