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 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)
Wisconsin 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
- 1865, Wisconsin and Minnesota State Gazetteer, Shippers’ Guide and Business
- 1873, Wisconsin Business Directory
- 1891 Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory, part 1
- 1891 Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory, part 2
- 1891 Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory, part 3
- 1891 Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory, volume 7 part 2
- 1910, Annual Directory of Wisconsin Breeders of Pure-bred Live Stock
- 1921, Polk’s Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory …, Volumes 41-42
- Great Lakes Marine Directory, Polk, 1884
- Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1891-92
- Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1891-92
- Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1905-06
- Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Polk, 1891-2
Anderson
- Anderson and Pence Town Directories, unknown, 1938
- Anderson Town and Upson Village Directories, unknown, 1947
- Anderson Town Directory, unknown, 1928
Antigo
- 1898 Antigo Business Directory
- 1900 Antigo Telephone Company Subscriber List
- 1920 Antigo Business Directory
Appleton
- 1877 Appleton City Directory
- 1884 Appleton City Directory
- 1897 Appleton City Directory
- 1901 Appleton City Directory
- 1904 Appleton City Directory
- 1915 Appleton City Directory (and Outagamie County)
- 1938 Neenah-Menasha City Directory including Appleton, Greenville, and Little Chute
- Appleton, Outagamie County, Wis. community directory – 1949
- Morrow and Gillett’s Appleton City Directory. Morrow and Gillett (1889/1890)
- Wright’s Directory Company Wright’s Appleton City Directory 1925
- Wright’s Directory Company Wright’s Directory of Appleton for 1887-8
- Wright’s Directory Company Wright’s Directory of Appleton for 1891-92
- Wright’s Directory Company Wright’s Directory of Appleton for 1893-94
Baldwin
Beloit
- A. Bailey’s Beloit directory, city record [and] business advertiser, for 1862
- A. Bailey’s Beloit Directory, City Record and Business Advertiser, for 1862
- Allen’s Beloit City Directory, for 1872-73
- Bell telephone directory for Beloit (1932-1933)
- Bell telephone directory for Beloit (1933-1934)
- Bell telephone directory for Beloit (August, 1920)
- Bell telephone directory for Beloit (December, 1923)
- Bell telephone directory for Beloit (December, 1930)
- Bell telephone directory for Beloit (June, 1931)
- Beloit and South Beloit City Directory. 1907-1908
- Beloit city directory for 1897
- Beloit City Directory for 1897
- Beloit City Directory for 1902
- Beloit City Directory for 1904
- Beloit City Directory, 1900-1901
- Beloit telephone directory. December, 1937
- City Directory of Beloit and South Beloit for 1906
- Directory of Beloit exchange. August 1, 1911
- Hand Book of Beloit including a complete Directory of all heads of families, and all other persons over sixteen years of age, having employment (1889)
- Hand-book of Beloit including a complete Directory of all heads of families, and all other persons over fifteen years of age, having employment (1890)
- Hand-book of Beloit including a complete Directory of all heads of families, and all other persons over fourteen years of age, having employment (1891)
- Hand-book of Beloit including a complete Directory of all heads of families, and all other persons over fourteen years of age, having employment (1892)
- Hand-book of Beloit including a complete Directory of all heads of families, and all other persons over fourteen years of age, having employment (1893)
- Hand-book of Beloit including a complete Directory of all heads of families, and all other persons over fourteen years of age, having employment (1895)
- McCoy’s Beloit and South Beloit City Directory. 1917
- McCoy’s Beloit and South Beloit City Directory. 1917
- Osborne’s 1900-‘1 Beloit city directory 1900
Berlin
- Berlin City Directory, 1892
- Berlin City Directory, 1898
- Farrell-McCoy’s Berlin City Directory, 1915-1916
- The Berlin City Directory, 1858
Boulder Junction
Burlington
- Burlington – Waterford – Rochester Directory – 1914
- City Directory of Burlington, WI – 1897
- City Directory of Burlington, WI – 1908-1909
- City Directory of Burlington, WI – 1922-1923
- City Directory of Burlington, WI – 1928-1929
- City Directory of Burlington, WI – 1953
- City Directory of Burlington, WI – 1963-1964
- City Directory of Burlington, WI – 1965-1966
- City Directory of Burlington, WI – 1967-1968
- City Directory of Burlington, WI – 1969-1970
- City Directory of Burlington, WI – 1973-1974
- City Directory of Burlington, WI – 1976-1977
- City Directory of Burlington, WI – 1980
Calumet County
Carey
- Carey Road Community Directory, unknown, 1928
- Carey Town Directory, unknown, 1928
- Carey Town Directory, unknown, 1947
Centralia
Chippewa Falls
Columbia County
Cuba City
Cudahy
Custerdale Village
Dalton
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville February 1956 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville February 1957 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville February 1959 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1962 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1963 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1964 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1965 Telephone Directory
Dane County
- Dane County Rural Directory, 1942
- Globe’s Dane County Directory, Rural, Village and City not including Madison, 1947
- Official County plat Book and Farmers’ Directory of Dane County. Farm Plat Book Publishing Co 1953
- The Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Dane County Wisconsin
Eau Claire
- Directory of the City of Eau Claire 1897-1898
- Directory of the City of Eau Claire 1901-02
- Directory of the City of Eau Claire 1903-1904
- Eau Claire City Directory 1880
- Eau Claire City Directory 1882
- Eau Claire Directory 1884
- Eau Claire Directory 1885
- Eau Claire Directory Co.’s Eau Claire City Directory 1900
- Eau Claire, Atlas, City Directory – 1931
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin, city directory – 1931
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Eau Claire City Directory 1891-92
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Eau Claire City Directory 1893-94
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Eau Claire City Directory 1895-96
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Eau Claire Directory & Chippewa Falls, 1888
- R.L. Polk & Co’s Eau Claire Directory & Chippewa Falls, 1890
- Wright’s Directory of Eau Claire for 1905-1906
- Wright’s Directory of Eau Claire for 1908
- Wright’s Directory of Eau Claire for 1910
- Wright’s Directory of Eau Claire for 1912
- Wright’s Directory of Eau Claire for 1914
- Wright’s Directory of Eau Claire for 1916
- Wright’s Eau Claire City Directory 1920
- Wright’s Eau Claire City Directory 1923
- Wright’s Eau Claire Directory 1918
Fond du Lac
- Brigham and Co’s Fond du Lac City Directory and Business Advertiser for 1857-58
- Centennial 1876 Directory of Fond du Lac County, 1876
- Centennial, 1876, Directory of Fond du Lac County, Atlas
- Fond du Lac City Directory, and Business Advertiser, for 1865-’66
- Holland’s Quadrennial City Directory of Fond du Lac For the years 1887-91
- Wright’s Directory of Fond du Lac Co. for 1897-98
- Wright’s Directory of Fond du Lac Co. for 1905
- Wright’s Fond du Lac Directory: including North Fond du Lac for 1915-1916
- Zorn’s Rural Routes Directory of Fond Du Lac County, Atlas, 1904
Fort Atkinson
- Fort Atkinson – 1915 – Farrell-McCoy’s Fort Atkinson city directory, 1915-1916
- Fort Atkinson – 1923 – Fort Atkinson residential, classified, and rural directory: 1923
- Fort Atkinson – 1938 – Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin city directory: 1938
Fort Howard
- Green Bay and Fort Howard directory. Dull, J. Alfred (1874)
- Wright’s directory of Green Bay, Ft. Howard for 1894-95
Gile
Grand Rapids
- 1906 Grand Rapids WI Directory
- A City Directory for Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, 1892
- Grand Rapids city directory : including Nekoosa, , and Biron for 1913-1914
- Grand Rapids City Directory 1905-06
- Grand Rapids City Directory: including Nekoosa, , and Biron for 1913-1914
- Grand Rapids Directory 1911-12.
Green Bay
Green County
- Green County Farmer’s Directory, Prairie Farmer Publishing Co., 1919
- Prairie Farmer’s Directory of Green County Wisconsin. 1919
Green Lake County
- Atlas and Farm Directory with complete survey in township plats; Green Lake County, 1914
- History and Directory of Green Lake and Waushara Counties, and the City of Ripon, 1869
- Standard Atlas of Green Lake County, 1923
Greenville
Gurney
- Gurney Town Directory, unknown, 1928
- Gurney Town Directory, unknown, 1938
- Gurney Town Directory, unknown, 1947
Hoyt
Hurley
- 1888 Gogebic Directory Hurley Wisconsin
- Hurley City Directory, unknown, 1912
- Hurley City Directory, unknown, 1928
- Hurley City Directory, unknown, 1947
- Hurley, Wisconsin 1888 Classified Business Directory
- Hurley, Wisconsin 1892 City Directory
- Twin Cities of Ironwood, Michigan & Hurley Wisconsin 1892
Iowa County
Iron Belt
Ironwood
Janesville
- A. Bailey’s Janesville Directory, City Record and Business Advertiser, for 1862
- Chas O. Eble & Co.’s Janesville city directory for 1884-85
- Hardie & Scharle’s Janesville city directory 1894-95
- Holland’s Janesville city directory, for 1870-71
- Janesville City Directory and Business Advertiser, for 1866
- Janesville City Directory for 1902-03
- Janesville City Directory, 1880
- Janesville City Directory, 1889
- Janesville City Directory, 1889-90
- Janesville City Directory, 1892-93
- Janesville City Directory, History, and Business Advertiser, for 1859—1860
- Janesville…city directory, history, and business advertiser, for 1859—1860. 1859
- Osborne’s 1900-‘1 Janesville City Directory
- Owen’s Janesville city, Rock County gazetteer, and directory: containing a complete city directory of Janesville; an alphabetical directory of the farmers and land owners of Rock County; also, a classified business directory, 1876
- Pryor & Co.’s Janesville City Directory, 1878-9
- Rock County gazetteer, directory and business advertiser, for 1857-8
- The Janesville Directory, and Business Mirror, 1858
- Wright’s Directory of Janesville for 1898-99
- Wright’s Directory of Janesville for 1903
- Wright’s Directory of Janesville for 1907
- Wright’s Directory of Janesville for 1911
- Wright’s Directory of Janesville for 1913
- Wright’s Directory of Janesville for 1915
- Wright’s Directory of Janesville for 1917
- Wright’s Janesville City Directory, 1921
- Wright’s Janesville City Directory, 1923
- Wright’s Janesville City Directory, 1925
- Wright’s Janesville City Directory, 1927
- Wright’s Janesville City Directory, 1929
- Wright’s Janesville City Directory, 1931
Jefferson County
- Jefferson County Farmer’s Directory, Prairie Farmer Publishing Co., 1927
- Wright’s Directory of Jefferson County for 1900-1
- Wright’s Directory of Jefferson County for 1905-6
- Wright’s Directory of Jefferson County for 1908-9
Kaukauna
- 1914 Kaukauna Telephone Directories
- 1922 Kaukauna Telephone Directories
- 1924 Kaukauna Telephone Directories
- 1933 Kaukauna Telephone Directories
- 1940 Kaukauna Telephone Directories
- 1941 Kaukauna Telephone Directories
- 1942 Kaukauna Telephone Directories
- 1950 Kaukauna Telephone Directories
- Appleton, Outagamie County, Wis. community directory – 1949
- Kaukauna City Directory 1893-94
- Kaukauna City Directory 1901-1902
Kawaunee County
Kenosha
Kenosha County
- Kenosha and Racine Counties Farmer’s Directory, Prairie Farmer Publishing Co., 1919
- Kenosha and Racine Counties Farmer’s Directory, Prairie Farmer Publishing Co., 1919
- Smith’s Business and Farmers’ Directory of Racine and Kenosha Counties for 1897-1898
Kewaunee County
Kimball
- Kimball Town Directory, unknown, 1928
- Kimball Town Directory, unknown, 1938
- Kimball Town Directory, unknown, 1947
Kimberly
Kingston
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville February 1956 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville February 1957 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville February 1959 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1962 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1963 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1964 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1965 Telephone Directory
Knight
- Gogebic Range City Directories 1938 Town of Knight Wisconsin
- Knight Town and Iron Belt Community Directories, unknown, 1947
La Crosse
- La Crosse City Directory, Bailey and Wolfe, 1866-7
- La Crosse City Directory, Bold, 1881-2
- La Crosse City Directory, Brainerd, 1870-1
- La Crosse City Directory, Bunn and Philippi, 1884
- La Crosse City Directory, Campbell and Davison, 1873-4
- La Crosse City Directory, Ketchum, 1868-9
- La Crosse City Directory, Morrissey and Bunn, 1880-1
- La Crosse City Directory, Philippi, 1900
- La Crosse City Directory, Pryor, 1876-7
- La Crosse City Directory, Pryor, 1878-9
- LaCrosse City Directory, Bunn and Philippi, 1888-9
- LaCrosse City Directory, Jones & Kroeger, 1891
- LaCrosse City Directory, Philippi, 1893
- LaCrosse City Directory, Philippi, 1895
- LaCrosse City Directory, Philippi, 1897
- LaCrosse City Directory, Philippi, 1901-2
- LaCrosse City Directory, Philippi, 1903-4
- LaCrosse City Directory, Philippi, 1905-6
- LaCrosse City Directory, Spicer and Buschman, 1890
- LaCrosse City Directory, Urban Publishing Company, 1885-6
- LaCrosse City Directory, Wright, 1907
- LaCrosse City Directory, Wright, 1909
- LaCrosse City Directory, Wright, 1911
- LaCrosse City Directory, Wright, 1913
- LaCrosse City Directory, Wright, 1915
- LaCrosse City Directory, Wright, 1917
- LaCrosse City Directory, Wright, 1919
- LaCrosse City Directory, Wright, 1922
- LaCrosse City Directory, Wright, 1924
- Philippi’s La Crosse city directory 1897
La Crosse County
Land O’Lakes
Lincoln County
Little Chute
- 1938 Neenah-Menasha City Directory including Appleton, Greenville, and Little Chute
- Appleton, Outagamie County, Wis. community directory, 1949
Madison
- Alumni Directory, 1849-1911 Alumni Directory
- Directory of the University of Wisconsin, 1888
- Directory of the University of Wisconsin, 1888-89
- Directory of the University of Wisconsin, Volumes 1888-1892
- Madison City Directory 1888-9
- Madison City Directory 1890-91
- Madison City Directory 1892-93
- Madison City Directory 1894-5
- Madison City Directory 1896-7
- Madison City Directory 1898-9
- Madison City Directory 1902
- Madison City Directory 1904
- Madison City Directory 1907
- Madison City Directory 1909
- Madison City Directory 1911
- Madison City Directory 1914
- Madison City Directory 1916
- Madison City Directory 1917
- Madison City Directory 1919
- Madison City Directory and Business Advertiser for 1873
- Madison City Directory and Business Advertiser, for 1871-2
- Madison City Directory, 1886-7
- Madison City Directory, a City and Business Directory for 1866
- Madison City Directory. A City and Business Directory for 1866
- Madison City Directory. For 1883-1884
- Madison Directory, 1868
- Madison, City Directory 1900-1I
- Morrissey and Bunn’s Madison City Directory. 1880-81
- Pryor and Co.’s Madison City Directory 1877-8
- Pryor and Co.’s Madison City Directory, 1875-6
- The Madison City Directory, and Business Mirror, 1858
- University of Wisconsin, Alumni Directory, 1849-1911
- University of Wisconsin, Alumni Directory, 1849-1911
- University of Wisconsin, Alumni Directory, 1849-1919
- University of Wisconsin, Alumni Directory, 1849-1919
- University of Wisconsin, Alumni Directory, 1849-1919
- University of Wisconsin, Directory of officers and students, 1917
- Wm. N. Seymour’s Madison directory 1855
- Wm. N. Seymour’s Madison Directory, 1855
- Wright Directory Co’s. classified buyer’s guide : the business, commercial, manufacturing and professional interests : Madison 1921
Manitowish
Manitowoc
- 1868 Manitowoc City Directory
- 1875-1876 Manitowoc City Directory
- 1880 City Directory
- 1884 Manitowoc City Directory
- 1894 Manitowoc City Directory
- 1901 City and County of Manitowoc
- 1905 Zorn’s Rural Routes Directory of Manitowoc and Calumet Counties, Wisconsin
- 1907-1908 City Directory of Manitowoc and Two Rivers
- 1909-1910 City and County of Manitwooc, Wis
- 1911-1912 Zorn’s Directory of the City and County of Manitowoc
- 1915-1916 Zorn’s Directory of the City of Manitowoc
- 1920 City and County Directory
Manitowoc County
- Manitowoc County, Official Farm plat Book and Directory. 1962
- Official County plat Book and Rural Directory of Manitowoc County. Farm Plat Book Publishing (1958)
- Pryor & Co’s Manitowoc City Directory. 1875-76
- Standard Atlas of Manitowoc County. Geo. A. Ogle and Co (1921)
Marathon County
Marenisco
Markesan
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville February 1956 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville February 1957 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville February 1959 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1962 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1963 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1964 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1965 Telephone Directory
Menasha
- 1938 Neenah-Menasha City Directory including Appleton, Greenville, and Little Chute
- 1939 Neenah-Menasha community directory. 1939
- Bell Telephone directory for Neenah-Menasha, December 1913
- Neenah-Menasha community directory, 1934. 1934
- Neenah-Menasha, Wisconsin, city directory. 1931
- Sterling’s Menasha, Wis. Directory, 1920-21
- Sterling’s Menasha Directory, 1920-21
- Wisconsin Telephone Company directory of Neenah, Menasha and Appleton exchanges, July 1, 1907
- Wright’s Menasha city directory, 1924 (1924)
- Zabel’s Neenah-Menasha, Wisconsin, city directory, August 1, 1928
Menomonie
- Menomonie City and Dunn County Rural Directory, City Directory, 1950
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin July 1960
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, 1958
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, April 1919
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, August 1947
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, December 1949
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, July 1946
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1920
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1922
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1923
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1925
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1928
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1929
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1930
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1932
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1935
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1936
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1937
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1938
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1939
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1940
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1941
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1942
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1943
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1944
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, May 1945
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, November 1924
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, November 1926
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, November 1927
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, November 1930
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, November 1931
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, November 1955
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, November 1956
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, November 1959
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, October 1954
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, September 1921
- Telephone Directory, Menomonie, Wisconsin, Spring 1934
Mercer
- Mercer Town Directory, unknown, 1928
- Mercer Town Directory, unknown, 1938
- Mercer Town Directory, unknown, 1947
Merrill
Milwaukee
- 1857 Milwaukee City Directory
- 1857 Milwaukee City Directory alternate copy
- 1857-58 Milwaukee Directory
- 1859 Milwaukee City Directory
- 1863 Milwaukee City Directory
- 1863 Milwaukee City Directory alternate copy
- Directory of Graduates, State Normal School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Milwaukee city directory – 1857 & 1858
- Milwaukee City Directory, 1857-58
- Milwaukee City Directory, Erving, Burdick and Company, 1857-8
- Milwaukee City Directory, Erving, Burdick and Company, 1857-8
- Milwaukee City Directory, King, 1848-9
- Milwaukee Society Directory, unknown, 1890-1
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1907
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1907
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1912
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1912
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1919
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1919
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1922
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1922
- Official Directory of Corporations of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1904
- Second Directory of the City of Milwaukee, Atlas – 1848-1849
- Second directory of the city of Milwuakee, Wisconsin – 1848-1849
- The Milwaukee city directory for 1851-2
- The Milwaukee City Directory for 1851-2
- Wright’s Milwaukee (Wisconsin) City Directory – v. 54 (1907)
Mineral Point
Monroe County
Montello
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville February 1956 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville February 1957 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville February 1959 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1962 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1963 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1964 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1965 Telephone Directory
Montreal
- Montreal City and Gile Community Directories, unknown, 1947
- Montreal City Directory, unknown, 1928
- Montreal City Directory, unknown, 1938
- Pence, Hoyt & Montreal Wisconsin
Neenah
- 1938 Neenah-Menasha City Directory including Appleton, Greenville, and Little Chute
- Bunn’s Neenah Directory, 1900
- History of Neenah, and a complete City and Business Directory. Cunningham, G. A., 1878
- Sterling’s Neenah Directory, 1920-21
- Wisconsin Telephone Company Directory of Neenah, Menasha and Appleton Exchanges, July 1, 1907
Neenah-Menasha
- Bell Telephone Directory for Neenah-Menasha, December 1913
- Neenah-Menasha Community Directory, 1934
- Neenah-Menasha Community Directory. 1939
- Neenah-Menasha, City Directory. 1931
- Wright’s Neenah-Menasha City Directory 1924
- Zabel’s Neenah-Menasha, City Directory, August 1, 1928
Nekoosa
Oak Creek
Oma
- Oma Town Directory, unknown, 1928
- Oma Town Directory, unknown, 1938
- Oma Town Directory, unknown, 1947
Oshkosh
- Bunn & Philippi’s Oshkosh City Directory 1886-7
- Bunn and Philippi Oshkosh City Directory 1889-90
- Bunn’s City Directory of Oshkosh, 1908
- Bunn’s Oshkosh Directory 1903-4
- Bunn’s Oshkosh Directory, 1891-93
- Bunn’s Oshkosh Directory, 1898
- C. C. Konrad’s Ideal Directory of Oshkosh, Wisconsin 1912
- For 1880. Morrissey & Bunn’s Oshkosh City Directory,
- Harney’s City Directory 1876
- Holland’s Oshkosh City Directory, 1879
- Holland’s Oshkosh City Directory, for 1869-70.
- Konrad’s Directory of Oshkosh and Winnebago County Wisconsin 1914
- Konrad’s Directory of Oshkosh Wisconsin 1916
- Konrad’s Oshkosh City Directory
- Konrad’s Oshkosh City Directory including Omro and Winneconne 1920
- Konrad’s Oshkosh City Directory including Omro and Winneconne 1922
- Oshkosh Area List of Residents 1920
- Oshkosh City Directory and Business Advertiser for 1872 & 1873.
- Oshkosh City Directory and Business Advertiser, for 1868 and 1869.
- Oshkosh City Directory. 1884-5
- Shurly’s Oshkosh Directory, and Business Advertiser, for 1866.
- The Oshkosh City Directory, for the Year 1857.
- The Times City Directory, 1883
- Wright’s Directory of Oshkosh 1893
- Wright’s Directory of Oshkosh for 1912
Outagamie County
- 1915 Appleton City Directory (and Outagamie County)
- Appleton, Outagamie County, Community Directory, 1949
- Directory of Outagamie County, Wisconsin: Including the Cities of Appleton, 1910
- Appleton, Outagamie County, Wis. community Directory, 1949
Pardeeville
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville February 1956 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville February 1957 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville February 1959 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1962 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1963 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1964 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1964 Telephone Directory
- Dalton Kingston Markesan Montello Pardeeville March 1965 Telephone Directory
- Pardeeville August 1962 Telephone Directory
- Pardeeville Portage March 1949 Telephone Directory
- Pardeeville Portage March 1950 Telephone Directory
- Pardeeville Portage March 1952 Telephone Directory
- Pardeeville Portage March 1953 Telephone Directory
- Pardeeville Portage March 1954 Telephone Directory
- Pardeeville Portage March 1955 Telephone Directory
Pence
- Anderson Wisconsin and Pence Wisconsin 1938
- Pence Town Directory, unknown, 1928
- Pence Town Directory, unknown, 1947
- Pence, Hoyt & Montreal Wisconsin, 1888
Port Edwards
Portage
- Pardeeville August 1962 Telephone Directory
- Pardeeville Portage March 1949 Telephone Directory
- Pardeeville Portage March 1950 Telephone Directory
- Pardeeville Portage March 1952 Telephone Directory
- Pardeeville Portage March 1953 Telephone Directory
- Pardeeville Portage March 1954 Telephone Directory
- Pardeeville Portage March 1955 Telephone Directory
- Pardeeville Portage March 1955 Telephone Directory
Portage County
- Portage County City Directory, 1892-1893
- Portage County City Directory, 1895-1896
- Portage County City Directory, 1896
- Portage County City Directory, 1908
- Portage County City Directory, 1912
- Portage County City Directory, 1915-1916
- Portage County City Directory, 1917-1918
- Portage County City Directory, 1920-1921
Presque Isle
Racine
- Racine 1850 City Directory
- Racine 1883 City Directory
- Racine 1892 City Directory
- Racine 1906 City Directory
- Racine 1916 City Directory
- Racine 1925 City Directory
- Racine 1931 City Directory
- Racine 1935 City Directory
- Racine 1940 Telephone Directory
- Racine 1941 City Directory
- Racine 1950 City Directory
- Racine 1954 Telephone Directory
- Racine 1955 City Directory
- Racine 1958 Telephone Directory
- Racine 1964 City Directory
- Racine Advocate City and County Residence and Business Directory, 1876
Racine County
- Kenosha and Racine Counties Farmer’s Directory, Prairie Farmer Publishing Co., 1919
- Kenosha and Racine Counties Farmer’s Directory, Prairie Farmer Publishing Co., 1919
- Racine County Directory – Farm & Suburban – 1948
- Racine County Directory – Farm & Suburban – 1953
- Smith’s Business and Farmers’ Directory of Racine and Kenosha Counties for 1897-1898
Rhinelander
Ripon
Rock County
- Owen’s Janesville City, Rock County Gazetteer, and Directory, 1876
- Prairie Farmer’s Directory of Rock County, 1919
- Rock County Farm Directory. 1928
- Rock County Gazetteer, Directory and Business Advertiser, for 1857-8
- Rock County, Atlas Farm & Ranch Directory – 1966
- Rock County, Wisconsin Farm & Ranch Directory, 1966
- Rock County, Prairie Farmer’s Directory, Atlas, 1919
- Standard Atlas of Rock County, 1917
- Wright’s Directory of Rock County for 1896-7
- Wright’s Directory of Rock County for 1905
- Wright’s Directory of Rock County for 1909
- Wright’s Directory of Rock County for 1919
Sauk County
Saxon
- Saxon Town Directory, unknown, 1928
- Saxon Town Directory, unknown, 1938
- Saxon Town Directory, unknown, 1947
Shawano County
Sheboygan
- Directory of the City and County of Sheboygan. 1908/1909
- Directory of the City and County of Sheboygan. 1910/1911
- Directory of the City of Sheboygan for 1868-9
- Pott’s directory of the city and county of Sheboygan. 1902
- Pott’s Directory of the City and County of Sheboygan, 1895-96
- Pott’s Directory of the City and County of Sheboygan, 1897-98
- Pott’s Directory of the City and County of Sheboygan. 1902
- Pott’s Directory of the City and County of Sheboygan. 1904/1905
- Prairie Farmer’s directory of Green County Wisconsin. 1919
- Prairie Farmer’s home and county directory of Iowa County, Wisconsin. [1929]
- Pryor & Co’s City Directory Sheboygan and Manitowoc. 1875/1876
- Pryor & Co’s Sheboygan City Directory. 1875-76
- Sheboygan City Directory. 1884
- Sheboygan City Directory. 1884
- Sheboygan City Directory. 1886
- Sheboygan City Directory. 1886
- Sheboygan County Rural Route Directory, unknown, 1903
- Sheboygan County Rural Route Directory, unknown, 1910
- Sheboygan Publishing Company’s directory of the city and county of Sheboygan. (1915/1916)
- Sheboygan Publishing Company’s Directory of the City and County of Sheboygan, 1915/1916
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin, City Directory – 1930
- The Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Sheboygan County, 1918
- Wright’s directory of Sheboygan for 1887-8
- Wright’s directory of Sheboygan for 1891-92
- Wright’s directory of Sheboygan for 1893-94
- Wright’s Sheboygan city and county directory. 1920
- Wright’s Sheboygan city and county directory. 1922
- Wright’s Directory of Sheboygan Co. for 1889-90
- Wright’s Directory of Sheboygan Co. for 1889-90
- Wright’s Directory of Sheboygan for 1887-8
- Wright’s Directory of Sheboygan for 1887-8
- Wright’s Directory of Sheboygan for 1891-92
- Wright’s Directory of Sheboygan for 1891-92
- Wright’s Directory of Sheboygan for 1893-94
- Wright’s Directory of Sheboygan for 1893-94
- Wright’s Sheboygan City and County Directory (1920)
- Wright’s Sheboygan City and County Directory (1922)
- Wright’s Sheboygan City and County Directory. 1920
- Wright’s Sheboygan City and County Directory. 1922
- Zorn’s directory of the city of Sheboygan. 1912/1913
- Zorn’s Directory of the City and County of Sheboygan. 1906/1907
- Zorn’s Directory of the City of Sheboygan. 1912/1913
- Zorn’s Directory of the County of Sheboygan. 1912/1913
- Zorn’s Rural Routes Directory of Sheboygan County. 1903
Sheboygan County
- Directory of the city and county of Sheboygan. 1908/1909
- Directory of the city and county of Sheboygan. 1910/1911
- Pott’s directory of the city and county of Sheboygan, 1895-96. 1895
- Pott’s directory of the city and county of Sheboygan, 1897-98. 1897
- Pott’s directory of the city and county of Sheboygan. 1902
- Pott’s directory of the city and county of Sheboygan. 1904/1905
- Prairie Farmer’s directory of Green County Wisconsin. 1919
- Prairie Farmer’s home and county directory of Iowa County, Wisconsin. [1929]
- The farm journal illustrated rural directory of Sheboygan County, 1918
- Wright’s directory of Sheboygan Co. for 1889-90
- Wright’s Sheboygan city and county directory. 1920
- Wright’s Sheboygan city and county directory. 1922
- Zorn’s directory of the city and county of Sheboygan. 1906/1907
- Zorn’s directory of the county of Sheboygan. 1912/1913
- Zorn’s rural routes directory of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. 1903
Sherman
- Sherman Town Directory, unknown, 1928
- Sherman Town Directory, unknown, 1938
- Sherman Town Directory, unknown, 1947
Sparta
Spider Lake
Stevens Point
- 1889-1890 Stevens Point City Directory
- 1893 Stevens Point City Directory
- 1895-1896 Stevens Point and Portage County Directory
- 1901-1902 Stevens Point City Directory
- 1903-1904 Stevens Point City Directory
- 1908 Stevens Point and Portage County Directory
- 1912 Stevens Point and Portage County Directory
- 1915-1916 Stevens Point and Portage County Directory
- 1917-1918 Stevens Point and Portage County Directory
- 1920-1921 Stevens Point and Portage County Directory
- Stevens Point City Directory, 1889-1890
- Stevens Point City Directory, 1893
- Stevens Point City Directory, 1901-1902
- Stevens Point City Directory, 1903-1904
- Stevens Point Wisconsin city directory 1937
- Stevens Point Wisconsin City Directory 1937
Stoughton
- A Directory of the City of Stoughton, and the Villages of Edgerton, Milton, and Milton Junction (1882)
- Bell Telephone Directory for Stoughton January, 1930
- Bell Telephone Directory for Stoughton July, 1930
- Bell Telephone Directory for Stoughton May, 1932
- Bell Telephone Directory for Stoughton May, 1933
- Bell Telephone Directory for Stoughton November, 1931
- Bell Telephone Directory for Stoughton September, 1919
- Bell Telephone Directory for Stoughton Spring, 1934
- Bell Telephone Directory for Stoughton, May 1935
- Bell Telephone Directory for Stoughton, May 1936
- C. J. Rollis, City Assessor’s Directory of Stoughton, Wis. 1908
- Evans’ Business Directory of Stoughton, Wisconsin, 1937
- Farrell-McCoy’s Stoughton City Directory 1915-1916
- Johnson’s 1971 Stoughton, Wisconsin City Directory
- Johnson’s 1973 Stoughton, Wisconsin City Directory
- Johnson’s 1973 Stoughton, Wisconsin City Directory
- Stoughton City Directory Supplement Edition, 1961
- Stoughton ConSurvey City Directory, 1961
- Stoughton Directory: residential, Rural classified 1922-1923
- Stoughton Telephone Directory, January 1925
- Stoughton Telephone Directory, June 1922
- Stoughton Telephone Directory, May 1937
- Stoughton Telephone Directory, May 1938
- Stoughton Telephone Directory, May 1939
- Stoughton Telephone Directory, May 1940
- Stoughton Telephone Directory, May 1941
- Stoughton Telephone Directory, May 1942
- Stoughton Telephone Directory, November 1963
- Stoughton Telephone Directory, October 1960
- Stoughton, Wisconsin-City Directory 1967
- Stoughton, Wisconsin-City Directory 1969
- W. H. Linderud and G. E. Johnson’s Directory of Stoughton, Wis. 1906
Tomahawk
Trempealeau County
Upson
Vernon County
Walworth County
- Prairie Farmers Directory Walworth 1919
- Standard Atlas of Walworth County, 1907
- Standard Atlas of Walworth County, 1921
- Walworth County Farmer’s Directory, Prairie Farmer Publishing Co., 1919
Washburn County
Watertown
Waukesha
- Directory of the short course alumni, 1886-1907, University of Wisconsin. College of Agriculture 1908
- Wright’s Directory of Waukesha 1899
- Wright’s Directory of Waukesha 1909-10
- Wright’s Directory of Waukesha for 1901-02
- Wright’s Waukesha Directory 1921
Wausau
Wauwatosa
Winchester
- Winchester Town Directory, unknown, 1928
- Winchester Town Directory, unknown, 1938
- Winchester Town Directory, unknown, 1947
Winnebago County
- Bunn’s Directory of Winnebago County Wisconsin, 1905
- Bunn’s Winnebago County Directory City Directories of Oshkosh, 1895
- Bunn’s Winnebago County Directory, 1910
- C. C. Konrad’s Directory of Winnebago County, WIS. 1910
- History of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, and Early History of the Northwest, 1880
- History of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, and Early History of the Northwest, 1880
- W. H. Lightfoot Co.’s Winnebago County Directory, 1928-1929
- Winnebago County Farm Directory, unknown, 1880
- Winnebago County Rural Directory 1906-1907
- Winnebago County, Atlas, Farm & Ranch Directory – 1966
- Winnebago County, Wisconsin, Farm & Ranch Directory, 1966
- Winnebago County, Wisconsin, farm & ranch directory, 1966
Wisconsin Rapids
- Wisconsin Rapids directory 1921 – Centralia merged with Grand Rapids in 1900 and was renamed Wisconsin Rapids in 1920
- Wright’s Wisconsin Rapids (Wisconsin) city directory 1930 : including Nekoosa and Port Edwards – Centralia merged with Grand Rapids in 1900 and was renamed Wisconsin Rapids in 1920
Wood County
- A Directory of Farmers in Wood County, 1965
- Directory service company annual farm directory of Woods [i.e. Wood] County Wisconsin 1965
- Directory service company annual farm directory of Woods [ie Wood] County Wisconsin, 1965
- Official County Plat Book and Rural Directory of Wood County, Wisconsin 1956
- Official County plat Book and Rural Directory of Wood County. Farm Plat Book Publishing, 1956
- Standard Atlas of Wood County, 1909
- Standard Atlas of Wood County, 1928
- Wood County farm directory, 1940
- Wood County farm directory, 1940
- Wood County Farm Directory, 1940
- Wood County Farm Directory, 1940
- Wood County Farm Directory, unknown, 1940
Woodville
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