City and county directories are similar to present-day telephone books and are useful records for locating people. They were often published annually, listing heads of households, employed household members, and their occupations and addresses. They can be used with census records or as substitutes for them.

Directories have been published for various cities and counties since the mid 1800s, though they may not exist for every year. Some directories focus on the businesses or occupations of an area, while others include heads of households and landowners.

Resources for Virginia Directories

Libraries and Archives

Directories Online

Ancestry.com ($) has Virginia directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.

The FamilySearch Library

The FamilySearch Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Virginia including:

Richmond City

1819-1860 FS Library fiche 6044391-400
1866-1935 FS Library films 1377370-84 and 1605945-66

Norfolk City

1801, 1806, 1851, 1859, 1860 FS Library fiche 6044285-89
1866-1901 FS Library films 1377209-15
1902-1923 FS Library films 1844188-202
1924-1935 FS Library films 1844311-17

For prominent individuals of the colonial era, the FamilySearch Library has name directories such as:

Stanard, William G. The Colonial Virginia Register 1902. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library. Also at: Hathitrust; At various libraries (WorldCat). Gives position and sometimes birth and death information.

To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES

VIRGINIA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES

Websites

Norfolk, Virginia 1859 City Directory
US City Directories This website identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.

v • d• e Links to Virginia-related articles (see also West Virginia-related articles)

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Counties gone to KY	Bourbon • Fayette • Jefferson • Kentucky (extinct) • Lincoln • Madison • Mason • Mercer • Nelson • Woodford

Counties gone to WV	Barbour • Berkeley • Boone • Braxton • Brooke • Cabell • Calhoun • Clay • Doddridge • Fayette • Gilmer • Greenbrier • Hampshire • Hancock • Hardy • Harrison • Jackson • Jefferson • Kanawha • Lewis • Logan • Marion • Marshall • Mason • McDowell • Mercer • Monongalia • Monroe • Morgan • Nicholas • Ohio • Pendleton • Pleasants • Pocahontas • Preston • Putnam • Raleigh • Randolph • Ritchie • Roane • Taylor • Tucker • Tyler • Upshur • Wayne • Webster • Wetzel • Wirt • Wood • Wyoming

Colonial Parishes	Abingdon • Accomac • Accomack • Albemarle • Amherst • Antrim • Appomattox • Argall's Gift • Augusta • Bath • Beckford • Berkeley • Blisland • Blount Point • Botetourt • Boutracy • Bristol • Bromfield • Brunswick • Bruton • Camden • Cameron • Charles City • Charles • Charles River • Chickacoan • Chickahominy • Chippokes • Chiskiack • Chotank • Christ Church (Lancaster Co.) • Christ Church (Middlesex Co.) • Chuckatuck • Cople • Cornwall • Cumberland • Dale • Denbigh • Dettingen • Drysdale • East • Elizabeth City • Elizabeth River • Fairfax • Fairfield • Farnham • Flowerdew Hundred • Fluvanna • Frederick • Fredericksville • Hamilton • Hampton • Hanover • Harrop • Henrico • Hog Island • Hungars • James City • Jordan's Journey • Kecoughtan • Kingston • King William • Lancaster • Lawnes Creek • Lee • Leeds • Lexington • Littleton • Lower (Elizabeth City Co.) • Lower (Isle of Wight Co.) • Lower (Lancaster Co.) • Lower (Nansemond Co.) • Lower (Northampton Co.) • Lower (Stafford Co.) • Lower (Upper Norfolk Co.) • Lower Suffolk • Lunenburg • Lynnhaven • Machodick • Manchester • Marston • Martin's Brandon • Martin's Hundred • Meherrin • Middle Plantation • Middletowne • Montgomery • Mulberry Island • New Poquoson • Newport • Nomini • Norborne • Northampton • North Farnham • Nottoway (Prince Edward Co.) • Nottoway (Southampton Co.) • Nutmeg Quarter • Occohannock • Overwharton • Patrick • Petsworth • Piankatank • Piscataway • Poropotank • Portsmouth • Potomac • Raleigh • Richmond • Rockbridge • Rockingham • Russell • St. Andrew's • St. Anne's (Albemarle Co.) • St. Anne's (Essex and Caroline Cos.) • St. Asaph's • St. Brides • St. David's • St. George's (Accomack Co.) • St. George's (Spotsylvania Co.) • St. James Northam • St. James Southam • St. James's (Goochland Co.) • St. James's (Mecklenburg Co.) • St. John's • St. Luke's • St. Margaret's • St. Mark's • St. Martin's • St. Mary's • St. Mary's Whitechapel • St. Patrick's • St. Paul's (Hanover Co.) • St. Paul's (King George Co.) • St. Peter's • St. Stephen's (King and Queen Co.) • St. Stephen's (Northumberland Co.) • St. Thomas • Shelburne • Sittenburne • Smith's Hundred • South • Southampton • South Farnham • Southwark • Stafford • Stanley Hundred • Stratton Major • Suffolk • Tillotson • Trinity (Lancaster Co.) • Trinity (Louisa Co.) • Truro • Upper (Elizabeth City Co.) • Upper (Isle of Wight Co.) • Upper (Lancaster Co.) • Upper (Nansemond Co.) • Upper (Northampton Co.) • Upper (Stafford Co.) • Upper Suffolk • Varina • Wallingford • Ware • Warrosquyoake • Warwick • Washington (Westmoreland Co.) • Washington (Washington Co.) • Waters Creek • West • West and Shirley • Westbury • Westover • Weyanoke • Wicomico • Wilmington • York • Yorkhampton

Major Repositories	Bristol Public Library · Germanna Foundation Library · Handley Regional Library · Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) · Historical Society of Washington, D.C. · John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg · Jones Memorial Library · Library of Congress (Washington, DC) · Library of Virginia · Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library · Maryland State Archives (Annapolis, MD) · National Archives I (Washington, DC) · National Archives II (College Park, MD) · National Archives at Philadelphia (PA) · National Genealogical Society · New York Public Library (New York City, NY) · Pennsylvania State Archives (Harrisburg, PA) · Portsmouth Public Library · Roanoke County Public Library · Salisbury University Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture (Salisbury, MD) · Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown (Santa Cruz, CA) · University of Virginia Library · Virginia Department of Health · Virginia Historical Society · Virginia Theological Seminary · Washington National Records Center (Suitland, MD) · William and Mary College Swem Library

Migration Routes	Routes: Chesapeake Bay • James River • Potomac River • Rappahannock River • York River • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal • Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad • Fall Line Road (or Southern Road) • Great Indian Warpath • Great Trading Path • Great Valley Road • Kanawha Trail • King's Highway • National Road (Cumberland Road) • New River and Southern Trail • Occaneechi Path • Old Cherokee Path • Old Northwestern Turnpike • Pamunkey-New River Trail • Pioneer Road • Richmond Road • Richmond-Williamsburg Road • Saura-Saponi Trail • Secondary Coast Road • Upper Road • Wilderness Road • Wilmington, Highpoint, and Northern Trail • Ports: Atlantic Coast Ports • Accomack • Alexandria • Belvoir Plantation • Bermuda Hundred • Dumfries • Falmouth • Fredericksburg • Hampton • Jamestown • Leedstown • Norfolk • Port Royal • Portsmouth • South Quay • Suffolk • Tappahannock (aka Hobb's Hole) • Urbanna • Williamsburg • Yorktown

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 Ancestry.com ($) has Virginia directories available online in its [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1540 U.S. City Directories] collection.
-===The Family History Library===
+===The FamilySearch Library===
-The [[Family History Library]] has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Virginia including:
+The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Virginia including:
 '''Richmond City'''
-*1819-1860 Family History Library fiche {{FHL|543998|title-id|disp=6044391-400}}
+*1819-1860 FS Library fiche {{FSC|543998|title-id|disp=6044391-400}}
-*1866-1935 Family History Library films {{FHL|543998|title-id|disp=1377370-84 and 1605945-66}}
+*1866-1935 FS Library films {{FSC|543998|title-id|disp=1377370-84 and 1605945-66}}
 <br> '''Norfolk City'''
-*1801, 1806, 1851, 1859, 1860 Family History Library fiche {{FHL|538123|title-id|disp=6044285-89}}
+*1801, 1806, 1851, 1859, 1860 FS Library fiche {{FSC|538123|title-id|disp=6044285-89}}
-*1866-1901 Family History Library films {{FHL|538123|title-id|disp=1377209-15}}
+*1866-1901 FS Library films {{FSC|538123|title-id|disp=1377209-15}}
-*1902-1923 Family History Library films {{FHL|538123|title-id|disp=1844188-202}}
+*1902-1923 FS Library films {{FSC|538123|title-id|disp=1844188-202}}
-*1924-1935 Family History Library films {{FHL|538123|title-id|disp=1844311-17}}
+*1924-1935 FS Library films {{FSC|538123|title-id|disp=1844311-17}}
-<br> For prominent individuals of the colonial era, the Family History Library has name directories such as:
+<br> For prominent individuals of the colonial era, the FamilySearch Library has name directories such as:
-:*Stanard, William G. ''The Colonial Virginia Register 1902''. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. (Family History Library {{FHL|35459|title-id|disp=book 975.5 N2s 1965; film 982250 item 4}}.) Gives position and sometimes birth and death information.
+:*Stanard, William G. ''The Colonial Virginia Register 1902''. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/534977-the-colonial-virginia-register-a-list-of-governors-councillors-and-other-higher-officials-and-also-of-members-of-the-house-of-burgesses-and-revolutionary-conventions-of-the-colony-of-virginia?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. ''Also at:'' [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009008916 Hathitrust]; {{WorldCat|1259692|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.  Gives position and sometimes birth and death information.
 To find directories, consult the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog]] under: