Welcome to the Online Historical Directories WebsiteHave you ever wished you could find links to all the online city directories in one place? A place where they were listed by location and in date order? This is the purpose of the Online Historical Directories Website. It is meant to be used as an aid to genealogists, historians, and other researchers.There's a lot of work that needs to be done to this site, and with all the online databases available, it's likely this project will be a continuous work-in-progress! My goal is to have a complete listing for historical alumni, business, city, county, farm, Masonic, rural, social, and other types of directories for the United States and Canada, and then go on to add directories for other countries. There are also lists of resources, articles, and ideas of where to find offline historical directories. These links include both free sites and subscription database websites. Finding Your Family in the 1940 U.S. Federal Census In order to find your family in the 1940 U.S. Federal Census when it is first released to the public on April 2, 2012, you will need to know where your ancestors lived at that time, as the census will not be indexed immediately. A team of volunteers is amassed, ready to start indexing, but it still will take some time! If you would like to help, please sign up here. City, county, rural and other directories will be helpful in figuring out where your ancestors lived in 1940, especially if you believe they moved after the 1930 census was taken. Using this site can assist you in this process; however, please remember that I do NOT have links to all the 1939 - 1941 city directories available online on this site YET. The rate at which directories are scanned and uploaded to the Internet is much greater than one person like myself can keep up with; even if I had a team, it would be impossible to stay ahead of the game! Here are some tips to help you find those directories and thus find your people on the 1940 U.S. Federal Census. 1. First, see if there are directories listed for the place in which your people lived and the time period of the late 1930s to the early 1940s on this site. 2. If you can't find links on this site for those directories, don't despair! Please read the list of online resources available. Chances are the directories are online somewhere and I just haven't been able to list the links on this site yet. 3. Check out Frequently Asked Questions number 4 and 5 on my FAQs page for help with offline directories and access to subscription sites that you may not have subscriptions to at the moment. 4. Don't forget to check out Steve Morse's Tutorial to help you find those Enumeration District numbers. Tip: Don't use the Back button on your browser, or you'll end up on his Home page. Use the Go Back to the Previous Page button that is at the BOTTOM of each step of the tutorial. Best of luck in finding your ancestors and family member in the 1940 U.S. Federal Census! Check out my other website, the Online Historical Newspapers Website here. |
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Welcome to the Online Historical Directories Website |