(This page's most recent update is October 2024)
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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 her 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 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 make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
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:
Utah City Directories
Statewide
- 1871, The Pacific Coast Directory
- 1874, Gazetteer of Utah and Salt Lake City Directory
- 1874, Utah Gazetteer and Directory
- 1876-1878 Pacific Coast Business Directory
- 1878 McKenney’s Pacific Coast Directory V.1
- 1878 McKenney’s Pacific Coast Directory V.2
- 1878, Wolfe’s Mercantile Guide, Gazetteer, and Business Directory
- 1880 Pacific Coast Directory
- 1882, The Weekly Territorial Business Directory
- 1883 Pacific Coast Directory
- 1883, The Utah Directory
- 1883, The Utah Directory
- 1884, Utah Gazetteer and Directory of Logan, Ogden, Provo and Salt Lake Cities
- 1886 Pacific Coast Directory
- 1886, Pocket Directory of Business Houses of the Latter-Day Saints, including Trades and Professions
- 1894 Pacific States Newspaper Directory
- 1913, Brand Directory, Comprising Davis, Weber, Summit, Morgan, Wasatch, Part of Utah and Part of Uintah Counties
- 1943, The Rocky Mountain Teachers Agency School Directories Volume 1
- Business Directory of Cheyenne, Wyo., Laramie, Wyo.; Rawlins, Wyo.; Rock Springs, Wyo.; Green River, Wyo.; Evanston, Wyo.; Ogden, Utah; Preston, Idaho; Pocatello, Idaho; Brigham City, Utah; Logan, Utah; 1908-1909
- Classified Directory and Utah Guide Book, 1949-1950
- Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory
- Handbook Almanac for the Pacific States, an Official Register and Business Directory, 1863
- McKenney’s Pacific Coast Directory, 1883-1884
- Pacific Coast Business Directory for 1867
- Pacific Coast Business Directory, 1867
- Pacific Coast Business Directory, Langley, 1867
- R.L. Polk & Co.’s Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1918-1919
- The Utah Directory for 1883-1884
- The Utah Directory, for 1883-84
- Utah Directory and Gazetteer for 1879-80
- Utah Directory and Gazetteer, 1879
- Utah Directory and Gazetteer, 1879-1880
- Utah Gazetteer & Business Directory 1892-93
- Utah Gazetteer 1892-93
- Utah Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1922-1923
- Utah Gazetteer and Directory of Logan, Ogden, Provo, and Salt Lake Cities for 1884
- Utah Gazetteer and Directory of Logan, Ogden, Provo, and Salt Lake Cities for 1884
- Utah Gazetteer and Directory of Logan, Ogden, Provo, and Salt Lake Cities, 1884
- Utah Gazetteer and Directory of Salt Lake, Ogden, Provo and Logan Cities for 1888
- Utah Gazetteer and Directory, 1874
- Utah Gazetteer and Directory, 1883-84
- Utah Gazetteer and Directory, 1900
- Utah Gazetteer and Directory, of Salt Lake, Ogden, Provo and Logan Cities for 1888, and a Complete Business Directory of the Territory.
- Utah Gazetteer, 1892-93
- Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory – 1900
- Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory – 1908-1909
- Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory – 1916-17
- Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory – 1918-19
- Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory – 1920-21
- Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory – 1922-1923
- Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory – 1927-28
- Utah State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1900
- Utah Territorial Business Directory, Culmer, 1879-80
Cache County
Clearfield
Coalville
Davis County
Heber City
Kamas
Kaysville
Logan
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1904
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1905-1906
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1909-1910
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1911-1912
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1913-1914
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1915-1916
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1917-1918
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1920
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1922
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1930-31
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1935-1936
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1936
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1946
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1949
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1953
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1955
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1956
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1958
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1964
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1965
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1966
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1968
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1969
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1971
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1973
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1977
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1978
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1979
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1986
- Logan City and Cache County Directory – 1987
- Logan City and Cache County Directory (Utah) – 1907
- Logan City and Cache County Directory (Utah) – 1988
- Polk’s Logan (Cache County, Utah) City Directory, 1909-10
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1904
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1905
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1909
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1915
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1946
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1949
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1953
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1955
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1956
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1958
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1959
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1961
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1962
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1963
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1964
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1965
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1966
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1968
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1969
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1971
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1972
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1973
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1974
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1975
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1977
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1978
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1979
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1980
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1981
- Utah Polk’s Logan City Directory 1983
Mt. Pleasant
Oakley
Ogden
- 1867, Salt Lake City Directory: including a Business Directory of Provo, Springville, and Ogden, Utah Territory, Compiled by G. Owens
- 1883, Directory of Ogden City and Weber County
- 1883, Ogden City Directory
- 1895, Ogden City Directory
- 1902, Ogden City Directory
- 1912, Ogden City Directory
- 1918, Ogden City Directory
- 1920, Ogden City Directory
- Directory of Ogden City and North Utah Record – 1878
- Directory of Ogden City and North Utah, 1878
- Directory of Ogden City and Weber County. 1883
- Ogden Business Directory, 1867
- Ogden City Directory, 1879
- Ogden City Directory, 1883
- Ogden City Directory, 1895
- Ogden City Directory, 1902
- Ogden City Directory, 1912
- Ogden City Directory, 1918
- Ogden City Directory, 1920
Park City
Payson
Provo
- Brigham Young College Directory of Students 1910-11
- Brigham Young College Directory of Students 1911-12
- Brigham Young College Directory of Students 1912-13
- Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1904-05
- Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1904-1905
- Provo, Utah, City Directory, 1904
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1891
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1901-02
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1904-05
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1911
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1913-14
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1915-16
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1917-18
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1920
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1922
Riverdale
Roy
Salt Lake City
- 1869 Salt Lake City Directory
- 1869, The Salt Lake City Directory and Business Guide, for 1869
- 1874 Salt Lake City Directory
- 1884, Salt Lake City Directory
- 1889, Salt Lake City Directory
- 1898 Salt Lake City Directory
- 1901, The Salt Lake City Blue Book, (Householders’ Directory)
- 1907, The Salt Lake City Blue Book, (Householders’ Directory)
- 1909 Polk & Co’s Salt Lake City Directory
- 1909 SLC Directory
- Classified Directory and Blue Book, 1923 of Salt Lake City and Vicinity
- Directory of the Utah Federation of Labor of Salt Lake City, and of Ogden, Park City and Mercur Labor Unions, for 1899-1900
- Garretty’s Guide, Business Directory, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1890
- Gazeteer of Utah and Salt Lake City Directory, 1874
- Gazetteer of Utah and Salt Lake City Directory, 1874
- R. L. Polk & Co’s Salt Lake City Directory, 1923
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Salt Lake City Street and Househoulders Guide, 1923, 1924
- Salt Lake City and Adjoining Towns Telephone Directory – 1931-1932
- Salt Lake City Directory – 1867
- Salt Lake City Directory – 1873
- Salt Lake City Directory – 1885-86
- Salt Lake City Directory – 1889
- Salt Lake City Directory, Commencing Aug. 1,1885
- Salt Lake City Directory, Sloan, 1869 – Free (Google Books)
- Salt Lake City Directory: including a Business Directory of Provo, Springville, and Ogden, Utah Territory, 1867
- Salt Lake City, City Directory and Utah Territorial Business Directory, Graham, 1883-4
- Salt Lake City, City Directory and Utah Territorial Business Directory, Stenhouse, 1892-3
- Salt Lake City, Utah, City Directory, 1909
- Salt Lake City, Utah, City Directory, 1920
- Telephone Directory, Winter 1956-57
- The Excelsior Address Book and Family Directory of Salt Lake City, season of 1893
- The Excelsior Address Book and Family Directory of Salt Lake City, Season of 1893
- The Salt Lake City Blue Book (Householder’s Directory) 1901-1902
- The Salt Lake City Directory and Business Guide, for 1869
- The Salt Lake City Directory and Business Guide, for 1869
Salt Lake County
Springville
Tooele County
- Tooele (Tooele County, Utah) City Directory – 1974
- Tooele (Tooele County, Utah) City Directory – 1976
Utah County
- 1904 Provo City and Utah County Directory
- Farmers and Merchants Directory of Utah County, 1916
- Provo City and Utah County Directory, 1904-1905
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory v1 1891
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory v10 1922
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory v2 1901-1902
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory v3 1904-1905
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory v5 1911
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory v6 1913-1914
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory v7 1915-1916
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory v8 1917-1918
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Provo City and Utah County Directory v9 1920
- Utah County and Utah Territorial Business Directory, Culmer, 1879-8
- Utah County Farmers and Merchants Directory, Utah Farmers Directory Co., 1916
Weber County
- 1883, Directory of Ogden City and Weber County
- Polk Weber County Directory 1878
- Polk Weber County Directory 1883
- Polk Weber County Directory 1904-1905
- Polk Weber County Directory 1906
- Weber County and Utah Territorial Business Directory, Culmer, 1879-80
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!