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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 31 to begin
1894–1895	Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii http://hdl.handle.net/10524/12276
1896–1897	Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii http://hdl.handle.net/10524/12275
1898	Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaiihttp://hdl.handle.net/10524/35849
1900–1901	Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/858267
1902	Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii http://hdl.handle.net/10524/19437
1903–1904	Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii http://hdl.handle.net/10524/19438
1904–1905	Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii http://hdl.handle.net/10524/22784
1905–1906	Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii http://hdl.handle.net/10524/23049
1908	Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/858268
1909	Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/861994
1910	Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii http://hdl.handle.net/10524/35850
1911	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/858820
1912	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/861995
1913	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/858821
1914	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/858822
1915	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/864836
1916	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/864837
1917	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/864838
1918	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/858823
1919	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/858270
1920	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/859702
1921	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/859703
1922	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/858271
1923	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/860504
1924	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii http://hdl.handle.net/10524/35851
1925	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/861997
1926	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/861998
1927	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/861999
1928–1929	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/862000
1929–1930	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/864842
1930–1931	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/864843
1931–1932	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/863666
1932–1933	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/863667
1933–1934	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/863668
1935–1936	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/863669
1936–1937	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/863670
1937–1938	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/864844
1938–1939	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/867723
1939–1940	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/865029
1940–1941	Polk-Husted Honolulu & Territory www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/887733
1947–1948	Polk’s Honolulu & Oahu* http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/865032
1949	Polk’s Honolulu & Oahu* http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/863671
1950	Telephone Directory Honolulu & Territory of Hawaii www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/868189

Websites

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