Here are the latest updates and new pages. I added a few links for the District of Columbia and Georgia from the EveNDon website, then switched to Ancestry and USGenWeb to add all I could find on my home state, Washington, with a few links from neighboring Idaho and British Columbia. I do intend to go back and finish adding all the EveNDon links for the rest of the states, but it's nice sometimes to mix things up a little.
Speaking of EveNDon, I noticed when I was on the site earlier that there is a memorial to Eve, who passed away June 30th. How sad! She and Don have given the genealogical community such a gift by uploading these directories to their site and not charging at all to view them. The site does take donations, so I encourage you to donate something as a way of giving back to the genealogical community.
Some good news: The Got Genealogy? website has declared the Online City, County, and Rural Directory Site their July 2009 Site of the Month! I stumbled upon this great website a while ago doing a Google search for city directories and found Lisa's helpful free online newsletter on that topic. I wrote more about Got Genealogy? on my other blog here. Check it out! I'm sure you'll love all the goodies at Got Genealogy?!
I added all the Washington State directories that I could find anywhere online...mostly at Ancestry and USGenWeb sites. I believe that I have 99% of the directories available online for this state now linked on my site. There are probably a few out there that might be "hidden": Pacific Coast directories or British Columbia directories that might have some listings for Washington residents. I'll keep my eye out. Meantime, if you have ancestors or relatives from Washington State, enjoy the links! I am disappointed that there are not more free sites that contain Washington directories (most are linked to Ancestry). However, do not forget that the Washington State Digital Archives are preparing to upload many Polk directories for Washington communities to their website, hopefully in September. Volunteers are needed; if you would like to help this project along, check out this post I wrote in May.
New Pages
Fulton County, Georgia - with one link from EveNDon
Richmond County, Georgia - with one link from EveNDon
Bingham County, Idaho - with one link from Ancestry
Kootenai County, Idaho - with 12 links from Ancestry
Clallam County, Washington - with seven links from Ancestry
Cowlitz County, Washington - with four links from Ancestry
Franklin County, Washington - with one link from a USGenWeb site
Island County, Washington - with one link from Ancestry
Jefferson County, Washington - with one link from Ancestry
Kitsap County, Washington - with five links from Ancestry
Kittitas County, Washington - with five links from Ancestry
Lewis County, Washington - with four links from Ancestry
Lincoln County, Washington - with one link from a USGenWeb site
Mason County, Washington - with one link from Ancestry
San Juan County, Washington - with one link from Ancestry
Skagit County, Washington - with one link from Ancestry and two from USGenWeb sites
Snohomish County, Washington - with five links from Ancestry and two from USGenWeb sites
Spokane County, Washington - with 13 links from Ancestry
Thurston County, Washington - with one link from Ancestry
Yakima County, Washington - with four links from USGenWeb sites
Updates
Articles - added two articles; one by Lisa B. Lee and another by Phyllis Matthews Ziller. There are now 16 links to articles that you can read to help you understand how useful city directories are and how to best utilize them in your genealogical research!
British Columbia - one link from Ancestry
District of Columbia - three links from EveNDon
Georgia - four counties total now linked
Idaho - three counties total now linked
Washington - 20 counties total now linked
King County, Washington - with 20 links from Ancestry and one from a USGenWeb site
Pierce County, Washington - with 20 links from Ancestry
Whatcom County, Washington - 11 links from Ancestry, 14 from USGenWeb sites, and one from the InternetArchive
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You are doing a fantastic job, Miriam! I have gotten a lot of good information from city directories and anticipate using your site a great deal. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Judith!
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