Convert the address into a census enumeration district, then find his record at the national archives. Generally a city directory will contain an alphabetical list of its citizens, listing the names of the heads of households, their addresses, and occupational information. If family histories or just digging into old documents is your thing, then oh man the brooklyn public library has some good news for you the library announced this month that it has digitized 107 years of city directories and telephone books, spanning 18561967, all easily perusable online the phone books, and in the pretelephone era, city directories, contain valuable information. New york city city directory, trow, 1746 free internet archive. New york public library digitizes 7 years of new york. Data presented here comes from the new york public library. The red book of syracuse and onondaga county family history library new york map.
Undoubtedly, there are other city directories for this locality that are not listed here. Yet much of the iconic architecture and culture which so defines the city as we know it today from the empire state building to the pastrami sandwich only came into being in the 1930s, in what was perhaps the. Socsecdeathindex newadditions directories institutions yearbooks census military findingguides newadditions directories institutions yearbooks census military findingguides. Brooklyn public library just made new york history buffs. Nysl holdings are listed below in alphabetical order by. Telephone directories migrated online in april 1996.
New york city is the most linguistically diverse city in the world, with over 800 languages spoken. Online phone book lookup any phone number in the u. New york directories at include city directories, phone books and white pages for major cities and surrounding areas. The library also owns the fifteenvolume set of the rochester house directory, a supplement to the city directories. Genealogy city directories search this guide search. Guide to brooklyn city directories and telephone books, 17961986. These men risked their lives to build 1920s new york skyscrapers smithsonian channel. Yet much of the iconic architecture and culture which so defines the city as we know it today from the empire state building to the pastrami sandwich only came into being in the 1930s, in what was perhaps the most significant decade in the city s 400year history.
Our new york telephone directories range from 1930s to 1970s. Staten island telephone directory nypl digital collections. The farm journal illustrated rural directory of onondaga county, new york, 19171922 genealogy gophers. New york city, ny, brooklyn, ny, bronx, ny, manhattan, ny, queens, ny, staten island, ny, telephone directories publisher new york telephone company collection brooklynpubliclibrary.
Directories are alphabetized by the primary citytown, which is noted in bold text below. Alphabetical telephone directory covering the borough of brooklyn. Socsecdeathindex newadditions directories institutions yearbooks census military findingguides newadditions directories institutions yearbooks. City directories microform reader services, researcher and reference services division, library of congress. New york city including all boroughs telephone directory. All three cities were included in a combined white page section, but each city had its own telephone book that contained the unified white pages, followed by yellow pages for just the one city. This collection is accessible via internet archive and allows for fulltext searching within each volume. Morse, san francisco bronx brooklyn manhattan queens staten island last name data presented here. Morse, san francisco bronx brooklyn manhattan queens staten island last name data presented here comes from the new york public library. This page lists microfilmed city directories available at national archives building, 700 pennsylvania ave. Use our 1940 nyc telephone directories to find his address.
The 1930 census contains records for approximately 123 million americans. City directories on microfilm or microfiche and selected telephone books and county directories on microfilm are filed in cabinets in the 7th floor microforms area. The collection consists of the original bound volumes beginning with the year 1827. Then we collect the links here for your convenience. A decade later, cell phones and the internet began to go mainstream and with it began the decline of the phone book. About new york, city directories this database is a collection of city directories for various years and cities in new york. Our goal is to identify all city directories in all repositories. It is a shopping mall in print, one advertising hotshot gushed to the new york times in 1987. New york city, new york online historical directories. These records are part of the records of bureau of the census, record group rg 29. New york is often described as the greatest city in the world. Rochester city directories rochester public library. Accessing 1940 nyc phonebooks in one step, stephen p. The new york public library, astor, lenox, and tilden foundations.
The nickname of new york is big apple, gotham or nyc today new york city is. Cohoes white pages phone books in new york ny whitepages. These men risked their lives to build 1920s new york skyscrapers. This microfilm is not available for sale from nara. Many of the city directory and house directory volumes are extremely fragile, resulting in limited availability to the public. Whitepages provides the top free people search and tenant screening tool online with contact information for over 250 million people including cell phone numbers and complete background check data compiled from public records, white pages and other directories in all 50 states.
In westchester county, new york, each subscriber got a telephone book with westchester on the cover, but with one of seven sets of localized yellow. The whole collection will be going online over the coming months. Oct 05, 2016 new york public library is digitizing its collection of new york city directories, 1786 through 19223, serving them free through the nypl digital collections portal. New york city nyc, often called the city of new york or simply new york ny, is the most populous city in the united states. Beeing conquered in 1664 by the british the city was renamed new york. Circa 1930 city directories available at nara national. Many directories include listings for nearby communities that may not be listed within the inventory. New jersey city directories at the new jersey state library. They typically have a list of both residents and businesses. We use cookies on this site to enhance the visitor experience. They also feature images, including maps, illustrations of buildings, and advertisements. In case it isnt obvious, the little elves at do not own any city directories.
Jun 03, 2019 broadway near broome street, manhattan, 1935. New york city, new york online historical directories online. Instead, we watch for when other people and institutions digitize them. Both the new york times and the washington post have this year reported that the white pages. The phone books, and in the pretelephone era, city directories, contain valuable information such as names, addresses, and sometimes.
The collections of the new york public library and newyork historical society library include extensive holdings of various new york city directories. Brooklyn public library has digitized brooklyn city and business directories, and telephone books for the period 18561967. Brooklyn, new york city, telephone directory by new york telephone company. Digitized brooklyn city directories the new york public library. If you dont find a nonabbreviated version the street you see in the phone book does not match any street shown in the list please contact stephen morse creator of the onestep website. New york city business directory 1930 brooklyn genealogy information page. Search our online phone book to find phone numbers, addresses, and more. Central new york business directory, 1905, onondaga, cayuga, cortland, tompkins, madison, oneida, herkimer, otsego, tioga, broome, chenango, jefferson, oswego and lewis counties cornell university library. The new york public library is introducing a new research tool to help track down past city residents through old telephone directories. Suppose you are looking for john h fedeler, livein superintendent at the new york public library, 19101940. Webster has generously presented to the new york correction history society his wellpreserved, shirt pocketsized, black leatherbound 1930 new york city department of correction book of rules, regulations and procedure, the title so proclaimed in giltlettering on its front cover that also bears the the name of then commissioner. Metropolitan new york library council metro contributor.
City directories, telephone books and county directories do not circulate, but are available for use onsite. Secondary cities, towns, and localities are also included. The iconic times square is named for the new york times, which moved its headquarters there in 1904. New york phone book and new york phone directory makes searching for businesses and people in new york easy by providing an online business and residential phonebook and phone directory in new york.
Many of the city directory and house directory volumes are extremely fragile, resulting in. The 1930 new york state election was held on november 4, 1930, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general and a judge of the new york court of appeals, as well as all members of the new york state assembly and the new york state senate. Alphabetical telephone directory covering all five boroughs of new york. Wallach division of art, prints and photographs, photography collection. New york city directory, 1786 m index new york city directory, 1789 m index new york city directory, 1790 m index new york city. Dec 29, 2017 these men risked their lives to build 1920s new york skyscrapers smithsonian channel. New york public library for the performing arts, dorothy and lewis. New york city in the 1930s, as seen through the lens of. Includes directories for bronx county, kings county brooklyn, new york. The release of this new feature coincides with the first. New york stock exchange directory, new york stock exchange, 1929 free internet archive. The glouchester county historical society has a collection of city and county directories, primarily for the southern part of the.
There are also business directories and farm directories. New york public library is digitizing its collection of new york city directories, 1786 through 19223, serving them free through the nypl digital collections portal. Circa 1930 city directories available at nara national archives. Undercity new york city urban exploration w steve duncan.
The new jersey state library information center also has a large collection of new jersey city directories. Apr, 2020 the collections of the new york public library and new york historical society library include extensive holdings of various new york city directories. New york city is home to the united nations, which was established in 1952 after world war ii. If you would like to participate in identifying the listings of your local library, society, or archives, or if you know of any online transcriptions, please contact us.
Premium search members can also view a list of 50 classified ad pages. The white pages and the yellow pages are indicated as wp and yp respectively. Suppose you are looking for john h fedeler, livein superintendent at the new york public library. In delaware, city directories often covered new castle county and in some cases, the entire state. Ticonderoga 2 cortland 3 hoosick falls 1 spencer 1 rensselaer 1 cornwallonhudson 1 syracuse 5 gloversville 3 stamford 1 rochester. Directories are alphabetized by the primary city town, which is noted in bold text below. Less than 10 years later, the telephone book was all but obsolete. New york citys road to the 1940 federal census begins here. Accessing 1940 nyc phonebooks in one step steve morse. The telephone book is supposed to be used and abused.
This directory was reproduced courtesy of the new england historic genealogical society. Irma and paul milstein division of united states history, local history and genealogy, the new york public library. The first batch184950 through 1923have already been scanned, and the 178618489 directories are right now being scanned. New york public library digitizes 7 years of new york city. New nypl feature allows access to 1940 nyc telephone books.
Consult the special collections department in the ud library for more directories. With over 800 pages, this tome is difficult to handle, but nevertheless, it covers new york at its peak of glory, and is the best of robert sterns books about new york architecture e. Manhattan and the bronx are listed together, brooklyn and queens are listed together, and richmond staten island has its own list. These men risked their lives to build 1920s new york. New york city directories new york public library, new york city, new york. Statewide collections are found on the new york city directories page. Whitepages is the largest and most trusted online phone book and directory. Westchester county ny city directories lds genealogy. Cant make out that scrawled name in the 1930 federal census. Brooklyn public library just made new york history buffs very happy. Brooklyn, new york city, telephone directory internet archive. With an estimated 2018 population of 8,398,748 distributed over about 302. The following is a list of print and microfilmfiche in the ud library and online. Nara microfilm publication m1931, index to selected city streets and enumeration districts, 1930 census 7 rolls reproduces a 57volume typescript index to selected city streets and enumeration districts of the fifteenth census of the united states taken in 1930.
New york city directories nypl digital collections. New york city was founded by dutch settlers in 1623. Consult their bobcat to find nyhs holdings, and to find directories at the new york public library. New york, ny, telephone books, 19121915, 19341974, 19761987 new york state.
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