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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Directories|U.S. Directories]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Florida|Florida]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Florida_Directories|Directories]]'' {{Adoption FLGenWeb}} | |||
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 of | Directories are particularly helpful for research in large cities where a high percentage of the people were renters, new arrivals, or temporary residents. In fact, a directory may be the only source that lists a person if he was not registered to vote and did not own property. Most households were included because the directories were created for salesmen, merchants, and others interested in contacting residents of an area. | ||
Directories have other clues that may require careful study to discover. For example, people in similar or related occupations were often relatives, in-laws, or friends. A year-by-year study of directories may reveal the movements of ancestors and relatives within the city and sometimes to or from other cities. | |||
Examples of directories that may be found in an archive are: city directories, telephone directories, church directories, occupational directories, farmers directories, or rosters of society members. | |||
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Florida. | |||
=== Resources for Florida Directories === | |||
==== | ==== Libraries and Archives ==== | ||
==== Directories Online ==== | |||
==== The Family History Library ==== | Ancestry.com ($) has Florida directories available online in its [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1540 U.S. City Directories] collection. | ||
==== The Family History Library ==== | |||
The Family History Library has directories for Miami for the years 1941, 1942, 1953, 1966 and 1970 (Family History Library {{FHL|138967|title-id|disp=book 975.938 E4p; film 1421916, item 3}} is for the year 1942). | The Family History Library has directories for Miami for the years 1941, 1942, 1953, 1966 and 1970 (Family History Library {{FHL|138967|title-id|disp=book 975.938 E4p; film 1421916, item 3}} is for the year 1942). | ||
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*[http://www.uscitydirectories.com/fl.htm US City Directories] This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories. | *[http://www.uscitydirectories.com/fl.htm US City Directories] This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories. | ||
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{{Florida|Florida}} {{U.S. Directories}} | |||
[[Category:Florida|Directories]] [[Category:Record_Types_of_the_United_States]] | [[Category:Florida|Directories]] [[Category:Record_Types_of_the_United_States]] | ||