Connecticut Directories

Online Resources

 * Connecticut City Directories. Index.
 * Connecticut City Directories directory of sources
 * 1918 New England Business Directory And Gazetteer, 1918, Part 3 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)

History
Directories are alphabetical lists of names and addresses. City directories can help you learn where an ancestor lived. The person’s occupation is frequently given. Often the home address and business address are both mentioned. When a husband dies, many times the widow is listed as "widow of...."

Directories can help you determine which jurisdictional ward the family lived in if you are searching census records for a particular time period in a big city. Directories sometimes have maps and addresses of churches, cemeteries, courthouses, and other important locations.

Libraries and Archives
The Connecticut State Library, the New Haven Museum and Historical Society, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Library of Congress, and the American Antiquarian Society have useful collections of city directories.

Directories Online
Ancestry.com ($) has Connecticut directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.

Directories from various sources can be located here: Connecticut City Directories

The FamilySearch Library
The FamilySearch Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Connecticut including:

Hartford

New Haven

To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:


 * CONNECTICUT, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
 * CONNECTICUT, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES

Websites

 * US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.