Dane County, Wisconsin Online Historical Directories

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1850s - 1860s

Dane County Business Directory, Carpenter and Tenney, 1851 - Free (Internet Archive)

Madison City Directory, Seymour, 1855 - Free (FamilySearch)

Madison City Directory, Smith, Du Moulin, and Company, 1858 - $ (NEHGS)

- Part I (Aadne - Zwieckay); Part II (business directory, societies, etc.)

Madison City Directory, Smith, Du Moulin, and Company, 1858 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

Madison City Directory, Suckow, 1866 - $ (Ancestry)

Madison City Directory, Suckow, 1866 - Free (GooBooGeni)

Madison City Directory, Suckow, 1866 - Free (Google Books)

Madison City Directory, Suckow, 1866 - Free (Hathi Trust Digital Library)

- another copy

Madison City Directory, Suckow, 1866 - Free (Internet Archive)

- another copy

- yet another copy

Madison City Directory, Suckow, 1866 - $ (MyHeritage)

Madison City Directory, Suckow, 1866 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

Madison City Directory, unknown, 1866 - $ (WorldVitalRecords)

- probably published by Suckow

Madison City Directory, Bailey, 1868 - $ (Ancestry)

Madison City Directory, Bailey, 1868 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

- description on website inaccurately lists publisher as Brainerd

1870s

Madison City Directory, Brainerd, 1871-2 - $ (Ancestry)

Madison City Directory, Brainerd, 1871-2 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

Madison City Directory, Brainerd, 1873 - $ (Ancestry)

Madison City Directory, Brainerd, 1873 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

Madison City Directory, Pryor, 1875-6 - $ (Ancestry)

Madison City Directory, Pryor, 1875-6 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

Madison City Directory, Pryor, 1877-8 - $ (Ancestry)

Madison City Directory, Pryor, 1877-8 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

1880s

Madison City Directory, Morrissey and Bunn, 1880-1 - $ (Ancestry)

Madison City Directory, Morrissey and Bunn, 1880-1 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

Stoughton City Directory, Sneath & Wilson, 1882 - Free (Stoughton Public Library)

- includes the villages of Edgerton, Milton, and Milton Junction

- missing pages 33-40

Madison City Directory, Curtis, 1883 - $ (Ancestry)

Madison City Directory, Donnellon and Kain, 1883-4 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

Madison City Directory, Hogg, 1885 - $ (Ancestry)

Madison City Directory, Hogg, 1886-7 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Hogg, 1886-7 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell and Hastreiter, 1888-9 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell and Hastreiter, 1888-9 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

1890s

Madison City Directory, Angell and Hastreiter, 1890-1 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell and Hastreiter, 1890-1 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Polk, 1891-2 - Free (Internet Archive)

Madison City Directory, Angell and Hastreiter, 1892-3 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell and Hastreiter, 1894-5 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell and Hastreiter, 1894-5 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell and Hastreiter, 1896-7 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell and Hastreiter, 1896-7 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell and Hastreiter, 1898-9 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell and Hastreiter, 1898-9 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

1900s

Madison City Directory, Angell and Hastreiter, 1900-1 - $ (Ancestry)

Madison City Directory, Angell and Hastreiter, 1900-1 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell, 1902 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes Elmside, Fair Oaks, Oakland Heights, South Madison, University Heights, Wingra Park, and a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell, 1902 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

- includes Elmside, Fair Oaks, Oakland Heights, South Madison, University Heights, Wingra Park, and a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell, 1904 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes Elmside, Fair Oaks, South Madison, and a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell, 1904 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

- includes Elmside, Fair Oaks, South Madison, and a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Stoughton City Directory, Linerud & Johnson, 1906 - Free (Stoughton Public Library)

- contains revised city plat

- includes rural directory

Madison City Directory, Angell, 1907 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell, 1907 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Stoughton City Directory, Rollis, 1908 - Free (Stoughton Public Library)

- labeled a "city assessor's directory", but appears to be a typical city directory

- rural directory listings in the back

- lists names of children

Madison City Directory, Angell, 1909 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell, 1909 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

1910s

Madison City Directory, Angell, 1911 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell, 1911 - Free (DistantCousin)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell, 1911 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell, 1914 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell, 1914 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Stoughton City Directory, Farrell-McCoy, 1915-6 - Free (Stoughton Public Library)

- includes business directory, street directory, and rural route directory

Madison City Directory, Angell, 1916 - $ (Ancestry)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Angell, 1916 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

- includes a directory of the faculty and students of the University of Wisconsin

Madison City Directory, Madison Directory Company, 1917 - $ (Ancestry)

Madison City Directory, Madison Directory Company, 1917 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

Dane County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1918 - Free (Stoughton Public Library)

- covers the following townships: Albion, Berry, Black Earth, Blooming Grove, Blue Mound, Bristol, Burke, Christiana, Cottage Grove, Cross Plains, Dane, Deerfield, Dunkirk, Dunn, Fitchburg, Madison, Medina, Mazomanie, Middleton, Montrose, Oregon, Perry, Pleasant Springs, Primrose, Roxbury, Rutland, Springdale, Springfield, Sun Prairie, Vermont, Verona, Vienna, Westport, Windsor, and York

Stoughton Telephone Directory, Wisconsin Telephone Company, September 1919 - Free (Stoughton Public Library)

Madison City Directory, Wright, 1919 - $ (Ancestry)

Madison City Directory, Wright, 1919 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

1920s

Madison City Directory, Wright, 1921 - $ (Ancestry)

Madison City Directory, Wright, 1921 - Free (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

Stoughton City Directory, Frost, 1922-3 - Free (Stoughton Public Library)

- includes a rural directory

- missing pages 33-36

Stoughton Telephone Directory, Wisconsin Telephone Company, June 1922 - Free (Stoughton Public Library)

Madison City Directory, Wright, 1923 - $ (Ancestry)

Madison City Directory, Wright, 1925 - $ (Ancestry)