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Online Resources

• 1922 Cornell and Princeton University Directories, 1922 at Ancestry - index ($)
• New Jersey Online Historical Directories - listed by county

History

Directories listing the names, addresses, and occupations of adults have been published for at least 120 municipalities and for some New Jersey counties.

Resources for New Jersey Directories

Libraries and Archives

The Newark Business Library, 34 Commerce Street, Newark, NJ 07102 has more than 2,000 New Jersey city directories. The New Jersey State Library, Library of Congress, and New York Public Library also have large collections.

For further directories in these and other cities, see:

• Brown, Michael. Guide to New Jersey City Directories. Kendall Park, New Jersey, New Jersey: New Jersey Information Services, 1993. (Family History Library book 974.9 E43b) (Shows city, year, and title, but not repository.

Also check the city directories for New York City and Philadelphia if your ancestor lived near these metropolitan areas. The New Jersey home addresses of people who worked in Philadelphia or New York are often listed.

Directories Online

• Ancestry.com ($) has city directories available online for a large number of New Jersey cities in its U.S. City Directories collection.
• Fold3.com ($) has Newark City Directories 1861-1923 (8 yrs. missing) available online.

Family History Library

The Family History Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of New Jersey including:

Hoboken

1852-1860	Family History Library fiche 6044005-6, 6044008-10,
1861-1901	Family History Library  films 1376941-56
1902-1926	Family History Library films 1929185-90

Jersey City

1849-1860	Family History Library fiche 6044004-11
1861-1901	Family History Library  films 1376941-56
1902-1926	Family History Library  films 1929185-90

Newark

1835-1860	Family History Library fiche 6044170-98
1861-1901	Family History Library  films 1377110-36
1902-1935	Family History Library  films 1611849-74
1938	Family History Library  film 1320616 item 1

Trenton

1844-1845, 1854, 1857, 1859, 1867-1935 (intermittent years)	13 fiche beginning with 6044540; films 1841636-52
1930	Family History Library film 1425566 item 4

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

NEW JERSEY, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES

NEW JERSEY, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES

Websites

• US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
• U.S. City Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room - New Jersey (Library of Congress)