Washington Directories
Online Resources
- Washington Online Historical Directories - listed by county
- Pacific Coast Directory, 1867 ($)
- Tacoma, Washington Directories, 1889-91 ($)
- Seattle, Washington City Directories, 1888-90 ($)
- Spokane, Washington Directories, 1889-93 ($)
- Oregon, Washington and Alaska gazetteer and business directory: 1901-1902 ($) Index/images.
- Washington, Postmaster Indexes, Prior to 1965 Images. Also on *Ancestry.com, ($), index
- Bancroft's Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States 1862
- Bancroft's Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States 1864
Directories Online
- Oregon, Washington and Alaska gazetteer and business directory : 1901-1902. (If the link does not work, go to ancestry.com ($), click Search, select Card Catalog, paste Title into search box, click Search)
- Ancestry.com ($) has Washington directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.
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Click "6 Things to Find In City Directories" from the Ancestry.com search page. Very helpful information. |
- Washington, Postmaster Indexes, Prior to 1965 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Bancroft's Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States 1862
- Bancroft's Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States 1864
The Family History Library
The Family History Library has directories for the following:
Seattle
Various years from 1872 - 1981 Seattle City Directories
Spokane
Various years from 1889 - 1985 Spokane City Directories
Tacoma
Various years from 1889 - 1935 Tacoma City Directories
For any other cities or towns try a Place Search in the FamilySearch Catalog for:
- Washington - DIRECTORIES. Place a comma in the search box and slide down a ways to select a county.
Web Sites
- US City Directories This website identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
- U.S. City Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room - Washington (Library of Congress)
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