Phone Books, Criss Cross Directories & City Directories @ Libraries

Arlington Heights Memorial Library

• Haines Chicago Near North Suburban Criss-cross, 1979-2018

Barrington Area Library   *For many of the directories dated 1905-1956, surrounding areas like Lake Zurich and Wauconda are included.

• Barrington Area Phone Books (Online)

  • February 1905 Index

    • July 1908 Index

    • March 1909 Index

    • September 1909 Index

    • April 1910 Index

    • October 1910

    • April 1911 Index

    • October 1911 Index

    • March 1912 Index

    • October 1912 Index

    • April 1913 Index

    • July 1924 Index

    • July 1925 Index

    • December 1926 Index

    • June 1929

    • December 1929

    • July 1930

    • January 1931

    • July 1931

    • July 1932

    • January 1933

    • January 1934

    • July 1935

    • January 1937

    • December 1939

  • Barrington Area Phone Books (Paper)

  • March 1942

    • September 1946

    • June 1947

    • March 1948

    • September 1949

    • December 1951

    • September 1952

    • May 1953

    • May 1956

    • 1996-1997 Barrington and Nearby Yellow Pages

    • 1997-1998 Barrington and Nearby Yellow Pages

    • 1998-1999 Barrington and Nearby Yellow Pages

    • 1999-2000 Barrington and Nearby Yellow Pages

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    • 2004 Arlington Heights Barrington Yellowbook

    • 2005 Arlington Heights Barrington Yellowbook

    • 2006 Arlington Heights Barrington Yellowbook

    • 2007-2008 Arlington Heights Barrington Yellowbook

    • 2015-2016 Arlington Heights Barrington Yellowbook

    • 2016-2017 Arlington Heights Barrington Yellowbook

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    • 2012-2013 Yellowbook

    • 2013-2014 Yellowbook

    • 2014-2015 Yellowbook

    • 2015-2016 Yellowbook

    • Dec 1999 Barrington

    • Dec 2000 Barrington

    • 2003 Barrington

    • 2005-2006 Barrington

    • 2007 Barrington

    • 2007-2008 Barrington

    • 2008 Barrington

    • 2009 Barrington

    • 2009-2010 Barrington

    • 2000-2001 NW

    • Dec 2001 NW

    • Dec 2002 NW

    • Dec 2003 NW

    • Dec 2004 NW Barrington

    • Dec 2005 NW

    • Dec 2006 NW

    • Dec 2007 NW

    • Dec 2008 NW

    • 2009 NW

    • 2010 NW

    • Dec 2011 NW

    • Dec 2012 NW

    • Dec 2014 NW

    • 2017 NW

Batavia Public Library

• Batavia Telephone Directories:  Batavia, Geneva & St. Charles

  • 1934-1944

  • 1945-1950

  • 1952-1956

  • Tri-City Directory - Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles

    • 1910-1911

    • 1912-1913

    • 1917-1918

    • 1924-1925

    • 1928-1929

    • 1932-1933

    • 1936-1937

    • 1940, 1943, 1947

  • Polk City Directories - Fox Valley Area - Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles

  • 1950, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968-1989, 1991-2007, 2009-2018

  • Polk City Directory - Aurora Area

  • 1998

  • Batavia Home Pages - Batavia

    • 2006-2016, 2018

  • AT&T Yellow Pages - Business to Business - Chicagoland, Northwest Indiana & Rockford

  • 2010-2014

  • Illinois Bell Pages - Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles

  • June 1973

  • Ameritech Pages - Geneva Area - Batavia, St. Charles, Wasco, Wayne, La Fox

  • 2001-2002

  • SBC Pages - Geneva Area - Batavia, St. Charles, Wasco, Wayne, La Fox

  • 2003

  • SBC Pages - Geneva Area - 630 Area Code

  • 2004-06

  • AT&T Pages - Area Codes - 630, 847, 815, 779

  • 2007

  • AT&T Pages - Area Codes - 630/331, 847/224, 815/779

  • 2008-2010

  • AT&T Pages - Area Codes -  Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles, Wasco, Wayne, La Fox

  • 2011-2014

  • Haines Directory - Chicago - West

  • 2015-2018

Glenview Public Library

• This link is a listing of all of their directories that include Glenview phone books that go back to 1909 and the Haines Near North and Far North Suburbs dating back to 1969.   https://www.glenviewpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/genealogy_phone_directories.pdf

Indian Trails Public Library

• •  Wheeling Residence and Business Directory 1968-69 

  • Wheeling / Half Day,  May 1966 through May 1973

  • Wheeling June 1974 

  • Northwest Suburbs July 1975

    • Northwest Suburbs July 1976 

  • Wheeling / Half Day, July 1976,  July 1977 

  • Wheeling / Half Day,  August 1978 through August 1985 

  • Wheeling September 1987 

  • Wheeling / Aptakisic / Buffalo Grove / Half Day / Long Grove / Prairie View 1988-89 

  • Wheeling September 1990

    • Wheeling September 1992-93

    • Wheeling September 1993-94

    • Wheeling September 1994-95

    • Wheeling December 1995-96

    • Wheeling December 1999 

  • Wheeling / Buffalo Grove December 2000 

  • Wheeling (Yellowbook) 2000-2001 

  • Northwest Area (Wheeling / Buffalo Grove ed.)  December 2002 

  • Northwest Suburbs (Yellow Pages) December 2004

  • Arlington Heights / Barrington Yellowbook 2004-2005 

  • Northwest Suburbs Yellow Pages, December 2006  through December 2008 

  • Arlington Heights / Barrington Yellowbook 2009-2010 

  • Business to Business Directory Real Yellow Page (Dex) March 2011 

  • Northwest Suburbs Yellow Page (Dex) December 2011 

  • Arlington Heights Barrington Yellowbook 2012-2013 

  • Northwest Suburbs Yellow Pages, December 2013, December 2014

  • Arlington Heights / Barrington Yellowbook 2014-2015 

  • Northwest Suburbs Yellow Page (Dex) January 2016 

  • Arlington Heights / Barrington Yellowbook 2017-2018 

  • Street / Criss-Cross Directories

    • The Street Address Telephone Directory (Ameritech) Northwest Suburban, April 2001 through April 2005

Joliet Public Library

• Joliet City Directory: 1875-1940 on microfilm; 1899-present, various editions in book form.

• Will County Directory: 1872-73 on microfilm; 1859-1860 and 1872-73 in book form.

• Joliet Telephone Directory: 1908-present, various editions

Library of Congress

• Collection includes various directories for Chicago from 1885-1974 as well as various Chicago Suburban directories from 1948-1975

McHenry Public Library District

• Haines Chicago Far North Suburban Criss-Cross, 1980, 1982-2018 

Oak Lawn Public Library

• Paper Copies

  • 1928-1929 Summit-Argo, Oak Lawn Spring Forest, Justice, Clearing (Restricted - in library use only)

  • July 1927 Evergreen Park, Mt. Greenwood, Oak Lawn (Restricted - in library use only)

  • July 1932 Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn (Restricted - in library use only)

  • January 1942 Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn (Restricted - in library use only)

  • January 1943 Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn (Restricted - in library use only)

  • January 1948 Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn (Restricted - in library use only)

  • October 1948 Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn (Restricted - in library use only)

  • July 1949 Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn (Restricted - in library use only)

  • August 1952 Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn (Restricted - in library use only)

  • April 1955 Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn (Restricted - in library use only)

  • April 1956 Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn (Restricted - in library use only)

  • 1956-1957 Civic & Business Directory (Restricted - in library use only)

  • 1959-2018 South Suburban

  • Digitzed and on Library Website under "Local History"

    • 1924-1956 Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn

    • 1959-1985 Burbank, Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn

    • 1992-1995 Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn, Hometown, Chicago Ridge

  • We also have several Independent Directories published sporadically that focused on Oak Lawn only. These are digitized and online.

Plainfield Public Library

• Will County Directory 1900 

  • Plainfield Phone Books 1926-1955, 1962 

  • Joliet City Directories, 1927, 1932, 1963-present (does not include Plainfield until 1995) 

• Lockport City Directories, 1974-1993, missing 1990 (does include Plainfield until 1994) 

Schaumburg Township District Library

• Chicago Telephone Directory:  1936, 1944 and 1953

• Chicago Suburban Telephone Directory:  1958-59

• Chicago Suburban North Telephone Directory:  1961-62, 1964-65

• Chicago Northwest Suburbs:  1982, 1983 on CD-ROM

• Roselle:  1928

• Roselle & Medinah:  1960-61; 1961-62; 1964-65; 1965-66; 1968-69; 1970

• Arlington Heights, Palatine, Mount Prospect and Wheeling:  1940

• Bartlett, Roselle:  1948, 1949

• Bartlett, Roselle and Bloomingdale:  1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959

• Roselle, Bloomingdale, Hoffman Estates Schaumburg:  1982-1989

• Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg:  1990-2000

• Northwest Area, Schaumburg & Hoffman Estates:  2000-2004

• Northwest Suburbs, Schaumburg & Hoffman Estates:  2007-2011, 2016

• Northwest Suburbs (Business) Universal Publishing:  2000

• Schaumburg & Hoffman Estates & Other Suburbs (Business) Yellow Page One:  1991-1992, 1996-1997

• Schaumburg & Hoffman Estates & Other Suburbs (Business) Yellow Book:  2002-2003

• Schaumburg & Hoffman Estates & Other Suburbs (Business) Yellow Pages, Inc.:  2003-2004, 2006-2007, 2008-2009, 2009-2010

• Northwest Suburban Street Address Telephone Directory (SBC):  2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009

• Haines Chicago Near North Suburban Criss-Cross Directory: 2010-present

Wheaton Public Library

• Chicago Suburban Telephone Directories: 1920-1971 (microfilm, covering all suburbs)

• DuPage County Directory: 1924-1925

• Haines Chicago West Suburban Criss Cross Directory: 1988-2021

• Haines Chicago Near West Suburban Criss Cross Directory:  2004-2021

• Wheaton Area Phone Books: 1951-2016 (most including surrounding communities such as Glen Ellyn, Warrenville, West Chicago, and Winfield)

• Wheaton City Directory: 1940 and 1950

• Wheaton-Warrenville Polk City Directory: 1999

Wilmette Public Library

• Evanston and Wilmette City Directory 1893

  • Polk's Evanston and North Shore City Directory:  1927-28,1933, 1935, 1937 and 1939

  • Wilmette and Kenilworth Phone Books  1924-1942  PRINT AND/OR ONLINE

    • Glencoe, Wilmette, Winnetka and Kenilworth Phone Books  1909-1912, 1945  ONLINE

  • Chicago Suburban North Phone Books  1960-1963, 1965-1968, 1982, 2002-2004, 2008

  • Haines Chicago Far North Suburban Criss-Cross Directory.  1996-2015

  • Haines Chicago Near North Suburban Criss-Cross Directory.  1990-2018

• • Arlington Heights….Wheeling -- May 1959