California Directories
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Online Resources
- California City Directories ($)
- San Francisco, California Directories, 1889-91 ($)
- California City Directories
History
Directories of heads of households were published for major cities of California.
Resources for Directories
Libraries and Archives
- The Los Angeles Public Library has the following with a few small gaps in the years available. The 1872 directory is a combination city-county one.
| 1872-1942 | Los Angeles Public Library microfilm |
| 1873-1942 | Los Angeles Public Library books |
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1929,1936,1938, 1939,1942 |
Digital images at Los Angeles Public Library |
Directories Online
- Fold3 ($) has Los Angeles Directories 1873, 1875, 1878-1924 (5 yrs. missing) and San Francisco Directories 1861-1923 (4 yrs. missing) available online. This database is sometimes free at libraries.
- Ancestry ($) has California directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.
The Family History Library
The Family History Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of California including:
Los Angeles
| 1873-1935 | FS Library films 1376980 |
| 1910, 1942, etc. | FS Library books 979.493 E4LL |
San Francisco
| 1850-1861 | FS Library fiche 6044468-83 |
| 1861/62-1934 | FS Library films 1377422 |
| 1910, 1936, etc. | FS Library films 1321020, |
| 1935, 1945-46, 1961,1962 | FS Library films 1321020 |
To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
- CALIFORNIA, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
- CALIFORNIA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES
Websites
- Los Angeles Public Library
- Ancestry($)
- US City Directories. Identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
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