ENG, SCT, CT, FL, IN, IA, MD, MA, MI, MN, NY, NC, SC, WA, and WI New Pages and Updates

In the past month, the following new pages and updates have been added:

New Pages

Stirling Council Area, Scotland - with four links from SCRAN

Litchfield County, Connecticut - with one link from NEHGS

Orange County, Florida - with one link from Central Florida Memory

Elkhart County, Indiana - with one link from the Internet Archive

Washington County, Maryland - with one link from Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage and two from Western Maryland's Historical Library

Barnstable County, Massachusetts - with two links from Historic Map Works

Ontonagon County, Michigan - with two links from MattsonWorks

Clay County, Minnesota - with five links from the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County

Dakota County, Minnesota - with one link from the Dakota County Historical Society

Pennington County, Minnesota - with 14 links from the Pennington County Historical Society

Cattaraugus County, New York - with one link from the Monroe County Library

Chemung County, New York - with one link from the Monroe County Library

Genesee County, New York - with five links from the Monroe County Library

Livingston County, New York - with three links from the Monroe County Library

Niagara County, New York - with one link from the Monroe County Library

Orleans County, New York - with three links from the Monroe County Library

Schuyler County, New York - with one link from the Monroe County Library

Seneca County, New York - with one link from the Monroe County Library

Steuben County, New York - with one link from the Monroe County Library

Wyoming County, New York - with one link from the Monroe County Library

Yates County, New York - with one link from the Monroe County Library

Spartanburg County, South Carolina - with nine links from the Internet Archive

Iron County, Wisconsin - with 34 links from MattsonWorks and two links from Ancestry

Sawyer County, Wisconsin - with two links from MattsonWorks

Vilas County, Wisconsin - with eight links from MattsonWorks


Updates

Yorkshire, England - one new link from the Internet Archive

Connecticut - one new link from Historic Maps Works; now with five out of 8 counties linked

Hartford County, Connecticut - two new links from Historic Map Works and four new links from Distant Cousin

New Haven County, Connecticut - one new link from Historic Map Works

New London County, Connecticut - one new link from Historic Map Works

Florida - now with three out of 67 counties linked

Indiana - now with 25 out of 92 counties linked

Allen County, Indiana - one new link from the Internet Archive

Vanderburgh County, Indiana - one new link from the Internet Archive

Wells County, Indiana - one new link from the Internet Archive

Polk County, Iowa - one new link from Iowa Digital Library

Maryland - now with four out of 23 counties plus the City of Baltimore linked

Allegany County, Maryland - one new link from Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage and one from Western Maryland's Historical Library

City of Baltimore, Maryland - 35 new links from the Archives of Maryland Online

Massachusetts - now with 11 out of 14 counties linked

Barnstable County, Massachusetts - one new link from Historic Map Works

Essex County, Massachusetts - nine new links from Memorial Hall Library

Middlesex County, Massachusetts - one new link from the Center for Lowell History

Suffolk County, Massachusetts - eight new links from Tufts Digital Collections & Archives and two new links from EveNDon

Michigan - now with 23 out of 83 counties linked

Gogebic County, Michigan - six new links from MattsonWorks

Saginaw County, Michigan - three new links from Google Books, seven new links from the Hathi Trust Digital Library, and two new links from the Internet Archive

Minnesota - now with six out of 87 counties linked

Hennepin County, Minnesota - one new link from Phillips Neighborhood Network and two new links from KinSource Archives

Ramsey County, Minnesota - one new link from KinSource Archives

New York - one new link from the Monroe County Library; now with 40 out of 62 counties plus New York City linked

Allegany County, New York - one new link from the Monroe County Library

Cayuga County, New York - one new link from the Monroe County Library

Chautauqua County, New York - one new link from the Monroe County Library

Erie County, New York - one new link from the Monroe County Library

Monroe County, New York - corrected numerous links due to the Monroe County Library changing some of their webpages; added 55 new links from the Monroe County Library

Onondaga County, New York - one new link from the Monroe County Library

Ontario County, New York - four new links from the Monroe County Library

Wayne County, New York - three new links from the Monroe County Library

Wake County, North Carolina - one new link from Wake County Public Libraries

South Carolina - now with three out of 46 counties linked

King County, Washington - one new link from the University of Washington

Wisconsin - now with 16 out of 72 counties linked

City Directories Online Course

Family Tree University, a part of Family Tree Magazine, is offering an online course on city directories, called Exploring City Directories: How to Trace Your Family in Yesterday's Yellow Pages. You can read more about it, as well as sign up for it through Genealogy Insider, the blog for Family Tree Magazine.

UK Historical Directories Links

Ancestry has a great article here about using its newly-updated UK City and County Directories, 1600-1900s. Now, you don't have to have a subscription to Ancestry to read the article, but of course, you do have to have one of the following subscriptions to access this database: a subscription to Ancestry.co.uk (available in the United Kingdom) OR a World Deluxe Membership if you have an Ancestry.com, Ancestry.ca, or some such other national Ancestry subscription. Of course, you can try the World Subscription for two weeks; just make sure you write down the phone number and call them to cancel in plenty of time (think of time zone differences and business hours).

I'm going to do something a little bit differently here. I'm going to share with you some of my trade secrets! ;-) As you have probably guessed, I am collecting a huge list of bookmarks of historical directories at both free and subscription websites, and as you probably can tell, it does take a great deal of time to get all those links added to my website. So here's a little freebie for you: I'm going to share my UK historical directories bookmarks with you, so you don't have to wait until they get on the UK pages! Shhh! This is just for you loyal readers who regularly visit this blog or have subscribed to it through e-mail or your favorite RSS reader.

• United Kingdom Online Historical Directories - from my website
• UK City and County Directories, 1600-1900s (through Ancestry's World Deluxe Subscription portal) - $
• UK City and County Directories, 1600-1900s (through Ancestry's UK Subscription portal) - $
• Bedfordshire Directories - Free
• Turvey, Bedfordshire Directories - Free
• Cambridge Blue Book - Free
• Cumbria/Cumberland/Westmorland Directories - Free
• Genhound - $
• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire, 1901 - Free
• Ringmer in Trade Directories - Free
• Longford Directories - Free
• 1787 Nathaniel Jones Directory of Glasgow - Free
• Glasgow Post Office Directories on Internet Archive - Free
• Directories at ScotlandsFamily - Free
• Ireland Directories (includes Northern Ireland) at Irish Family Research - $
• Family Relatives Directories - $
• Direct Resources - appears to be free
• Links to UK Directories, provided by GenUKI - Free
• London Street Name Changes - Free
• Cerne Abbas Directory - Free
• The Original Record - $

Happy Hunting!

MI, PA, and TN New Pages and Updates

New Pages:

Delta County, Michigan - with 10 links from the Delta County Genealogical Society


Updates:

Michigan - now with 22 out of 83 counties linked

Ingham County, Michigan - six new links from the Capital Area District Library

Kalamazoo County, Michigan - one new link from kalamazoogenealogy.org, plus corrected some links from Ancestry, and updated the page to be consistent with the rest of the website

Macomb County, Michigan - no new links, but the page has been updated to be consistent with the rest of the website

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania - with five new links from the Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network

Davidson County, Tennessee - one new link from Tennessee State Library and Archives

ENG, IN, IA, NC, TX, WI New Pages and Updates

New Pages:

Middlesex, England - with one link from London Lives

Wells County, Indiana - with one link from the Internet Archive

Benton County, Iowa -  with one link from the Marion Public Library

Black Hawk County, Iowa - with one link from the Marion Public Library

Buchanan County, Iowa - with one link from the Marion Public Library

Johnson County, Iowa - with one link from the Marion Public Library

Linn County, Iowa - with 20 links from the Marion Public Library

Marshall County, Iowa - with one link from the Marion Public Library

Tama County, Iowa - with one link from the Marion Public Library

Durham County, North Carolina - with one link from the Internet Archive

Randolph County, North Carolina - with one link from the Internet Archive

La Crosse County, Wisconsin - with 29 links from the La Crosse Public Library


Updates:

England - now with 7 out of 39 historical counties linked, plus the City of London

City of London, England - one new link from London Lives

Indiana - now with 24 out of 92 counties linked

Iowa - now with 14 out of 99 counties linked

North Carolina - now with 7 out of 100 counties linked

Travis County, Texas - one new link from the Austin Genealogical Society

Wisconsin - now with 13 out of 72 counties linked

AK, CA, CO, FL, IL, IN, IA, KY, MA, MO, NJ, NY, OH, RI, SD and WI New Pages and Updates

I have added many links to the site over the past month; however, I haven't been very good about keeping my readers updated as to the changes and new pages. Here's hoping you find something to help your research along!

New Pages

San Benito County, California - with two links from Ancestry and one from Google Books

Fremont County, Colorado  - with one link from GenealogyToday

Chautauqua County, New York - with 18 links from Western New York Legacy

Lewis County, New York - with one link from the Internet Archive

Lincoln County, South Dakota - with one link from GenealogyToday


Updates

Alaska - with one new link from GenealogyToday

California - now with 33 out of 59 counties linked

Los Angeles County - with one new link from GenealogyToday

Monterey County, California - with one new link from Google Books

Sacramento County, California - with one new link from GenealogyToday

San Mateo County, California - with one new link from Ancestry

Santa Clara County, California - with one new link from Google Books

Colorado - now with 13 out of 64 counties linked

Florida - with one new link from the Internet Archive

Illinois - with one new link from the Internet Archive

Cook County, Illinois - with one new link from GenealogyToday

Indiana - with one new link from the Internet Archive

LaPorte County, Indiana - with one new link from the Internet Archive

Tippecanoe County, Indiana - with one new link from the Internet Archive

Iowa - with one new link from the Internet Archive

Kentucky -  with one new link from the Internet Archive

Bristol County, Massachusetts - with six new links from the Internet Archive and one from Google Books

Worcester County, Massachusetts - with two new links from GenealogyToday

Missouri -  with one new link from the Internet Archive

Essex County, New Jersey - with three new links from the Internet Archive

New York - with one new link from the Internet Archive; now with 31 out of 62 counties and New York City linked

New York City, New York - with one new link from the Internet Archive

Summit County, Ohio - with one new link from GenealogyToday

Providence County, Rhode Island - with two links from Google Books

South Dakota - now with 1 out of 66 counties linked

Wisconsin - with two new links from the Internet Archive

Ancestry.ca Completes Collection of Canadian City and Area Directories, 1819-1906

The following announcement is from Ancestry.ca, the Canadian version of the U.S.'s Ancestry.com. I did some checking, and those who have a World Deluxe Subscription at Ancestry.com will also be able to access this expanded city directories collection here.

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7 Million Names Now Available For First Time

Pre-telephone era equivalent of Yellow Pages provides wealth of information on ancestors of millions of Canadians

June 22, 2010 (Toronto, ON) Ancestry.ca, Canada’s leading family history website, announces the completion of Canadian City and Area Directories, 1819-1906, a rich collection of more than 150,000 pages of historical records, the largest collection of historic Canadian directories available online. The collection includes the names of more than 7 million Canadians who lived during this 87- year-period of national growth.

The first release of City and Area Directories by Ancestry.ca in October of 2008 contained nearly 20,000 pages of records and 5.2 million names. Today’s completion adds a staggering 134,000 pages of records.

Almost anyone with an ancestor who lived in a Canadian town or city during the period from 1819 to 1906 will find an ancestor in the collection. Historically, these records were used in much the same way as we use Facebook today - they were finding aids that allowed people to stay connected.

City directories contain an alphabetical listing of citizens, giving the names of the heads of households, their addresses and occupations. When an ancestor is found a researcher can see their name, home or business address and usually an occupation. For added interest, a further search using the street name will find their neighbours, allowing users to build up a picture of what life was like in the area.

A city directory may also contain a business directory, street directory, governmental directory, and listings of town officers, schools, societies, churches, post offices and other miscellaneous records that help paint a clearer picture of one’s ancestors. *

Aside from finding one’s own ancestors within this collection, history enthusiasts will be able to find records of famous Canadians, including:

• Sir John A. MacDonald - Canada’s first Prime Minister, listed living in Kingston, Ontario 

• Sir Sandford Fleming - Inventor and creator of world time zones is listed living at 213 Chapel Street in Ottawa in 1893, one of his many residences 

• William Lyon MacKenzie - The journalist, politician and rebel leader is listed living in Toronto and working as the editor of The Colonial Advocate

• Louis Riel - Founder of the province of Manitoba and activist for Métis rights, listed as living in Elkirk

Karen Peterson, Marketing Director for Ancestry.ca, comments: “The breadth of information you can learn about your ancestors from records like City Directories will surprise many. They are a very powerful tool for researching family history because they can fill in the gaps between federal or provincial censuses, providing people with much clearer timelines and details about their ancestors and their lives.”

Breakdown of records by region:

Province	Records (Images)	Estimated Names
Ontario	84059	4202950
Quebec	33201	1660050
Nova Scotia	12566	628300
New Brunswick	11051	552550
National and Multi-Province	6201	310050
Manitoba	2514	125700
British Columbia	2016	100800
Newfoundland	1194	59700
Prince Edward Island	927	46350
Alberta	16	800
Total estimate	153745	7687250

To discover the lives of your own ancestors, visit www.ancestry.ca to let the journey begin.