City Directories - Philadelphia
Records: 160,911
City directories give us regular and timely snapshots of a community. They list residents and businesses within a city or town, often including suburbs. The alphabetical listings provide clues to researchers about employment, residence, and age of citizens. Because they are published frequently, more often than every ten years like the census, directories help us verify residences and businesses on a chronological scale.
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"City Directories for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/451/city-directories-philadelphia: accessed August 18, 2022)
- Publication Title
- City Directories - Philadelphia
- Total Records
- 160,911
- Content Source
- Published on Fold3
- 23 Jun 2008
- Last Updated
- 02 May 2011
- Description
- Locate residents, organizations, and businesses in America's population centers within city directories.