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== Online Resources == | == Online Resources == | ||
*[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/britain-directories-and-almanacs?_ga=1.110943041.553913357.1443808205 Britain, Directories and Almanacs] | *'''1894''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/britain-jewish-commercial-directory-1894 Britain, Jewish Commercial Directory 1894] at Findmypast ($) | ||
*'''1894''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-50939/thoms-directory-great-britain-ireland-1894?s=275764761 Thom's Directory Great Britain & Ireland 1894] at MyHeritage — index & images ($) | |||
*'''1914''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-50938/thoms-directory-great-britain-ireland-1914?s=275764761 Thom's Directory Great Britain & Ireland 1914] at MyHeritage — index ($) | |||
*[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/britain-directories-and-almanacs?_ga=1.110943041.553913357.1443808205 Britain, Directories and Almanacs] ($), index, incomplete. | |||
*[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4 Historical Directories of England & Wales], images | *[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4 Historical Directories of England & Wales], images | ||
*[http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-50939/thoms-directory-great-britain-ireland-1894?s=218489221 Thom's Directory Great Britain & Ireland 1894] ($), index | |||
*[http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-50939/thoms-directory-great-britain-ireland-1894?s=218489221 Thom's Directory Great Britain & Ireland 1894], ($), index | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1547 U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s] ($), index | ||
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62438/ UK, Phone Book Indexes, 2001 and 2003] at Ancestry - index ($) | *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62438/ UK, Phone Book Indexes, 2001 and 2003] at Ancestry - index ($) | ||
The publication of directories, originally alphabetical lists of the names and addresses of tradesmen, was very much a consequence of the growth of permanent shopping and trading centres in the 18th century. | The publication of directories, originally alphabetical lists of the names and addresses of tradesmen, was very much a consequence of the growth of permanent shopping and trading centres in the 18th century. | ||
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=== Collections of Directories === | === Collections of Directories === | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library has many directories. They are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under one of the following:<br>ENGLAND - DIRECTORIES<br>ENGLAND, [COUNTY] - DIRECTORIES<br>ENGLAND, [COUNTY], [CITY] - DIRECTORIES | ||
A free digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, 1750-1919, has been placed online by the University of Leicester. The library seeks to provide at least one directory for each decade in the 1850s, 1890s and 1910s, but there are samples from years throughout the above period, with in depth coverage for Leicestershire and substantial coverage for London and Wales. Any maps in these directories have not been digitised. Visit [http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16445coll4 Historical Directories of England & Wales] or [http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/map/collection/p16445coll4 Map]. | A free digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, 1750-1919, has been placed online by the University of Leicester. The library seeks to provide at least one directory for each decade in the 1850s, 1890s and 1910s, but there are samples from years throughout the above period, with in depth coverage for Leicestershire and substantial coverage for London and Wales. Any maps in these directories have not been digitised. Visit [http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16445coll4 Historical Directories of England & Wales] or [http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/map/collection/p16445coll4 Map]. | ||