17,757
edits
Minnesota Directories: Difference between revisions
m
no edit summary
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Directories are alphabetical lists of names and addresses. City directories can help you learn where an ancestor lived. The person's occupation is frequently given. Often the home address and the business address are both mentioned. When a husband has died, the widow is often listed as "widow of . . . ." Directories can sometimes help when you search census records to determine in which ward the family lived for a particular time in a big city. Directories sometimes have maps and addresses of churches, cemeteries, courthouses, and other important locations. | Directories are alphabetical lists of names and addresses. City directories can help you learn where an ancestor lived. The person's occupation is frequently given. Often the home address and the business address are both mentioned. When a husband has died, the widow is often listed as "widow of . . . ." Directories can sometimes help when you search census records to determine in which ward the family lived for a particular time in a big city. Directories sometimes have maps and addresses of churches, cemeteries, courthouses, and other important locations. | ||
Polk, R.L. and Company. ''Northwestern Gazetteer, Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana Gazetteer and Business Directory''. St. Paul, Minnesota: Polk, 1914. (FHL film 1321220-21.) The first part of the directory covers [[Portal:Minnesota|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. | *Polk, R.L. and Company. ''Northwestern Gazetteer, Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana Gazetteer and Business Directory''. St. Paul, Minnesota: Polk, 1914. (FHL film 1321220-21.) The first part of the directory covers [[Portal:Minnesota|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. | ||
The following are examples of directories found at the Family History Library: | The following are examples of directories found at the Family History Library: | ||
| Line 30: | Line 30: | ||
MINNESOTA, [COUNTY] – DIRECTORIES | MINNESOTA, [COUNTY] – DIRECTORIES | ||
MINNESOTA, [COUNTY], [CITY] – DIRECTORIES<br> | MINNESOTA, [COUNTY], [CITY] – DIRECTORIES<br><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | ||
<!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | |||
[[Category:Minnesota]] | [[Category:Minnesota]] | ||