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{{Nevada-sidebar}}<br>''[[United States Genealogy|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[United States Directories|U.S. Directories]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Nevada Genealogy|Nevada]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Nevada_Directories|Directories]]'' | {{Nevada-sidebar}}<br>''[[United States Genealogy|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[United States Directories|U.S. Directories]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Nevada Genealogy|Nevada]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Nevada_Directories|Directories]]'' | ||
=== Online Resources === | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8858 Nevada City Directory], ($), index | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3318 Nevada Directory, 1862], ($), index | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4741 Nevada Directory 1868-1869], ($), index | |||
*[http://www.distantcousin.com/Directories/NV/ Distant Cousin.com] | |||
*[http://www.uscitydirectories.com/nv.htm US City Directories] | |||
*[http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] ($) has Nevada directories in their [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1540 U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989] collection. The following cities are currently included: Austin, Carson City, Gerlach, Las Vegas, Reno, Sparks, and Virginia City. | |||
*[http://www.distantcousin.com/Directories/NV/ Distant Cousin.com] has a 1920-21 Reno, Washoe County, Carson City, Nevada city directory. | |||
*[http://www.uscitydirectories.com/nv.htm US City Directories] identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories. | |||
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== Record Synopsis == | === Record Synopsis === | ||
A directory is defined as a “book containing names, addresses, and occupations of inhabitants.” It may also be “any list or compilation, usually in book or pamphlet form, of persons, professional organizations, firms or corporations.”<ref>Henry Campbell Black, ''Black’s Law Dictionary: Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern'', 5th ed. (St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Co., 1979), 415, “directory.”</ref> Several types of directories have been published in the United States over the last two hundred years including: city directories, telephone directories, county and regional business directories, professional, organizational, and religious directories, post office directories, and street directories. Directories have tremendous value to genealogists as both an original record and as a reference aid. | A directory is defined as a “book containing names, addresses, and occupations of inhabitants.” It may also be “any list or compilation, usually in book or pamphlet form, of persons, professional organizations, firms or corporations.”<ref>Henry Campbell Black, ''Black’s Law Dictionary: Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern'', 5th ed. (St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Co., 1979), 415, “directory.”</ref> Several types of directories have been published in the United States over the last two hundred years including: city directories, telephone directories, county and regional business directories, professional, organizational, and religious directories, post office directories, and street directories. Directories have tremendous value to genealogists as both an original record and as a reference aid. | ||
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The sections below provide information about Nevada directories. For further information about directories in general, see [[United States Directories]]. | The sections below provide information about Nevada directories. For further information about directories in general, see [[United States Directories]]. | ||
== Business Directories == | === Business Directories === | ||
*'''1864-65.''' Colins, Charles. comp. ''Mercantile Guide and Directory for Virginia City, Gold Hill, Sivler City and American City, comprising a general business and resident directory for those cities, with sketches of their growth, development, and resources. Also containing valuable historical and statistical matter of unusual interest, together with the only accurate mining directory yet published, giving the name of the mine, number of feet in each claim, the district in which the same is located, and the names of secretaries, with their respective places of business''. [San Francisco]: Agnew & Deffebach, Book and Job Printers, [1864]. {{FHL|544144|title-id|disp=FHL film 1344106}}. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/mercantileguided00coll Internet Archives]. | *'''1864-65.''' Colins, Charles. comp. ''Mercantile Guide and Directory for Virginia City, Gold Hill, Sivler City and American City, comprising a general business and resident directory for those cities, with sketches of their growth, development, and resources. Also containing valuable historical and statistical matter of unusual interest, together with the only accurate mining directory yet published, giving the name of the mine, number of feet in each claim, the district in which the same is located, and the names of secretaries, with their respective places of business''. [San Francisco]: Agnew & Deffebach, Book and Job Printers, [1864]. {{FHL|544144|title-id|disp=FHL film 1344106}}. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/mercantileguided00coll Internet Archives]. | ||
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*'''1922.''' Ingram, Frank W. ''State of Nevada: Directory of Industries, giving name of firm, location, nature of business, and number of employees, arranged by industires.'' Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office, 1922. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/directoryofindus00nevarich Internet Archive]. | *'''1922.''' Ingram, Frank W. ''State of Nevada: Directory of Industries, giving name of firm, location, nature of business, and number of employees, arranged by industires.'' Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office, 1922. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/directoryofindus00nevarich Internet Archive]. | ||
== City Directories == | === City Directories === | ||
Some early Nevada territorial directories are: | Some early Nevada territorial directories are: | ||
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*Quebedeaux, Richard. ''Prime Sources of California and Nevada Local History: 151 Rare and Important City, County, and State Directories, 1850-1906''. Spokane, Washington: Arthur H. Clark, c1992. {{FHL|704000|title-id|disp=FHL book 979.4 E43q}}. | *Quebedeaux, Richard. ''Prime Sources of California and Nevada Local History: 151 Rare and Important City, County, and State Directories, 1850-1906''. Spokane, Washington: Arthur H. Clark, c1992. {{FHL|704000|title-id|disp=FHL book 979.4 E43q}}. | ||
=== The Family History Library (FHL) === | |||
The Family History Library has a fai<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1338417229853_77" />r collection of early Nevada city directories, but few of them extend into the 1900s. The best collection of city directories for the state of Nevada is for the city of Reno. The Library has some printed directories for select Nevada cities that extend into the 1980s. | The Family History Library has a fai<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1338417229853_77" />r collection of early Nevada city directories, but few of them extend into the 1900s. The best collection of city directories for the state of Nevada is for the city of Reno. The Library has some printed directories for select Nevada cities that extend into the 1980s. | ||
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== Libraries, Archives and Societies | === Libraries, Archives and Societies === | ||
Local county libraries, the [http://www.unr.edu/ University of Nevada—Reno], the [http://museums.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=446&Itemid=437 Nevada Historical Society], and the [http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/ Nevada State Library and Archives] collect Nevada directories. The Nevada Historical Society also collects directories of county and municipal officers, dating from the 1860's. | Local county libraries, the [http://www.unr.edu/ University of Nevada—Reno], the [http://museums.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=446&Itemid=437 Nevada Historical Society], and the [http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/ Nevada State Library and Archives] collect Nevada directories. The Nevada Historical Society also collects directories of county and municipal officers, dating from the 1860's. | ||
== References == | === References === | ||
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