Friday Finds in Directories: 10 July 2015

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historical directories:

• The Whole Family In the Directory by Michael John Neill at Genealogy Tip of the Day - a great tip for researching city directories
• City Directory Don'ts by Donna Potter Phillips at the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society Blog - a great list of "don'ts" published in a St. Louis, Missouri city directory

For pages on my site related to the above articles, visit Illinois Online Historical Directories and City of St. Louis, Missouri Online Historical Directories.

Friday Finds in Directories: 10 April 2015

Recently, I found the following article regarding historical directories:

• UK Ordnance Survey Adds Four New Products to its Open Data Portfolio by Dick Eastman in Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - this resource would work wonderfully in tandem with addresses of your ancestors found in British directories

For a page on my site related to the above articles, visit the United Kingdom Online Historical Directories page.

Jean Wilcox Hibben will be presenting a free webinar for the Illinois State Genealogical Society on May 12th titled "Need Direction? Try City Directories!" For more information, see this link. Here's a tutorial on how to access webinars.

Friday Finds in Directories: 27 March 2015

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historical directories:

• Chicago City Directories on Archive.org by Michael John Neill at Search Tip of the Day
• Direct Me NYC 1786: A History of City Directories in the United States and New York City by Philip Sutton at New York Public Library blog

For pages on my site related to the above articles, visit the Cook County, Illinois Online Historical Directories page and the New York City, New York Online Historical Directories page.

Jean Wilcox Hibben will be presenting a free webinar for the Illinois State Genealogical Society on May 12th titled "Need Direction? Try City Directories!" For more information, see this link. Here's a tutorial on how to access webinars.

Friday Finds in Directories: 20 March 2015 (A Day Late)

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historical directories:

• Providence City Directories by Diane MacLean Boumenot at One Rhode Island Family
• Using the “Between” Records – County and City Directories by Alan Campbell at the Ontario Genealogical Society Blog
• Indianapolis City Directories by Michael John Neill at Search Tip of the Day

For pages on my site related to the above articles, visit the Providence County, Rhode Island Online Historical Directories page, the Ontario Online Historical Directories page, and the Marion County, Indiana Online Historical Directories page.

Jean Wilcox Hibben will be presenting a free webinar for the Illinois State Genealogical Society on May 12th titled "Need Direction? Try City Directories!" For more information, see this link. Here's a tutorial on how to access webinars.

Friday Finds in Directories: 13 March 2015

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historical directories:

• Women's History Month 2015: A Few More Words About Directories by Gena Philibert-Ortega at Gena's Genealogy - Gena describes a variety of directories outside of city directories.
• An Exact Death Date in a City Directory Listing by Diane Gould Hall at Michigan Family Trails - one of the very nice perks of researching city directories!

Friday Finds in Directories: 6 March 2015

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historical directories:

• A New Genealogy Website went Online Today: Genealogy Gophers by Dick Eastman at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - Dick highlights a new website that searches online historical and genealogical books across the internet, including city and other directories.
• A Free Book in Google Books Lists Details of all Voters in New York City for 1919 also by  Dick Eastman at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - call it a "voters' directory" if you will, but this ebook should be helpful for those searching for their NYC ancestors in the late 1910s/early 1920s.
• Women's History Month 2015: City Directories by Gena Philibert-Ortega at Gena's Genealogy - Gena explains how city directories are helpful tools in researching your female ancestors
• Birmingham's Public Library Has Street Name Changes--Does Your Library? by Michael John Neill at Search Tip of the Day - I've added a link to the Birmingham Public Library's Street Name Changes to the Jefferson County, Alabama Online Historical Directories page, by the way.

Friday Finds in Directories: 20 February 2015

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historical directories:

• Canadian Directories Online by Lorine Massey at Olive tree Genealogy blog
• On the Digital Shelf: Directory of Licensed Real Estate Dealers... at the the Newberry Library blog
• 95 years of BC [British Columbia] directories available online by Gail Dever at Genealogy à la carte

Friday Finds in Directories: 16 January 2015

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historical directories:

• Online Chicago Maps at The Newberry Library Blog - while not an article about directories, it relates to those who use Chicago city directories, as it's important to do your research using directories and maps in tandem.
• Also, Ancestry.com has updated their Canada, City and Area Directories, 1819-1906 indexed database - see New or Updated Ancestry.com Databases - 13 to 19 December 2014 by Randy Seaver at GeneaMusings

Friday Finds in Directories: 12 December 2014

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historical directories:

• The Boston Directory, 1789 to 1900, to be Digitized and Placed Online by Dick Eastman at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (I've added those that are now online to the Suffolk County, Massachusetts page of my Online Historical Directories site)
• Also, Ancestry.com has updated their UK, City and County Directories, 1766-1946; indexed database - see New or Updated Ancestry.com Databases - November 22-28, 2014 by Randy Seaver at GeneaMusings

Friday Finds in Directories: 28 November 2014

Recently, I found the following articles regarding historical directories:

• City Addresses and Street Names and Chicago Directories in the 1870s at the Newberry Library Genealogy News
• Six Things to Look for in City Directories by Juliana Szucs at the Ancestry Blog
• Finding a Long-Lost Ancestor on the Streets of Chicago by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Loretto Dennis Szucs at the Ancestry Blog

Thanks to all who have emailed me about new finds of online historical directories. I'm looking forward to Winter Break to get caught up on updating links!