City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.
This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has made available the Online Historical Directories website, which presents links to directories of all types that are available online, including free collections as well as those available only via subscription. I wish to thank Miriam for her help in launching this category of records at The Ancestor Hunt.
So, what kinds of directories are available to the researcher? Naturally city and business directories, but also telephone directories, and alumni, farm, lodge, rural, and social directories.
What can you find in these records? How about:
- Full names, including middle names
- Spouse name
- Occupation
- Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
- Maps
- Businesses (and index to advertisers).
- Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, and newspapers.
- Whether a woman is a widow (including the name of husband).
- List of marriages and deaths of the previous year.
- Death date.
- etc.
Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:
- FamilySearch – United States Directories
- How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research
- What’s In A City Directory? (a 10-article series about City Directories)
And here are various places where you can find other city directories online:
Note: Some of the links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage, please make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
(Updated August 2023)
Michigan City Directories
Links to these free collections are presented initially with statewide collections, followed in alphabetical order by city or county. Generally, the publishing company is included in the reference to the collection, along with the collection title, and the date(s) of the directory:
Statewide
- 1863 Michigan Directory
- 1863, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- 1863, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- 1867, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- 1873, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- 1875, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- 1877, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- 1877, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory (different Copy)
- 1879, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- 1879, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory (different Copy)
- 1881, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- 1883, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- 1887, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- 1891, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- 1893, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- 1897, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- 1902, Young & co.’s Business and Professional Directory of Central Michigan.
- 1903, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- 1907, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- 1909, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- 1921, Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
- Central Michigan Business and Professional Directory, Young & Co., 1902
- Great Lakes Marine Directory, Polk, 1884
- Lake Shore Gazetteer, and Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Business Directory, 1866-67
- Michigan Official Directory and Legislative manual – 1891-1892
- Michigan Official Directory and Legislative manual – 1905-1906
- Michigan Official Directory and Legislative manual – 1913-1914
- Michigan Official Directory and Legislative manual – 1921-1922
- Michigan Official Directory and Legislative manual – 1947-1948
- Michigan Official Directory and Legislative manual…, 1937-1938
- Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1856
- Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1860
- Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1863
- Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Chapin and Brother, 1867
- Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Clark, 1863-4
- Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Clark, 1863-4
- Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Lee and Sutherland, 1856
- Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Polk, 1875
- Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Polk, 1877
- Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Polk, 1897
- Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Polk, 1921
- Official Directory and Legislative manual of the State of Michigan, 1895-96
- State of Michigan Gazetteer & Business Directory for 1856-7
Adrian
Adrian and Hudson
- Adrian and Hudson City Directories, Williams, 1859-60
- Adrian and Hudson City Directories, Williams, 1859-60
Albion
Albion-Marshall
- Albion-Marshall City and Rural Directory, 1923-1924
- An Illustrated City Directory of Albion and Marshall, 1895
Allegan County
Alpena County
- Alpena County City Directory, 1883
- Alpena County City Directory, 1887-1888
- Alpena County City Directory, 1889-1890
- Alpena County City Directory, 1891-1892
- Alpena County City Directory, 1893-1894
- Alpena County City Directory, 1895-1896
- Alpena County City Directory, 1897-1898
- Alpena County City Directory, 1899-1900
- Alpena County City Directory, 1901-1902
- Alpena County City Directory, 1903-1904
- Alpena County City Directory, 1905-1906
- Alpena County City Directory, 1908
- Alpena County City Directory, 1910
- Alpena County City Directory, 1914
- Alpena County City Directory, 1916
- Alpena County City Directory, 1920
Ann Arbor
- 1860 Ann Arbor City Directory
- 1868 Ann Arbor City Directory
- 1898 Ann Arbor City Directory
- Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti City and Washtenaw County Directories, Polk, 1888-9
- Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti City and Washtenaw County Directories, Polk, 1906
- Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti City and Washtenaw County Directories, Polk, 1910
- Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti City Directories, Mills, 1892
- Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti City Directories, Mills, 1894
- Ann Arbor Business Directory, Ann Arbor Civic Association, 1917-8
- Ann Arbor City Directory, Chapin, 1868
- Ann Arbor City Directory, Chapin, 1868
- Ann Arbor City Directory, Cole & Keating, 1872
- Ann Arbor City Directory, Cole & Keating, 1872
- Ann Arbor City Directory, Loomis and Talbott, 1860-1
- Ann Arbor City Directory, Loomis and Talbott, 1860-1
- Ann Arbor City Directory, Mills, 1904
- Ann Arbor City Directory, Mills, 1905
- Ann Arbor City Directory, Polk, 1890-1
- Ann Arbor City Directory, Polk, 1890-1
- Ann Arbor City Directory, Polk, 1909
- Ann Arbor City Directory, Polk, 1917
- Ann Arbor City Directory, Polk, 1917
- The University of Michigan Law School Alumni Directory – 1859-1959
- The University of Michigan Law School Alumni Directory – 1860-1950
Antrim County
Baldwin
Bangor
Banks
Baraga County
Barry County
- Barry County Farmers and Business Directory, Ogle, 1895
- Barry County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1917
- Standard Atlas of Barry County, 1913
Battle Creek
- Battle Creek (Michigan) City Directory – 1921
- Battle Creek and Marshall City Directories with Albion Village Directory [1882-1883]
- Battle Creek City Directory, Polk, 1921
- Battle Creek, Albion, Marshall, and Calhoun County Directory, 1897-98
Bay City
- 1888, Bay City City Directories
- 1893, Bay City City Directories
- 1929, Bay City City Directories
- 1931, Bay City City Directories
- 1933, Bay City City Directories
- 1935, Bay City City Directories
- 1937, Bay City City Directories
- 1938, Bay City City Directories
- 1940, Bay City City Directories
- Bay City City Directory, Polk, 1883
- Bay City Directory for 1897 and Bay County and Essexville
- Directory of Bay City, Portsmouth, Wenona, and Bangor Michigan – 1868/69
- Directory of Bay City, Portsmouth, Wenona, and Bangor Michigan, 1868/69
- Directory of Bay City, Portsmouth, Wenona, and Bangor, 1868-698
- Indian and Pioneer History of the Saginaw Valley and Pioneer Directory 1866 (East Saginaw, Saginaw, Bay City)
- Polk’s Bay City Directory for 1931 and Essexville
Bay County
- 1860 Michigan Gazetteer & Business Directory, Bay City
- Bay County Directory for 1863-1864
- Bay County Directory, 1902 – 1903
- Bay County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1919
- Brown’s Annual Directory of the Saginaw Valley
- Brown’s General Directory 1871
- Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1863-1864, Bay County
- R. L. Polk and Co. 1905 Bay City and Essexville Map
- R. L. Polk’s Bay City Directory for 1905 – 1906
- R. L. Polk’s Bay City Directory for 1931
- R. L. Polk’s Directory for 1871- 1872
- R. L. Polk’s Directory for 1881- 1882
- R. L. Polk’s Directory for 1886 – 1887
- R. L. Polk’s Directory for 1890 – 1891
- R. L. Polk’s Directory for 1897
- R. L. Polk’s Bay County Directory for 1905 – 1906
Benton Harbor
- 1878 St. Joseph and Benton Harbor City Directories
- 1878 St. Joseph and Benton Harbor City Directories
- 1878, Polk Benton Harbor-St. Joseph, Michigan City Directory
- Benton Harbor City Directory, Kimball, 1896
Bergland
Berlin Township
- Berlin Township, St. Clair County, MI – 1883 Directory
- Berlin Township, St. Clair County, MI – 1888 Directory
- Berlin Township, St. Clair County, MI – 1893-94 Directory
- Berlin Township, St. Clair County, MI – 1919 Directory
Berrien County
- Berrien County Directory and History, 1871
- Berrien County Directory, 1871
- Berrien County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1917
- St. Joseph and Benton Harbor City Directory, Rollins, 1878
Bessemer
- 1888 Gogebic Range Directory (Ashland County, WI as well)
- Gogebic Range 1938 City Directories
- Gogebic Range City Directories 1928
- Gogebic Range City Directory 1947
Bessemer Township
- Gogebic Range 1938 City Directories
- Gogebic Range City Directories 1928
- Gogebic Range City Directory 1947
Branch County
- 1909 Branch County Directory
- Branch County and Business Directory, Stevens & Conover/Courier, 1870-1
- Branch County Directory and Historical Record, 1871
- Branch County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1919
- Standard Atlas of Branch County, Michigan, 1915
Calhoun County
- Calhoun Business Directory, Rust, 1869-70
- Calhoun County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1916
- History and Directory of Calhoun County [1869-70]
- Illustrated Atlas and Directory of Free Holders of Calhoun County, 1894
- The Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Calhoun County Michigan, 1916-1921
Cass County
- Cass County Farmers and Business Directory, Ogle, 1896
- Standard Atlas of Cass County, Michigan, 1914
Cheboygan County
Clinton County
Coldwater
- 1912 Coldwater City Directory
- 1919 Coldwater City Directory
- Coldwater City Directory 1874-5
- Coldwater, Michigan 1949 – 50 City Directory
Detroit
- 1845 Detroit City Directory
- 1845 Detroit City Directory
- 1846 Detroit City Directory
- 1850 Detroit City Directory
- 1852 Detroit City Directory
- 1853 Detroit City Directory
- 1855 Detroit City Directory
- 1855 Detroit City Directory
- 1856 Detroit City Directory
- 1857 Detroit City Directory
- 1859 Detroit City Directory
- 1861 Detroit City Directory
- 1861 Detroit City Directory
- 1874 Detroit City Directory
- 1913 Detroit City Directory
- 1914 Detroit City Directory
- 1928 Detroit City Directory
- Detroit City Directory (Michigan) – 1857-1858
- Detroit City Directory, 1837
- Detroit City Directory, 1837 (reprint)
- Detroit City Directory, 1853/1854
- Detroit City Directory, 1855/1856
- Detroit City Directory, 1856/1857
- Detroit City Directory, 1857/1858
- Detroit City Directory, 1857-58
- Detroit City Directory, 1864/1865
- Detroit City Directory, 1866
- Detroit City Directory, 1873/1874
- Detroit City Directory, 1875/1876
- Detroit City Directory, 1877
- Detroit City Directory, 1879
- Detroit City Directory, 1880
- Detroit City Directory, Johnston, 1855-6
- Detroit City Directory, Johnston, 1861
- Detroit City Directory, Johnston, 1861
- Detroit City Directory, Polk, 1928
- Detroit City Directory, Shove, 1852-3
- Detroit City Directory, Wellings and Williams, 1846
- Detroit City Directory, Wellings, Harsha & Wilcox, 1845
- Directory of the City of Detroit, 1837
- Polk’s Detroit City Directory, 1845 incomplete
- Polk’s Detroit City Directory, 1850
- Polk’s Detroit City Directory, 1852-1853
- Polk’s Detroit City Directory, 1853-1854
- Polk’s Detroit City Directory, 1855-1856
- Polk’s Detroit City Directory, 1856-1857
- Polk’s Detroit City Directory, 1857-1858
- Polk’s Detroit City Directory, 1859
- Polk’s Detroit City Directory, 1913-14
- Polk’s Detroit City Directory, 1914-15
Eaton County
- Eaton County Freeholders Directory, Bullock, Taggart, & Morrell, 1895
- Eaton County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1916
- Standard Atlas of Eaton County, Michigan, 1913.
Erwin Township
- Gogebic Range 1938 City Directories
- Gogebic Range City Directories 1928
- Gogebic Range City Directory 1947
Escanaba and Gladstone
Essexville
- Bay City Directory for 1881-1882 and West Bay City and Essexville
- Bay City Directory for 1886-1887 and West Bay City and Essexville
- Bay City Directory for 1890-1891 and Essexville
- Bay City Directory for 1897 and Bay County and Essexville
- Brown’s General Directory of Bay City, Portsmouth, Wenona, Essexville, Banks, and Salzburg, 1871
- Polk’s Bay City Directory for 1931 and Essexville
Flint
- 1918 Flint City Directories
- 1919 Flint City Directories
- 1921 Flint City Directories
- 1922 Flint City Directories
- Flint City Directory, 1881/1882
- Flint City Directory, 1894
- Flint City Directory, 1915
- Flint City Directory, 1922
- Flint City Directory, 1924
Genesee County
- Genesee County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1919
- Genesee County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1919
Gladstone
Gogebic
Gogebic County
- Gogebic County City Directory, 1888
- Gogebic County City Directory, 1892
- Gogebic County City Directory, 1912
- Gogebic County City Directory, 1928
- Gogebic County City Directory, 1938
- Gogebic County City Directory, 1947
Grand Rapids
- Grand Rapids Business Directory, Robinson, 1856
- Grand Rapids Business Directory, Unknown, 1872
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1859/1860
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1868/1869
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1870/1871
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1872/1873
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1873/1874
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1874/1875
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1875/1876
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1876
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1879
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1880/1881
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1880/1881
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1881
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1883
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1886
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1887
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1888
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1889
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1891
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1894
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1895
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1897
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1898
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1901
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1902
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1903 (v.1)
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1903 (v.2)
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1904
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1905
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1906
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1911
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1912
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1913
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1914
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1915
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1916
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1917
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1918
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1919
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1920
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1922
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1923
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1924
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1925
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1926
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1928 (Business Directory)
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1931 (Business Directory)
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1932
- Grand Rapids City Directories 1933
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1859
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1868
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1872
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1873
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1874
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1875
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1876
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1879
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1880
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1881
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1883
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1886
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1889
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1891
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1895
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1898
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1903
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1911
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1916
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1919
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1920
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1922
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1923
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1924
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1925
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1926
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1932
- Grand Rapids City Directories, 1933
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1859/1860
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1868/1869
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1872/1873
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1873/1874
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1874/1875
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1875/1876
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1876
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1879
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1880/1881
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1881
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1883
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1886
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1889
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1891
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1895
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1898
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1902
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1903 (v.1)
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1911
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1912
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1916
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1919
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1920
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1922
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1923
- Grand Rapids City Directory, 1924
- Grand Rapids City Directory, Dudley & Goldsmith, 1868-9
- Grand Rapids City Directory, French & Ryan, 1865
- Grand Rapids City Directory, Kolts, 1891-2
- Grand Rapids City Directory, Polk, 1920
- Grand Rapids City Directory, Williams, 1859-60
- Grand Rapids City Directory, Williams, 1859-60
- Grand Rapids Furniture Market Directory, Mead, 1928
- Grand Rapids Street Directory, White, 1924
- Grand Rapids Street Directory, White, 1937
Grand Rapids and Kent County
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Dillenback & Leavitt, 1870
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Dillenback & Leavitt, 1870
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Dillenback & Leavitt, 1870
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Dillenback & Leavitt, 1870
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Dillenback & Leavitt, 1870
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Dillenback & Leavitt, 1870
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Dillenback & Leavitt, 1870
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Dillenback & Leavitt, 1870
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Dillenback & Leavitt, 1870
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Dillenback & Leavitt, 1870
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Dillenback & Leavitt, 1870
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Dillenback & Leavitt, 1870
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Dillenback & Leavitt, 1870
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Dillenback & Leavitt, 1870
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Dillenback & Leavitt, 1870
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Dillenback & Leavitt, 1870
- Grand Rapids City and Kent County Directory, Polk, 1886-7
Grand Traverse County
Gratiot County
- Gratiot County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1917
- Gratiot County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1917
- The Farm Journal illustrated Directory of Gratiot County Michigan, 1917 1922
Hersey
Hillsdale
- 1894 Hillsdale City Directory
- 1894 Hillsdale City Directory
- Luedders’ Historical and Pictorial City Directory of Hillsdale, Michigan – 1925
- Luedders’ Historical and Pictorial City Directory of Hillsdale, Michigan – 1933
- Luedders’ Historical and Pictorial City Directory of Hillsdale, Michigan – 1935
Hillsdale County
- Standard Atlas of Hillsdale County, Michigan, 1916..
- The Farm Journal Illustrated Directory of Hillsdale County, Michigan, 1919
Houghton County
Ingham County
- Ingham County Farmers and Business Directory, Ogle, 1895
- Ingham County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1916
- Ingham County, Michigan, Rural Directory – 1921
- Official Rural Farm Directory, Ingham County, 1867
- Official Rural Farm Directory, Ingham County, 1869
- Official Rural Farm Directory, Ingham County, Michigan – 1967
- Official Rural Farm Directory, Ingham County, Michigan – 1969
Ionia
Ionia County
- Ionia City and Rural Route Directory, Walter & McKay, 1914-5
- Ionia County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1917
- The Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Ionia County, 1917
Irondale
Ironwood
- 1888 Gogebic Range Directory (Ashland County, WI as well)
- 1912 City Directory Ironwood Michigan and Hurley Wisconsin
- Gogebic Range 1938 City Directories
- Gogebic Range City Directories 1928
- Gogebic Range City Directory 1947
- Twin Cities of Ironwood, Michigan & Hurley Wisconsin 1892
Ironwood Township
- Gogebic Range 1938 City Directories
- Gogebic Range City Directories 1928
- Gogebic Range City Directory 1947
Isabella County
Jackson
- 1867 & 1868 Jackson City Directories
- 1867 & 1868 Jackson City Directories
- 1867 Jackson City Directory
- 1871 Jackson City Directory
- 1871 Jackson City Directory
Jackson County
- Jackson City Directory, 1921
- Jackson County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1918
- Standard Atlas of Jackson County, Michigan, 1911
- The Farm Journal illustrated Rural Directory of Jackson County, 1918
Jessieville
Kalamazoo
- 1923 Kalamazoo City Street Directory and Traffic Ordinance
- Kalamazoo, Michigan, City Directory – 1921
Kalamazoo County
- Kalamazoo County Afro-American Directory, Afro-American Journal & Directory Publishing Co., 1894
- 1869 Kalamazoo County Directory
- 1869 Kalamazoo County Directory
- Kalamazoo County Directory, Thomas, 1869-70
- Kalamazoo County Directory, Thomas, 1869-70
- Kalamazoo County Rural Directory, Hixson, 1919
- Kalamazoo County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1919
- Kalamazoo County Directory, 1869 and 1870
Kent County
- History and Directory of Kent County, 1870
- History and Directory of Kent County, Michigan: containing a History of each Township, and the City of Grand Rapids
- Kent County Atlas, Ogle, 1907
- Kent County Atlas, Ogle, 1907
- Kent County Business and Professional Directory, Union, 1896
- Kent County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1917
- Standard Atlas of Kent County, Michigan, 1907
Lansing
- Lansing Business Directory, Smith, 1867-8
- The Lansing City Business Directory for the fall and winter Trade of 1867-8
Lapeer County
- Lapeer County Directory, Lapeer County Atlas Co., 1893
- Lapeer County Plat Book and Business Directory, Ogle, 1906
Lenawee County
Leroy
Luther
Macomb County
- Macomb County Farmers and Business Directory, Ogle, 1895
- Macomb County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1916
Marenisco
- 1888 Gogebic Range Directory (Ashland County, WI as well)
- 1928 Marenisco Township Michigan
- Gogebic Range 1938 City Directories
Marenisco Township
Marshall
- Albion-Marshall City and Rural Directory, 1923
- Marshall City Directory [1908]
- Marshall City Directory and Business Mirror for 1860-61
- Marshall City Directory for 1885-6
- The Ideal Directory of the City of Marshall Michigan [1914]
Mecosta County
Midland County
- The County of Midland, Michigan: Official Register, History, Art folio and Directory
- The County of Midland, Michigan: Official Register, History, Art folio and Directory, 1897
Monroe County
Montcalm County
- Montcalm County Rural Directory, Wilmer Atkinson, 1917
- Standard Atlas of Montcalm County, Michigan, 1921
Mount Clemens
Muskegon
Muskegon County
- Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1883-4
- Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1921
- Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1936-7
- Muskegon County Atlas, Ogle, 1900
- Muskegon County Atlas, Ogle, 1900
- Muskegon, Michigan City Directory – 1883-84
Newaygo County
- Newaygo County Atlas, Hayes, 1882
- Newaygo County Atlas, Ogle, 1900
- Newaygo County Atlas, Ogle, 1900
- Newaygo County Atlas, Ogle, 1900
Ottawa County
- Ottawa County Atlas, Ogle, 1912
- Ottawa County Atlas, Ogle, 1912
- Ottawa County Rural Directory, Farm Journal Illustrated, 1918
- Standard Atlas of Ottawa County, Michigan, 1912
- The Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Ottawa County, Michigan: 1918-1923
Pontiac
Port Huron
Portsmouth
- Brown’s General Directory of Bay City, Portsmouth, Wenona, Essexville, Banks, and Salzburg, 1871
- Directory of Bay City, Portsmouth, Wenona, and Bangor Michigan, 1868/69
Purtian
Reed City
- Citizens Telephone Company Exchange Directory, Reed City, Leroy, Luther, Baldwin, Hersey, July 1916
- Citizens Telephone Company Exchange Directory: Reed City, Leroy, Luther, Baldwin, Hersey, July 1916
Saginaw
- Saginaw City Directories. 1909.
- 1873, Brown’s Annual Directory of the Saginaw Valley
- 1873, Brown’s Annual Directory of the Saginaw Valley
- 1878, Brown’s Annual Directory of the Saginaw Valley — / compiled
- 1915 Saginaw City Directory
- 1921 Saginaw City Directory
- East Saginaw and Saginaw City Directories, Polk, 1879-80
- East Saginaw and Saginaw City Directories, Polk, 1881-2
- Indian and Pioneer History of the Saginaw Valley and Pioneer Directory 1866 (East Saginaw, Saginaw, Bay City)
- Municipal manual and Official Directory of the City of Saginaw 1907
- Municipal manual and Official Directory of the City of Saginaw 1911/1912
- Polk’s Saginaw City Directory, 1921
- Saginaw City Directories 1866
- Saginaw City Directories 1866
- Saginaw City Directories 1868
- Saginaw City Directories 1870
- Saginaw City Directories 1872
- Saginaw City Directories 1872
- Saginaw City Directories 1873
- Saginaw City Directories 1876
- Saginaw City Directories 1877
- Saginaw City Directories 1879
- Saginaw City Directories 1881
- Saginaw City Directories 1883
- Saginaw City Directories 1884
- Saginaw City Directories 1886
- Saginaw City Directories 1887
- Saginaw City Directories 1889
- Saginaw City Directories 1890
- Saginaw City Directories 1890
- Saginaw City Directories 1893
- Saginaw City Directories 1894
- Saginaw City Directories 1895
- Saginaw City Directories 1897
- Saginaw City Directories 1898
- Saginaw City Directories 1901
- Saginaw City Directories 1901
- Saginaw City Directories 1901
- Saginaw City Directories 1902
- Saginaw City Directories 1903
- Saginaw City Directories 1904
- Saginaw City Directories 1904
- Saginaw City Directories 1905
- Saginaw City Directories 1906
- Saginaw City Directories 1907
- Saginaw City Directories 1908
- Saginaw City Directories 1909
- Saginaw City Directories 1910
- Saginaw City Directories 1911
- Saginaw City Directories 1912
- Saginaw City Directories 1913
- Saginaw City Directories 1914
- Saginaw City Directories 1915
- Saginaw City Directories 1916
- Saginaw City Directories 1917
- Saginaw City Directories 1919
- Saginaw City Directories 1921
- Saginaw City Directories 1922
- Saginaw City Directories 1923
- Saginaw City Directories 1924
- Saginaw City Directories 1925
- Saginaw City Directories 1927
- Saginaw City Directories 1928
- Saginaw City Directories 1929
- Saginaw City Directories 1930
- Saginaw City Directories 1931
- Saginaw City Directories 1932
- Saginaw City Directories 1933
- Saginaw City Directories 1934
- Saginaw City Directories 1936
- Saginaw City Directories. 1879/1880.
- Saginaw City Directories. 1881/1882
- Saginaw City Directory, Polk, 1909
- Saginaw City Directory, Polk, 1915
- Saginaw City Directory, Polk, 1915
- Saginaw City Directory, Polk, 1921
- Saginaw Municipal Directory, Saginaw City Clerk, 1907
- Saginaw Municipal Directory, Saginaw City Clerk, 1911-2
- Saginaw, Michigan City Directory – V. 32 (1915)
- Saginaw, Michigan City Directory – V. 35 (1921)
Saginaw County
- 1858, History of Saginaw County from the Year 1819 down to the Present and Directory
- 1892, Saginaw County Directories
- 1904, Saginaw County Directories
- 1912, Saginaw County Directories
- Brown’s Annual Directory of the Saginaw Valley, 1873-74
- Saginaw County Business Directory, Fox, 1858
- Saginaw County Business Directory, Fox, 1858
- Saginaw County Directory, Schmidt, 1892-3
- Saginaw Valley Directory, Brown, 1873
- Saginaw Valley Directory, Brown, 1873
- Saginaw Valley Directory, Brown, 1873
- Saginaw Valley Pioneer Directory, Thomas & Galatian, 1867-7
Salzburg
Sault Ste. Marie
- Sault Ste. Marie City Directory (Michigan) – 1921-1922
- Sault Ste. Marie City Directory (Michigan), 1921-1922
- Sault Ste. Marie City Directory, 1921-22)
Shiawassee County
Siemens
St. Clair County
- Guide to St. Clair County Poor Farm 1857-1893
- Port Huron & St Clair County 1883
- Port Huron & St Clair County 1885
- Port Huron & St Clair County 1887-1888
- Port Huron & St Clair County 1893-1894
- Port Huron City & Fort Gratiot Directory 1890
- Port Huron City & Fort Gratiot Directory 1891-1892
- Port Huron City Directory 1871
- Port Huron City Directory 1873
- Port Huron City Directory 1877-1878
- Port Huron City Directory 1901
- Port Huron City Directory 1904
- Port Huron City Directory 1906
- Port Huron City Directory 1920
- Port Huron City Directory 1921
- Port Huron City Directory 1923-1924
- Port Huron City Directory 1924-1925
- Port Huron City Directory 1926
- Port Huron City Directory 1928
- Port Huron City Directory 1930
- Port Huron City Directory 1931
- Port Huron City Directory 1933-34
- Port Huron City Directory 1936-37
- Port Huron City Directory 1938-39
- Port Huron City Directory 1940-41
- Port Huron City Directory 1946-47
- Port Huron City Directory 1950-51
- Port Huron City Directory 1953-54
- Port Huron City Directory 1957-58
- Port Huron City Directory 1960-61
- Rural Route Directory 1900
- St Clair County Directory 1888
- St Clair County Directory 1899-1900
- St Clair County Directory 1902
- St. Clair County Directory 1907
- St. Clair County Directory 1922
St. Joseph
- 1878 St. Joseph and Benton Harbor City Directories
- 1878 St. Joseph and Benton Harbor City Directories
- Polk Benton Harbor-St. Joseph, Michigan City Directory, 1878
St. Joseph County
- Standard Atlas of St. Joseph County, Michigan, 1907
- The Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of St. Joseph County Michigan, 1917
Three Rivers
- Three Rivers City Directory, 1964
- Three Rivers City Directory, 1964
- Three Rivers City Directory, 1968
- Three Rivers City Directory, 1968
- Three Rivers, Michigan, City Directory – 1905
- Three Rivers, Michigan, City Directory, 1905
Traverse City
Union City
- 1909, Directory of Union City, Branch County, Michigan
- Directory of Union City, Branch County, 1867-68
- Union City Directory, Robinson, 1909
- Union City Directory, Robinson, 1909
Van Buren County
Wakefield
- 1888 Gogebic Range Directory (Ashland County, WI as well)
- Gogebic Range 1938 City Directories
- Gogebic Range City Directories 1928
Wakefield City
Wakefield Township
- Gogebic Range 1938 City Directories
- Gogebic Range City Directories 1928
- Gogebic Range City Directory 1947
Washtenaw County
- Standard Atlas of Washtenaw County, Michigan, 1915
- Washtenaw County Farmers and Business Directory, Ogle, 1895
Watersmeet
- Gogebic Range 1938 City Directories
- Gogebic Range City Directories 1928
- Gogebic Range City Directory 1947
Wenona
- 1871, Brown’s General Directory of Bay City, Portsmouth, Wenona, Essexville, Banks, and Salzburg
- Directory of Bay City, Portsmouth, Wenona, and Bangor Michigan, 1868/69
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