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===What Will i find?===
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County, Regional, Town, City or Trade Directories whatever the term used, provide us with valuable detail for 19th and 20th Century research.<br>
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Directories list people/occupations and addresses.<br>
 
They can be searched usually by Location decade and/or key word.<br>
 
not all directories are searchable by all methods<br>
 
 
 
In earlier directories, only notable members of the community maybe listed.<br>
 
 
 
Different directories list info in different ways;<br>
 
Some by street, with the street names in alphabetical order<br>
 
Some by peoples name,again alphabetically,followed by their address<br>
 
Some include women if they were householders or business people <br>
 
Some are arranged by occupation.<br>
 
insert Gores Kellys etc,<br>
 
 
 
The availibilty of directories varies from area to area, and the time span that they cover also varies.Some continued to be published until farly recent times ( 1970's) although directories do exist from as early as Mid 1700's<br>
 
 
 
insert - they can help us with 20th century research in the absense of census records or known adressses - work in conjunction with electoral registers for tracking family movements<br>
 
 
 
www.historicaldirectories.org is a good place to get an idea of what these directories are like and how to search them
 

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