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(+) How to Find City Directories For Sale Online

11 Dec 2023 7:26 AM | Anonymous

The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman.

Looking for a city directory from the 1800s or early 1900s? You may be able to purchase the city directory you wish for modest prices. I have seen reprinted city directories sell for as little as $2.00 while digital copies on CD-ROM frequently sell for about $5.00 or so. Even the original city directories printed in the 1800s sometimes sell for as little as $4.95 although $10 or $15 seems to be a more common price. 

Best of all, if you don't see what you want today, you can create an "automated search robot" that will check for you every day. If the robot finds an item that matches the search terms you specify, it will send you an email message to notify you of the latest addition. It will search for you even while you are sleeping, even if your computer is turned off. 

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  • 12 Dec 2023 7:40 AM | Anonymous
    In the 2000s I had the privilege to study and use the city directories of Toronto (and Hamilton) hands on! The entire collection sat on shelves in the Reference library.
    I recall once having 5 volumes before me, as I flipped pages 'following' my grandpa's residential moves through Toronto. This opportunity provided information (FAN info) that enabled me to determine his European tiny village of origin.

    Buy your city's directory if you can.

    PS Toronto's cannot be touched by hands anymore. Only digital versions can be accessed. What I accomplished there years ago is nigh impossible now.
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