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''[[United States|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[United States Directories|U.S. Directories]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Montana|Montana]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Montana_Directories|Directories]]'' | ''[[United States|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[United States Directories|U.S. Directories]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Montana|Montana]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Montana_Directories|Directories]]'' | ||
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A directory is a “book containing names, addresses, and occupations of inhabitants.” It may also be “any list or compilation, usually in book or pamphlet form, of persons, professional organizations, firms or corporations.”<ref>Henry Campbell Black, ''Black’s Law Dictionary: Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern'', 5th ed. (St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Co., 1979), 415, “directory.”</ref> Several types of directories have been published in the United States over the last two hundred years including: city directories, telephone directories, county and regional business directories, professional, organizational, and religious directories, post office directories, and street directories. Directories have tremendous value to genealogists as both an original record and as a reference aid. For further information about directories in general, see [[United States Directories]]. Below is information about Montana directories. | |||
=== City Directories === | === City Directories === | ||
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The Family History Library has useful directories for the years 1868 and 1879 on Family History Library film {{FHL|526739|title-id|disp=1377090}}. The library has some directories from the 1930s to 1980s for larger cities in [[Montana]], such as Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell, and Missoula. | The Family History Library has useful directories for the years 1868 and 1879 on Family History Library film {{FHL|526739|title-id|disp=1377090}}. The library has some directories from the 1930s to 1980s for larger cities in [[Montana]], such as Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell, and Missoula. | ||
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*[http://www.distantcousin.com/Directories/MT/ Distant Cousins for Montana] | *[http://www.distantcousin.com/Directories/MT/ Distant Cousins for Montana] | ||
*[http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] ($) | *[http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] ($) | ||
*[http://www.uscitydirectories.com/mt.htm US City Directories] This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories. | *[http://www.uscitydirectories.com/mt.htm US City Directories] This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories. | ||
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{{Montana|Montana}} {{U.S. Directories}} | {{Montana|Montana}} {{U.S. Directories}} | ||
[[Category:Montana|Directories]] [[Category:Record_Types_of_the_United_States]] | [[Category:Montana|Directories]] [[Category:Record_Types_of_the_United_States]] | ||