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Local public and university libraries generally have directories for their region. The Library of Congress has the largest collection of city and county directories.  
Local public and university libraries generally have directories for their region. The Library of Congress has the largest collection of city and county directories.  


===Finding directories ===
=== Finding Directories  ===


==== City Directories on the Web  ====
==== City Directories on the Web  ====
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*Spear, Dorothea N. ''Bibliography of American Directories Through 1860.'' Worcester, Mass.: American Antiquarian Society, 1961.
*Spear, Dorothea N. ''Bibliography of American Directories Through 1860.'' Worcester, Mass.: American Antiquarian Society, 1961.


==== Directories at the Family History Library ====
==== Directories at the Family History Library ====


The '''Family History Library '''has a comprehensive collection, City Directories of the [[Portal:United States of America|United States]], reproduced on microform by Research Publications. This includes 336 cities and regions from the late 1700s to 1935. The pre-1860 city directories are on more than 6,000 microfiche. Directories for 1861 to 1935 are on 1,118 microfilms. These and other directories are listed in the Place Search of the [[Introduction to the Family History Library Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]] under  
The '''Family History Library '''has a comprehensive collection, City Directories of the [[Portal:United States of America|United States]], reproduced on microform by Research Publications. This includes 336 cities and regions from the late 1700s to 1935. The pre-1860 city directories are on more than 6,000 microfiche. Directories for 1861 to 1935 are on 1,118 microfilms. These and other directories are listed in the Place Search of the [[Introduction to the Family History Library Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]] under  
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::[STATE], [COUNTY] - OCCUPATIONS
::[STATE], [COUNTY] - OCCUPATIONS


There are also special directories that can help you locate libraries, newspapers, churches, ethnic associations, government officials, and other organizations or offices.  
There are also special directories that can help you locate libraries, newspapers, churches, ethnic associations, government officials, and other organizations or offices.


=== Directories of Each State  ===
=== Directories of Each State  ===
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