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Tuolumne Miners and Business Directory, Heckendorn & Wilson, 1856 - Free (Golden Nugget Library)
- includes portions of Calaveras, Stanislaus and San Joaquin Counties
- transcribed
California Voter Registers, 1866-1898 - $ (Ancestry)
Grand Lodge of California Free and Accepted Masons Directory, Eastman, 1882 - Free (San Francisco Genealogy)
Stockton City and Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus County Directories, Husted, 1891 - $ (Ancestry)
- title page only; see next link for full directory
Stockton City and Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus County Directories, Husted, 1891 - $ (Ancestry)
Stockton City and Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus County Directories, Husted, 1891 - Free (Golden Nugget Library)
Stockton City and Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne County Directories, Husted, 1893 - $ (Ancestry)
- title page only; see next link for full directory
Stockton City and Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne County Directories, Husted, 1893 - $ (Ancestry)
California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 - $ (Ancestry)
California Attorneys and Bankers Directory, Murdock, 1908-9 - Free (Golden Nugget Library)
Modesto and Turlock City Directories, Polk, 1937 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Stanislaus County
Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties Telephone Directories, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1938 - Free (Golden Nugget Library)
Modesto and Turlock City Directories, Polk, 1938 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Stanislaus County
Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties Telephone Directories, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1939 - Free (Golden Nugget Library)
Modesto and Turlock City Directories, Polk, 1939 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Newman, Oakdale, and Patterson
Modesto and Turlock City Directories, Polk, 1940 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Stanislaus County
Modesto and Turlock City Directories, Polk, 1941 - $ (Ancestry)
Stanislaus County Directory, Polk, 1941 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Ceres, Crows Landing, Denair, Empire, Hickman, Hughson, Keyes, Knights Ferry, La Grange, Newman, Oakdale, Patterson, Riverbank, Salida, Valley Home, Waterford, and Westley
- incorrectly listed at Ancestry as Modesto City Directory
Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties Telephone Directories, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1942 - Free (Golden Nugget Library)
Modesto and Turlock City Directories, Polk, 1942 - $ (Ancestry)
Stanislaus County Directory, Polk, 1942 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Ceres, Crows Landing, Denair, Empire, Hickman, Hughson, Keyes, Knights Ferry, La Grange, Newman, Oakdale, Patterson, Riverbank, Salida, Valley Home, Waterford, and Westley
- incorrectly listed at Ancestry as Modesto City Directory
Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties Telephone Directories, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1945 - Free (Golden Nugget Library)
Stanislaus County Telephone Directory, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1977 - $ (Ancestry)