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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
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| − | *They can be searched usually by Location decade and/or key word.
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| − | *not all directories are searchable by all methods
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| − | In earlier directories, only notable members of the community maybe listed.<br>
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| − | *Different directories list info in different ways
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| − | *Some by street, with the street names in alphabetical order
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| − | *Some by peoples name,again alphabetically,followed by their address
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| − | *Some include women if they were householders or business people
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| − | *Some are arranged by occupation.
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| − | insert Gores Kellys etc
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| − | 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>
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| − | 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>
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| − | 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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