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==Online Records== | |||
*[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/directories-collection/Pages/directories-collection.aspx Canadian (Online) Directories Collection Library and Archves of Canada], index | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8820 Canadian Phone and Address Directories, 1995-2002] ($) | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3789 Canadian City and Area Directories, 1819-1906] ($) | |||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/canada--the-canada-directory-18531854 The Canada Directory, 1853/1854], ($), index | |||
==Introduction== | |||
Directories are alphabetical lists of names and addresses. The most helpful directories for genealogical research in [[Canada Genealogy|Canada]] are provincial directories (published at irregular intervals in the 19th century) and city directories (published annually in the 20th century). | Directories are alphabetical lists of names and addresses. The most helpful directories for genealogical research in [[Canada Genealogy|Canada]] are provincial directories (published at irregular intervals in the 19th century) and city directories (published annually in the 20th century). | ||
A person’s address can be very helpful when searching an unindexed census of a large city. Inclusion or omission in successive directories can indicate when the person came to the city, left the city, or died. However, most blacks and Native Americans and many French Canadians were omitted from such directories. | A person’s address can be very helpful when searching an unindexed census of a large city. Inclusion or omission in successive directories can indicate when the person came to the city, left the city, or died. However, most blacks and Native Americans and many French Canadians were omitted from such directories. | ||
== <center>Directories by Province or Territory</center> == | |||
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==City and Provincial Directories== | |||
An excellent list of city and provincial directories is: | An excellent list of city and provincial directories is: | ||