Old phone book archive

The north carolina year book and business directory serial. New york city including all boroughs telephone directory. Searchable database of long distance calling codes for countries and. With over 10 million entries, information contained in this database includes. Kindles and other ereaders fill up quickly, especially if youre an avid reader.

The online site titled old phone book can take you back 20 years to 1994 and allows you to search across the united states for individuals who were listed in a phone book. There was a time when any mother with the cash and the inclination could have her babys shoes bronzed a memento that never crinkles or fades. If you are searching for the surname oconnor, search for oconnor also. A cup with old book and phone on old wood old phone and a blank note. We have a nearcomplete set of phone books for the whole country produced not only by bt, but also by its predecessors including post office telecommunications, the national telephone company and other private companies. Alphabetical telephone directory covering all five boroughs of new york. They date back to 1880, the year after the public telephone service was introduced into great britain. Mar 24, 2017 by 1914 the phone book was the largest single printing contract in the uk, with a million and a half phone books being printed each year. Perhaps you are a genealogist and you need old telephone directories for research purposes. Canadian directories collection library and archives canada. However with mobile phones and the internet noone had a need to use the old heavy printed books anymore. Bt is putting its entire archive of old phone books online for genealogists, or anyone else, to browse, and a commercial genealogy company is. You can still see copies of the phone books from 1880 to the present in person at the bt archives. Manhattan and the bronx are listed together, brooklyn and queens are listed together, and richmond staten island has its own list.

Bt archives has been in a purposebuilt repository in holborn telephone exchange since july 1997. The museum of independent telephony has some old phone books in its collection. Theres a vast range of online literature beyond what we index individually on the online books page. Nov 29, 2007 bt is putting its entire archive of old phone books online for genealogists, or anyone else, to browse, and a commercial genealogy company is opening up access to all uk burial records since 1538. Portland city directory, polk, 1956 free internet archive. Many phone numbers are listed with just an initial or no first name at all if you dont get any matches, try searching again with no first name or initial. Library and archives canadas lac collection of directories includes national, provincial, territorial, as well as county and city directories, primarily of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, in print, microform and electronic formats. The city clerk archives digitized these directories on loan from the central san diego public library. The intersection of alaska avenue and richardson highway signifies the main route into the original valdez town site and beginning of the walking tour. National archives of australia state library of south australia. City directories digital archives city of san diego.

Pdf version of an information sheet on british phone books. With barnes and nobles nook ereader, its easy to keep all of your favorite books and publications on one easytoaccess device. Our public search room is open on mondays and tuesdays, 10. Noncurrent telephone and city directories in the library of. Or maybe you are a lawyer who needs an outdated phone book for evidence. Possibly you are amassing a collection of old directories as a hobby. Connect with national archives of australia near you. Current directories telephone and city directories in the. You may also do lookups on the white pages alphabetically, as you would with an actual city directory book. April 2019 this guide will help you find county and city directories, phone books and voters lists that are in the archives collections. Telephone directories contain addresses and phone numbers and can be quite helpful in locating living relatives or possible relatives with the same surname or a similar surname. Whatever the reason, you can explore various avenues to locate the telephone directory you seek.

Post office telephone directories ukgdl genealogical. Old vintage books, smartphone and glasses on a wooden table a cup with old book and phone on wood. Old outofdate telephone directories probably rank as the dullest and most unwanted books in the history of publishingor are they. Complete your family history by finding web sites with online data so that. How to view archived facebook and messenger messages. Jun 04, 2014 telephone books are almost a thing of the past. If youre using facebooks mobile website from your phone or tablet, you cant search through the conversations themselves but you can search for a persons name from the list of conversation threads. City directories, arguably one of the most overlooked resources by genealogists, have been around since the 1700s. Following this paragraph are some possible sources of old directory listings which were suggested by several members of the atca club. Below we list some of the major sources and indexes of free online texts, in all languages, both general and specialized. Interesting sources for genealogy family tree research.

Thanks to demand from genealogists attempting to trace relatives, and collectors looking for detailed pieces of history, has sold more than 200 secondhand phone books, including some published as recently as the 1980s, over the past four years. There was a time when everyone would have a copy of the latest telephone book on a shelf, or in a drawer right next to their phone, so it was there when it was needed. To make more room for new books on your kindle, you can archive older books for a later date by removing them from your. Phone address directories international directories area code locators state abbreviations zip codes package delivery services u. You may search for any first name, occupation, phone number, street name, etc. The information in this guide comes primarily from james neagles the library of congress. However, the amount of memory space on your device can put a hard limit on the.

Directories, telephone books and voters lists 221 research guide most recent update. Keep in mind the family or person you are search had to be listed in a phone book. Internet links to email and street addresses, telephone directories, zip codes, state. Borrow a book books on internet archive are offered in many formats, including daisy files intended for print disabled people. Telephone directory collection, available online library of. This selfservice collection consists of yellow and white pages telephone directories for most u. Multnomah county, oregon online historical directories. Abebooks 10 most expensive sales of telephone directories. Listing of long distance calling codes for countries and cities overseas. Bt archives maintains an archive of telecommunicationrelated material for the united kingdom, including historical telephone books. The got phonebooks site detailed below is no longer active. If you know your ancestors occupation, check for a section of the directory listing phone numbers by profession. Aug 15, 2016 zip codes, state abbreviations, package delivery information.

Telephone and city directories in the library of congress. The site features over 500 books from cities as diverse as banff alberta canada and vienna, austria to madison, wi and new york city. But better yet all the text is fully searchable by keywords such as name, occupation, business, street name, address, phone number, etc. An old golden colored phone on a rustic table with a blank note interior decor. Noncurrent telephone and city directories in the library. Spyral back in time to capture records of people and their lives in past years. The phone book library currently under construction, in adelaide, south australia, is a collection of australia, new zealand, and pacific phone books. Before there were phone books, cities, counties, towns and villages often published directories of leading citizens, and just about all businesses in the area. Archive it enables you to capture, manage and search collections of digital content without any technical expertise or hosting facilities.

To request a city directory on paper, fill out a call slip using city directory as the call number. Manhattan and the bronx are listed together, brooklyn and queens are. This web site will attempt to identify all printed, microfilmed, and online directories, and their repositories, for the united states. There is also a collection of 1 million modern ebooks that may be borrowed by anyone with a free archive.

If they had an unlisted number, they would not appear. Business directory of manufacturers, dealers, exporters, importers and banks and bankers of new orleans. Home latest faq about new york citys road to the 1940 federal census begins here. Old phone books stock photos download 887 royalty free photos. Internet links to email and street addresses, telephone directories, zip codes, state abbreviations, package delivery information. Louisiana mercantile guide to cities and suburbs of the state of louisiana. These annual volumes preceded telephone directories and listed names, addresses and occupations of local merchants and residents. About british phone books, 18801984 this collection contains british phone books published between 1880, the year after the public telephone service was introduced to the uk, and 1984, from the historic phone book collection held by bt archives. Post office telephone directories uk gdl genealogical directories and lists online. Site offers old phone books for sale continuing legal. This site allows users to search by area code or locality, displays area codes by state, and provides the time zone of area codes. I receive inquiries periodically from people doing genealogy research or have other needs to find old telephone book directories generally called the white pages. Telephone directory directory first telephone book links local calling areas.

These are wonderful family history resources, and many of them are now available online in searchable archives. The edison telephone company of london publishes first phone book. For example, you can search henry to find archived messages to henry but you cant search for certain words you and henry sent each other. The phone company in most cities publishes a directory of everyone in that area who has a listed phone number. When doing a reverse phone lookup, the area code may have changed in the past 20 years. These keepsakes were quite common once upon a time. Multnomah county, oregon online historical directories expand your research by checking out the oregon online historical newspapers here. Tool for determining the area code of a locality, or the locality of an area code. The library of congress makes available to the public an extensive collection of current and noncurrent telephone, city, and reverse telephone crisscross directories for the united states and many foreign countries. A simple online site makes searching for a relative in the last 20 years a bit easier.