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== City Directories ==
== City directories ==
These records can be used to locate residents in large cities to determine jurisdictions, and identify occupations and residences.  
 
Research use:  Used to locate residents in large cities to determine jurisdictions, and identify occupations and residences.
 
Record type:  Directories of residents of larger cities.
 
Time Period:  1880-present.
 
Content:  Residents’ names, addresses, occupations or places of employment.
 
Location:  City and municipal archives and libraries.
 
Population coverage: 10%.
 
Reliability: Fair.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Myanmar,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.</ref>
 
== Websites ==
 
The following lists many directories of various kinds for Myanmar:<br>
 
[http://www.myanmarteldir.com/ Myanmar]


These record are directories of residents of larger cities exist from about 1880. Records may contain residents’ names, addresses, occupations or places of employment. Directories may be found in city and municipal archives and libraries. About ten percent of the population may be identified.
== References ==
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City directories[edit | edit source]

Research use: Used to locate residents in large cities to determine jurisdictions, and identify occupations and residences.

Record type: Directories of residents of larger cities.

Time Period: 1880-present.

Content: Residents’ names, addresses, occupations or places of employment.

Location: City and municipal archives and libraries.

Population coverage: 10%.

Reliability: Fair.[1]

Websites[edit | edit source]

The following lists many directories of various kinds for Myanmar:

Myanmar

References[edit | edit source]

  1. The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Myanmar,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.