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''[[United States|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[United States Directories|U.S. Directories]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Minnesota|Minnesota]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Minnesota Directories|Directories]]'' | {{Minnesota-stub}}''[[United States|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[United States Directories|U.S. Directories]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Minnesota|Minnesota]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Minnesota Directories|Directories]]'' | ||
Directories are alphabetical lists of names and addresses. City directories can help you learn where an ancestor lived. The person's occupation is frequently given. Often the home address and the business address are both mentioned. When a husband has died, the widow is often listed as "widow of . . . ." Directories can sometimes help when you search census records to determine in which ward the family lived for a particular time in a big city. Directories sometimes have maps and addresses of churches, cemeteries, courthouses, and other important locations. | Directories are alphabetical lists of names and addresses. City directories can help you learn where an ancestor lived. The person's occupation is frequently given. Often the home address and the business address are both mentioned. When a husband has died, the widow is often listed as "widow of . . . ." Directories can sometimes help when you search census records to determine in which ward the family lived for a particular time in a big city. Directories sometimes have maps and addresses of churches, cemeteries, courthouses, and other important locations. | ||
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*Polk, R.L. and Company. ''Northwestern Gazetteer, Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana Gazetteer and Business Directory''. St. Paul, Minnesota: Polk, 1914. (Family History Library {{FHL|142321|title-id|disp=microfilm 1321220-21}}.) The first part of the directory covers [[Minnesota]] and lists residences of people, often with their occupation. It also serves as a gazetteer for the time. It lists population, churches and commercial buildings, newspapers, and where land was located and the price for which it was selling. | *Polk, R.L. and Company. ''Northwestern Gazetteer, Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana Gazetteer and Business Directory''. St. Paul, Minnesota: Polk, 1914. (Family History Library {{FHL|142321|title-id|disp=microfilm 1321220-21}}.) The first part of the directory covers [[Minnesota]] and lists residences of people, often with their occupation. It also serves as a gazetteer for the time. It lists population, churches and commercial buildings, newspapers, and where land was located and the price for which it was selling. | ||
The following are | === Resources for Minnesota Directories === | ||
==== Libraries and Archives ==== | |||
==== Directories Online ==== | |||
==== The Family History Library ==== | |||
The following are at the Family History Library: | |||
'''St. Paul''' | '''St. Paul''' | ||