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*Current telephone directories can be found on the Internet. [http://www.whitepages.com/ Whitepages.com] is one such website that is useful in locating living relatives. | *Current telephone directories can be found on the Internet. [http://www.whitepages.com/ Whitepages.com] is one such website that is useful in locating living relatives. | ||
*[http://books.google.com/ Google books] and [ | *[http://books.google.com/ Google books] and [https://www.archive.org/index.php archive.org] often have a variety of directories. A general search of "Illinois city directories", or a specific search for a particular county or town of interest may provide interesting directories. | ||
*[http://www.fold3.com Fold3.com] ($) has [http://www.fold3.com/title_22/city_directories_chicago Chicago City Directories 1843-1917, 1923] (3 yrs. missing) available online. | *[http://www.fold3.com Fold3.com] ($) has [http://www.fold3.com/title_22/city_directories_chicago Chicago City Directories 1843-1917, 1923] (3 yrs. missing) available online. | ||
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===Business Directories=== | ===Business Directories=== | ||
*Smith and DuMoulin : Montague T. Platt, ''Illinois state business directory, 1860,'' Chicago : J.C.W. Bailey and Co. Full book view is available at [ | *Smith and DuMoulin : Montague T. Platt, ''Illinois state business directory, 1860,'' Chicago : J.C.W. Bailey and Co. Full book view is available at [https://www.archive.org/details/illinoisstatebus00smit Internet Archive.] | ||
*Bailey, J.C.W., Chicago Pub., ''Illinois state gazetteer and business directory, for the years 1864-5,'' Chicago, J.C.W. Bailey. Full book view is available at [ | *Bailey, J.C.W., Chicago Pub., ''Illinois state gazetteer and business directory, for the years 1864-5,'' Chicago, J.C.W. Bailey. Full book view is available at [https://www.archive.org/details/illinoisstategaz00bail Internet Archive.] | ||
*Saint Louis (Mo) - Commerce Directories, ''Montague's Illinois and Missouri state directory for 1854-5 to which is appended, a new and complete business directory of the city of St. Louis (1954),'' St. Louis : W.L. Montague. Full book view is available at [ | *Saint Louis (Mo) - Commerce Directories, ''Montague's Illinois and Missouri state directory for 1854-5 to which is appended, a new and complete business directory of the city of St. Louis (1954),'' St. Louis : W.L. Montague. Full book view is available at [https://www.archive.org/details/montaguesillinoi00stlo Internet Archive.] | ||
*''Illinois (State) Directories''. Woodbridge, Connecticut: Research Publications, 1980–84. {{FSC|527340|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6043985–6043989}}.A series of directories of businesses in Illinois and Missouri with the original directories in this collection published between 1847 and 1860. | *''Illinois (State) Directories''. Woodbridge, Connecticut: Research Publications, 1980–84. {{FSC|527340|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6043985–6043989}}.A series of directories of businesses in Illinois and Missouri with the original directories in this collection published between 1847 and 1860. | ||
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