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For more information on how to access subscription websites, read Number 5 on my FAQs page. 1600s-1690s Directory of Irish Burghers of New Amsterdam and Freeman of New York, New York Historical Society, 1680s - 1808 (published 1885) - $ (GenealogyToday) - transcribed 1700s-1790s Directory of Irish Burghers of New Amsterdam and Freeman of New York, New York Historical Society, 1680s - 1808 (published 1885) - $ (GenealogyToday) - transcribed New York City City Directory, unknown, 1786 - Free (Old Directory Search) - reprinted in 1905 by Sachs New York City City Directory, Franks, 1786 - $ (NEHGS) - reprinted in 1874 by Patterson Brooklyn Village Directory, unknown, 1796 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page) - transcribed New York City and Brooklyn Village Directories, Buel and Bell, 1796 - $ (NEHGS) - Part I (table of contents; Aaron-Garrison); Part II (Garrison-Pollock); Part III (Pollock-Zuntz; additional names); Part IV (militia, government officials, cartmen, Brooklyn village directory, etc.) 1800s Directory of Irish Burghers of New Amsterdam and Freeman of New York, New York Historical Society, 1680s - 1808 (published 1885) - $ (GenealogyToday) - transcribed New York City City Directory, Longworth, 1805 - $ (NEHGS) - Part I; Part II; Part III (list of persons by trade); Part IV (list of persons by trade, continued); Part V (Aaron-Cole, John); Part VI (Cole, Joel-Gosline); Part VII (Gosman-Lownds); Part VIII (Lownsberry-Ransier); Part IX (Ransley-Sutherland, James); Part X (Sutherland, Jane-end) New York City City Directory, Longworth, 1807 - $ (NEHGS) - Part I (includes table of contents); Part II; Part III (Aaron-Brevoort, Abraham); Part IV (Brevoort-Delamater, Abraham); Part V (Delamater-Halstead, John); Part VI (Halstead-Lentner); Part VII (Leney-Odell, Francis); Part VIII (Odell-Shadbott); Part IX (Shaffer-Vansice, Charles); Part X (Vansice-Zuntz) 1810s New York City City Directory, Longworth, 1815 - $ (NEHGS) - Part I (miscellaneous, Masonic lodges, etc.); Part II (Aaron-Godey); Part III (Godfrey-Public); Part IV (Pudney-Zuntz; additional names; list of deaths) 1820s Brooklyn Village Directory, Spooner, 1823 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page) - transcribed New York City City Directory, Longworth, 1827 - Free (Google Books) 1830s 1840s Brooklyn City Directory, unknown, 1840 - Free (DistantCousin) - transcribed Brooklyn City Directory, Spooner, 1840-1 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page) - transcribed New York City City Directory, Longworth, 1840 - $ (NEHGS) - Part I (Aaron-Clinch); Part II (Cline-Heckscher); Part III (Heckschers-Mould); Part IV (Moulin-Tellander); Part V (Telle-Zwahlen; addtional names; street list, etc.) New York City City Directory Supplement, Doggett, 1845 - Free (Google Books) Brooklyn City Directory, Spooner, 1848 - Free* (Historic Map Works) 1850s Brooklyn City Directory, unknown, 1850 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page) - transcribed Williamsburg(h) Village Directory, Reynolds, 1851 - $ (NEHGS) - Part I (Aalt-Patterson); Part II (Patterson-Zoller; plus additions) Brooklyn City Directory, Smith, 1856 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library) Brooklyn City Directory, Smith, 1857 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library) Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1858 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library) New York City City Directory, unknown, 1858-9 - Free (DistantCousin) Brooklyn City Directory, unknown, 1859 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page) - transcribed 1860s Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1862 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library) New York City City Directory, Trow, 1865 - Free (Google Books) Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1863 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library) Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1864 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library) Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1865 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library) Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1866 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library) Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1867 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library) Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1868 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library) - A - L, M - Z Long Island Community Directories, Curtin, 1868 - Free (Longwood Genealogy Group) - includes Canarsie (Brooklyn); Flatbush (Brooklyn) (A-F, G-O, P-Z); Greenpoint (Brooklyn) (A-K, L-Z); Jamaica (Queens) (A-D, E-J, K-P, Q-Z); Long Island City (Queens) (A-F, G-M, N-Z); Newtown (Queens) (A-L, M-Z); and Woodhaven (Queens) - transcribed Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1869 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library) 1870s Bronx City Directory, Morrisania & Tremont, 1871-2 - Free (Don's List) Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1871 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library) New York City City Directory, Trow, 1872 - Free (Google Books) Brooklyn Business Directory, unknown, 1873 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page) - transcribed Brooklyn City Directory, Boyd, 1873 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page) - transcribed Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1875 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library) New York Business and Street Directory, Taintor Brothers, 1876 - Free (Don's List) Brooklyn City Directory, unknown, 1878 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page) - transcribed Long Island Business Directory, Lain, 1878-9 - Free (Internet Archive) - Part II - Includes a business directory of
Brooklyn, Long Island City, and the towns of Kings County, Bath, Bay Ridge,
Canarsie, Coney Island, East New York, Flatbush, Flatlands, Fort Hamilton,
Gravesend, Guntherville, New Utrecht, Parkville, Sheepshead Bay, and
Unionville; general directory of Amityville, Babylon, Bay Ridge, Bay
Side, Breslau, Bridgehampton, College Point, East Hampton, East Williamsburgh,
Farmingdale, Flatbush, Flushing, Fort Hamilton, Freeport, Garden City,; Glen
Cove, Greenport, Hempstead, Hicksville, Huntington, Islip, Jamaica, Jerico,
Locust Valley, Maspeth, Mattituck, Mineola, Newtown, Northport, Oyster Bay,
Parkville, Patchogue, Pearsalls, Port Jefferson, Queens, Riverhead, Rockaway,
Rockville Centre, Roslyn, Sag Harhbor, Sayville, Shelter Island, Southampton,
Southold, Springfield, Stoney Brook, Valley Stream, West Hampton, Whitestone,
Winfield, Woodhaven, Woodsburgh. Classified by counties Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1879 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page) - transcribed 1880s Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1880 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library) Brooklyn Street Directory, Griffith, 1881 - Free (Internet Archive) New York City Business Directory, Phillips, 1881-2 - Free (Internet Archive) New York City Ladies Guide (Business) Directory, unknown, 1885 - Free (Don's List) Brooklyn City Directory, unknown, 1888-90 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page) - transcribed - surnames A-K only New Jersey and New York City City Telephone Directory, New York & New Jersey Telephone Company, 1888 - Free (Internet Archive) - includes Long Island New York City and Newark City Business Directory, Curtin, 1889 - Free (Internet Archive) - Part I (through page 489) 1890s New York City Charities Directory, Charity Organization Society, 1890 - Free (Google Books) New York City CoPartner and Corporation Directory, Trow, 1890 - Free (Google Books) Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1897 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page) - transcribed 1900s Manhattan Street Directory, Manhattan Guide Company, 1901 - Free (Don's List) Brooklyn City Directory, Upington, 1903 - Free (Internet Archive) - Part I (through page 1903; Leeds, Loring L.) Brooklyn City Directory, Upington, 1906 - Free (Internet Archive) - Part II (page 595 through end) Manhattan and Bronx Directory, Trow, 1907 - Free (Don's List) Manhattan and Bronx Business Directory, Trow, 1909 - Free (Google Books) Manhattan and Bronx Business Directory, Trow, 1909 - Free (Internet Archive) - Part I (beginning through Hall, Geo. E) 1910s Manhattan and Bronx Directory, Trow, 1910 - Free (Don's List) Brooklyn City Directory, Brooklyn Directory Company, 1912 - Free (Internet Archive) - Part III (page 1912 through end) Tremont Baptist Church Directory, Tremont Baptist Church, 1916 - Free (HeritageQuest) New York City Directors Directory, Directory of Directors Company, 1917-8 - Free (Google Books) 1930s Bronx Telephone Directory, New York Telephone Company, 1939-40 - Free (New York Public Library) Brooklyn Telephone Directory, New York Telephone Company, 1939-40 - Free (New York Public Library) Queens Telephone Directory, New York Telephone Company, 1939-40 - Free (New York Public Library) Staten Island Telephone Directory, New York Telephone Company, 1939-40 - Free (New York Public Library) 1940s Manhattan Telephone Directory, New York Telephone Company, 1940 - Free (New York Public Library) |
