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Online Resources

• Honolulu, Hawaii Directory, 1890 at Ancestry($)

History

Directories of heads of households have been published for some cities in Hawaii.

Resources for Hawaii Directories

Libraries and Archives

The Hawaii State Library has Honolulu directories from 1898, and telephone books dating from 1943.

Directories Online

Ancestry.com ($) has Honolulu directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.

The FamilySearch Library

The FamilySearch Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Hawaii including:

Honolulu

1917, 1938, 1940-41, 1959-60, 1963-64, and 1977 (FS Library book 996.93 E4p; films 1759763-778).

Directories for 1917 for the major cities and various islands film 962960.

To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

HAWAII, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES

HAWAII, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES

All Islands

Most of the city directories for Hawaii that have the title of Honolulu actually include all of the islands. For instance, the directory will begin with Honolulu as the lead island, but will be followed by Island of Hawaii (Big Island), and the islands of Kauai, Lanai, Maui, and Molokai.

The following is a list of accessible city directories that include all islands.

Years	Title
1880–1881	The Hawaiian Kingdom Statistical and Commercial Directory and Tourists' Guide, 1880-1881, go to frame 3 to begin
1884–1885	McKenney's Hawaiian Directory including a City Directory of Honolulu, and Hand Book of the Kingdom of Hawaii, go to frame 47 to begin
1888	Hawaiian Directory and Hand Book of the Kingdom of Hawaii, go to frame 54 to begin
1889	Hawaiian Directory and Handbook of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Click on the link under Files on the left of the screen, downloads a PDF, go to frame 66 to begin
1890	Directory and Handbook of the Kingdom of Hawaii, giving the name, occupation, place of business, and residence of the adult population of the entire Hawaiian Kingdom, go to frame 31 to begin
1892	Directory and Hand-Book of the Kingdom of Hawaii, giving the name, occupation, place of business, and residence of the adult population of the entire Hawaiian Kingdom, go to frame 15 to begin
1894–1895	Directory and Handbook of Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands, go to frame 15 to begin
1896–1897	Husted's Directory and Hand-Book of Honolulu and the Hawaii Islands, go to frame 24 to begin
1898	Husted's Directory and Handbook of Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands, downloads a PDF, go to frame 16 to begin
1900–1901	Husted's Directory of Honolulu and Hawaiin Territory, go to frame 49 to begin
1902	https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/fb9f8955-6efa-4547-a39f-05a2a5a522fe/content Husted's Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii], go to frame 42 to begin
1903–1904	Husted's Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, go to frame 34 to begin
1904–1905	Husted's Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii 1904-5, go to frame 32 to begin
1905–1906	Husted's Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii 1905-6, go to frame 1 to begin
1908	Husted's Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii 1908, go to frame 66 to begin
1909	Husted's Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii 1909, go to frame 52 to begin
1910	Husted's Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii 1910, go to frame 47 to begin
1911	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii, go to frame 44 to begin
1912	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii 1912, go to frame 56 to begin
1913	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii 1913, go to frame 48 to begin
1914	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii, Vol. XXI, 1914, go to frame 46 to begin
1915	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii Vol. XXII, 1915, go to frame 40 to begin
1916	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii Vol. XXIII, 1916, go to frame 47 to begin
1917	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii Vol. XXIV, 1917, go to frame 40 to begin
1918	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii Vol. XXV, 1918, go to frame 42 to begin
1919	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii Vol. XXVI, 1919, go to frame 42 to begin
1920	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii Vol. XXVII, 1920, go to frame 42 to begin
1921	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii Vol. XXVIII, 1921, go to frame 42 to begin
1922	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii Vol. XXIX, 1922, go to frame 43 to begin
1923	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii Vol. XXX, 1923, go to frame 44 to begin
1924	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii Vol. XXXI, 1924, go to frame 47 to begin
1925	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii Vol. XXXII, 1925, go to frame 48 to begin
1926	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/861998, go to frame 52 to begin
1927	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/861999, go to frame 52 to begin
1928–1929	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/862000, go to frame 52 to begin
1929–1930	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/864842, go to frame 52 to begin
1930–1931	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/864843, go to frame 52 to begin
1931–1932	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/863666, go to frame 52 to begin
1932–1933	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/863667, go to frame 52 to begin
1933–1934	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii & Territory www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/863668, go to frame 52 to begin
1935–1936	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/863669, go to frame 52 to begin
1936–1937	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/863670, go to frame 52 to begin
1937–1938	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/864844, go to frame 52 to begin
1938–1939	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/867723, go to frame 52 to begin
1939–1940	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/865029, go to frame 52 to begin
1940–1941	Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/887733, go to frame 52 to begin
1947–1948	Polk’s Honolulu & Oahu* http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/865032, go to frame 52 to begin
1949	Polk’s Honolulu & Oahu* http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/863671, go to frame 52 to begin
1950	Telephone Directory Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/868189, go to frame 52 to begin

Websites

• US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.

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