North Dakota Directories: Difference between revisions

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Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in North Dakota. For example, the Family History Library has directories for Bismarck for the years 1938, 1940, 1960, 1965, 1975, 1980, and 1986.

Regional business directories that include present-day North Dakota:

Northwestern Gazetteer: Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana Gazetteer and Business Directory. St. Paul, Minnesota: Polk, 1914 (Family History Library Films 1321220-1321221).

The Leading Business Men of Dakota Cities: Accompanying the Map of Dakota Territory, Name and Address. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Warner & Foote, 1883 (Family History Library Film 1464014 Item 18).

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+Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in [[Portal:North Dakota|North Dakota]]. For example, the Family History Library has directories for Bismarck for the years 1938, 1940, 1960, 1965, 1975, 1980, and 1986.
-*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2469 U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989] ($)
+Regional&nbsp;business directories that include present-day North Dakota:
-== History ==
+''Northwestern Gazetteer: Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana Gazetteer and Business Directory. ''St. Paul, Minnesota: Polk, 1914 (Family History Library&nbsp;[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=142321&disp=Northwestern+gazetteer%2C+Minnesota%2C+N++ Films 1321220-1321221]).
-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 business address are both mentioned. When a husband dies, many times the widow is listed as "widow of...."
-Directories can help you determine which jurisdictional ward the family lived in if you are searching census records for a particular time period in a big city. Directories sometimes have maps and addresses of churches, cemeteries, courthouses, and other important locations.
+''The Leading Business Men of Dakota Cities: Accompanying the Map of Dakota Territory, Name and Address. ''Minneapolis, Minnesota: Warner &amp; Foote, 1883 (Family History Library&nbsp;[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=502915&disp=The+Leading+business+men+of+Dakota+citie++ Film 1464014 Item 18]). <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->
-==Resources for North Dakota Directories==
+[[Category:North_Dakota]]
-=== Libraries and Archives ===
-Regional business directories that include present-day North Dakota:
-''Northwestern Gazetteer: Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana Gazetteer and Business Directory. ''St. Paul, Minnesota: Polk, 1914 (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|142321|title-id|disp=Films 1321220-1321221}}).
-''The Leading Business Men of Dakota Cities: Accompanying the Map of Dakota Territory, Name and Address. ''Minneapolis, Minnesota: Warner &amp; Foote, 1883 (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|502915|title-id|disp=Film 1464014 Item 18}}).
-===Directories Online===
-Ancestry.com ($) has North Dakota directories available online in its [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1540 U.S. City Directories] collection.
-===The FamilySearch Library===
-The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has city directories for various years from throughout the state of North Dakota including:
-'''Bismarck'''
--1920, 1928-1933 FS Library microfilm {{FSC|1108823|item|disp=2309664}}
-, 1965, 1975, 1980 etc. FS Library book [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bcall_number%3A%22978.477%2FB1%20E4p*%22 978.477/B1 E4p]
-To find directories, consult the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog]] under:
-::NORTH DAKOTA, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
-::NORTH DAKOTA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES
-==Websites==
-*[http://www.uscitydirectories.com/nd.htm US City Directories] This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
-{{North Dakota|North Dakota}} {{U.S. Directories}}
-[[Category:North Dakota, United States|Directories]]
-[[Category:United States Directories]]