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Directories

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​City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and Canada 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
  • FamilySearch - Canada 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

United States

Below, listed by state are links to city and other directories available for free online.
  • 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
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Canada

Below, listed by province are links to city and other directories available for free online.
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  • Free Online Alberta City Directories
  • Free Online British Columbia City Directories
  • Free Online Manitoba City Directories
  • Free Online New Brunswick City Directories
  • Free Online Newfoundland and Labrador City Directories
  • Free Online Nova Scotia City Directories
  • Free Online Ontario City Directories
  • Free Online Prince Edward Island City Directories
  • Free Online Quebec City Directories
  • Free Online Saskatchewan City Directories
  • Free Online Canadian Territories City Directories

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!


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