North Carolina Directories

City and county directories are similar to present-day telephone books and are useful for locating people. They were often published annually, listing heads of households, employed household members, and their occupations, and addresses. They can be used with census records or as substitutes for them.

City directories have been published for some cities in North Carolina. Many of these are located in local libraries in the state. The Family History Library has some directories, such as:

• Charlotte 1876, 1879–1880, 1893–1894, 1896–1900, 1902–1910. (FHL films 319433, 248909–13.)

• Greensboro (North Carolina) City Directories. Woodbridge, Connecticut: Research Publications, 1980–1984. (FHL film 1929777–784.) The library has directories for the years 1903–1910, 1912–1931, 1933–1935.

• Raleigh Maloney, 1899–1900. Raleigh, North Carolina City Directory. Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox, 1974. (FHL film 1000872)

Raleigh (North Carolina) City Directories. Woodbridge, Connecticut: Research Publications, 1980–1984. (FHL film 1759888–993.) The library has directories for the years 1903, 1905–1906, 1909–1924, 1926, and 1928–1935.

• Durham, North Carolina, City Directory: Also a Buyers’ Guide and a Complete Classified Business Directory. Richmond, Virginia.: Hill Directory, 1924–. (FHL book 975.656/DI E4h; film 1425712 item3 and 1425682 item5.)

• Wilmington, North Carolina, City Directory: Also a Buyers’ Guide and a Complete Classified Business Directory. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985. (FHL film 1307614 item25.) The Family History Library has a directory for 1930.