The library has city directories in print and on microfilm and microfiche for cities across the Untied States. To see a list of directories for cities in New Jersey, use the link below:
Many of these New Jersey directories are searchable in Ancestry Library Edition’s U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, which may be accessed on the public computers in the library.
The library also has city directories on microfilm and on microfiche for other places in the United States. The microfiche collection comprises the material outlined by Dorothea N. Spear in her book, Bibliography of American Directories through 1860 (Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1961). Our microfilm set covers the years 1861 thru 1881. To see a list of these non-New Jersey directories, use one of the links below:
The non-New Jersey listing should be used as a general guide to what may be available. Not every year is represented.
