Comments on: Tuesday’s Tip – City Directories http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/2013/01/tuesdays-tip-city-directories/ Finding those hidden genealogy nuggets Sun, 12 May 2013 05:02:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Hidden Genealogy Nuggets Website is Two Years Old Today @ GenealogyBlog http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/2013/01/tuesdays-tip-city-directories/#comment-14972 Hidden Genealogy Nuggets Website is Two Years Old Today @ GenealogyBlog Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:10:07 +0000 http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/?p=1853#comment-14972 [...] City Directories [...] [...] City Directories [...]

]]> By: Jim Sanders http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/2013/01/tuesdays-tip-city-directories/#comment-8680 Jim Sanders Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:44:32 +0000 http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/?p=1853#comment-8680 Hi Julie, thanks for stopping by. I'll check out your other blog. Hi Julie, thanks for stopping by. I’ll check out your other blog.

]]> By: Jim Sanders http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/2013/01/tuesdays-tip-city-directories/#comment-8679 Jim Sanders Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:42:30 +0000 http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/?p=1853#comment-8679 Hi John, thanks for stopping by. I've had numerous breakthroughs using city directories. They are just one local resource which is not used often enough. Another local resource which doesn't get much attention is <b><a href="http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/2012/11/tuesdays-tip-utilizing-town-reports-in-your-genealogy/" rel="nofollow">local town reports</a></b>. They can provide a wealth of information. Regards, Jim Hi John, thanks for stopping by. I’ve had numerous breakthroughs using city directories. They are just one local resource which is not used often enough. Another local resource which doesn’t get much attention is local town reports. They can provide a wealth of information.

Regards, Jim

]]> By: John http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/2013/01/tuesdays-tip-city-directories/#comment-8678 John Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:36:56 +0000 http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/?p=1853#comment-8678 Hi Jim and thanks again for visiting my Blog earlier. I agree completely that City Directories are a very valuable resource and I have used them whenever I can find them. The early directories were much different than our "phone books" in that they often listed all members of the household and not just the so-called head of the household. They usualy provided a physical address and as your exples show even the occupation of the listed person. I saw one directory from a small town I now forget where the names are entered alphabetically by FIRST name so to find all the members of the household you have to scan all the names unless you know the first name of everyone in the family. It was a time when people thought first about folks by their first name and there was not the concern with privacy we have today, so listing occupations was usual not rare. Hi Jim and thanks again for visiting my Blog earlier. I agree completely that City Directories are a very valuable resource and I have used them whenever I can find them. The early directories were much different than our “phone books” in that they often listed all members of the household and not just the so-called head of the household. They usualy provided a physical address and as your exples show even the occupation of the listed person. I saw one directory from a small town I now forget where the names are entered alphabetically by FIRST name so to find all the members of the household you have to scan all the names unless you know the first name of everyone in the family. It was a time when people thought first about folks by their first name and there was not the concern with privacy we have today, so listing occupations was usual not rare.

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