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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=27490 Polk's Arizona and New Mexico pictorial state gazetteer and business directory: 1912-1913.] images/index. ($) | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=27490 Polk's Arizona and New Mexico pictorial state gazetteer and business directory: 1912-1913.] images/index. ($) | ||
*[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/Home/usa/az Arizona Online Historical Directories - listed by county] | *[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/Home/usa/az Arizona Online Historical Directories - listed by county] | ||
*Arizona Memory Project [https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/p17220coll19/id/3/rec/544 Directory of the Colored Population of Phoenix Arizona 1915-1916] | |||
Directories have been published for various Arizona cities and counties since the late 1800s, though they may not exist for every year. Some directories focus on the businesses or occupations of an area, while others include heads of households, landowners, and voters. | Directories have been published for various Arizona cities and counties since the late 1800s, though they may not exist for every year. Some directories focus on the businesses or occupations of an area, while others include heads of households, landowners, and voters. | ||
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Directories are particularly helpful for research in large cities where a high percentage of the people were renters, new arrivals, or temporary residents. In fact, a directory may be the only source that lists a person if he was not registered to vote and did not own property. Most households were included because the directories were created for salesmen, merchants, and others interested in contacting residents of an area. | Directories are particularly helpful for research in large cities where a high percentage of the people were renters, new arrivals, or temporary residents. In fact, a directory may be the only source that lists a person if he was not registered to vote and did not own property. Most households were included because the directories were created for salesmen, merchants, and others interested in contacting residents of an area. | ||
Directories have other clues that may require careful study to discover. For example, people in similar or related occupations were often relatives, in-laws, or friends. A year-by-year study of directories may reveal the movements of ancestors and relatives within the city and sometimes to or from other cities.Examples of directories that may be found in an archive are: city directories, telephone directories, church directories, occupational directories, farmers directories, or rosters of society members. | Directories have other clues that may require careful study to discover. For example, people in similar or related occupations were often relatives, in-laws, or friends. A year-by-year study of directories may reveal the movements of ancestors and relatives within the city and sometimes to or from other cities.Examples of directories that may be found in an archive are: city directories, telephone directories, church directories, occupational directories, farmers directories, or rosters of society members. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||