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City Directories

City directories are a rich but overlooked resource for genealogy research. Learn how to use tables of contents, indexes, and free online sites to unearth valuable information about your ancestors. From schools to cemeteries, discover the secrets these directories hold.

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City Directories

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  1. City Directories

  2. City Directories • Often ignored • A wealth of information • Table of Contents • Index • Some free online sites

  3. What to look for • Title page, publisher and date • Maps, helpful to find someone on the census • Schools, where your ancestor may have attended • Churches, a start to find denomination and records • Secret Benevolent Societies and Clubs, example of activities • Cemeteries, with year helps narrow down a likely burial location • Street Directory, directions of roads, address numbering system • Householders, listng by street number, occupants, others mmaylbe listed • Addendum, late additions • Master special Abbreviations, saved space but helps decipher the entires

  4. Ancestry.com • $ - but has a large collection of city and county directories for all state except Alaska

  5. HeritageQuest Online • $ - Libraries have subscriptions for patrons to search • One is U.S. City Directories 1821-1989

  6. Archive.org • FREE: Online library of free books • Search for desired state name

  7. Donslist.net • Collections of miscellaneouos databases in varous categories • Focused largely on Pittsburgh, PA area

  8. GoogleBooks • Search for city directory of ??? • May also show you where directories are available in libraries, elsewhere.

  9. Linkpendium • Master site of genealogy sites • Pick state • County • Directories

  10. A Case Study • On the Streets Where They Lived • Maryland Genealogical Society Journal • Jane Maggs’s Pastry Shops

  11. Research Happy Hunting!

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