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*[http://www.fold3.com/documents.php?bc=116 Fold3 Minnesota City Directories] | *[http://www.fold3.com/documents.php?bc=116 Fold3 Minnesota City Directories] | ||
*[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/Home/usa/mn Minnesota Online Historical Directories] - listed by county | *[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/Home/usa/mn Minnesota Online Historical Directories] - listed by county | ||
*[http://www.fold3.com/title_647/city_directories_minneapolis Minneapolis City Directories 1865-1923] at Fold3.com ($) - (4 yrs. missing) available online. | |||
*[http://www.fold3.com/title_665/city_directories_st_paul St. Paul City Directories 1863-1924] at Fold3.com ($) -(4 yrs. missing) available online. | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1540 U.S. City Directories] at Ancestry.com ($) - Minnesota Directories | |||
*'''1880''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-62199/minnesota-state-gazetteer-business-directory-1880-volume-2?s=275764761 Minnesota State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1880, Volume 2] at MyHeritage — images($) | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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===Libraries and Archives=== | ===Libraries and Archives=== | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library and the Minnesota Historical Society Library have incomplete collections of directories from throughout Minnesota. Many were published as county directories, listing inhabitants of major towns in the county. Rural directories collected information on farmers, dairymen, and other rural residents. | ||
===Directories Online=== | ===Directories Online=== | ||
===The | ===The FamilySearch Library=== | ||
The [https://www.familysearch.org/ | The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Minnesota including: | ||
'''St. Paul''' | '''St. Paul''' | ||
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|1856–1859 | |1856–1859 | ||
| | |FamilySearch Library {{FSC|541391|title-id|disp=microfiche 6044463–65}} | ||
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|1863–1935 | |1863–1935 | ||
|beginning with | |beginning with FamilySearch Library {{FSC|541391|title-id|disp=microfilm 13770507}} | ||
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|1865–1935 | |1865–1935 | ||
|beginning with | |beginning with FamilySearch Library {{FSC|1377061|film|disp=microfilm 1377061}} <br> | ||
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|1960, 1975, 1985 etc. | |1960, 1975, 1985 etc. | ||
|FS Library book [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bcall_number%3A%22977.6579%20E4p*%22 977.6579 E4p] | |FS Library book [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bcall_number%3A%22977.6579%20E4p*%22 977.6579 E4p] | ||
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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. ( | Polk, R.L. and Company. ''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=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. | ||
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