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{{Ireland-sidebar}}<br>[[Image:Royal Avenue Belfast.jpg|thumb|right|295x223px]]Directories are alphabetical lists of names with corresponding addresses. Knowing an individual's address can be very helpful in searching the census records of a large city (see [[Ireland Census]]). The information in directories is for the year they are published. Directories for Dublin first appeared in the early eighteenth century and continue today. Provincial (town) directories began somewhat later and have continued only sporadically. Besides names and addresses, directories sometimes include: | {{Ireland-sidebar}}<br>[[Image:Royal Avenue Belfast.jpg|thumb|right|295x223px]]Directories are alphabetical lists of names with corresponding addresses. Knowing an individual's address can be very helpful in searching the census records of a large city (see [[Ireland Census]]). The information in directories is for the year they are published. Directories for Dublin first appeared in the early eighteenth century and continue today. Provincial (town) directories began somewhat later and have continued only sporadically. Besides names and addresses, directories sometimes include: | ||
*City maps. | *City maps. | ||
*Indexes or listings of inhabitants by streets. | *Indexes or listings of inhabitants by streets. | ||
*Addresses of schools, churches, cemeteries, and other institutions. | *Addresses of schools, churches, cemeteries, and other institutions. | ||
*Streets and the civil parishes they are in. | *Streets and the civil parishes they are in. | ||
== Online Resources == | |||
*[http://www.finditireland.com/links/ Find it Ireland] | |||
*[http://www.irelands-directory.com/ Irelands Directory] | |||
*[http://www.from-ireland.net/ 1820 Dublin Directory] | |||
*[http://islandireland.com/ Ireland] | |||
Inclusion or omission in directories of successive years may indicate when a person moved to or left a city, retired, or died. Not everyone was listed in directories, but those who had a trade or were of a higher social status were generally listed. | Inclusion or omission in directories of successive years may indicate when a person moved to or left a city, retired, or died. Not everyone was listed in directories, but those who had a trade or were of a higher social status were generally listed. | ||
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ENGLAND - DIRECTORIES | ENGLAND - DIRECTORIES | ||
{{Place|Ireland}} | {{Place|Ireland}} | ||
[[Category:Ireland Directories]] | [[Category:Ireland Directories]] | ||