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*Some early directories listed only businesspeople. | *Some early directories listed only businesspeople. | ||
*A substitute record that existed before directories is town meeting minutes, which listed the inhabitants of a town. | *A substitute record that existed before directories is town meeting minutes, which listed the inhabitants of a town. | ||
*Tips | |||
*Directories list occupants (not necessarily owners). | |||
*Major cities: Check town or county histories for outlying towns later absorbed by a city. | |||
*Minorities were often listed separately. | |||
*Others at your ancestor’s address may be boarders. | |||
*Pay attention to occupations. Occupations can give you an extra “handle” by which you can identify your ancestor in another record. If an alphabetical listing says your ancestor is “Asst. to John Doe,” see what John Doe does for a living. | |||
*Streets were renumbered. If your ancestor’s address changes, see if his neighbors’ addresses change correspondingly. | |||
*Second marriages: If a widow is listed at an address, then replaced by a man the next year at that address, check marriage records! | |||
*For blank forms you can use to extract information from a directory, see www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/localhistory/directories4.html<br> | |||
== What to do next <br> == | == What to do next <br> == | ||
[[Category:Maryland]] | [[Category:Maryland]] | ||