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For many years before the invention of the telephone, independent publishers were printing address directories. The amount of genealogical information these books provide is nothing short of staggering. When these directory listings are entered into a computer database amazing relationships appear. For instance, let's say you have all the families of the surname "Jones" entered into your database and then sort the database by street address. The result will show generations of Jones's living together under that one roof.
These particular directories list for each year: surname given name middle initial occupation - including whether a widow indicates the deceased spouse of a widow home address business address
These particular directories list for each year:
surname given name middle initial occupation - including whether a widow indicates the deceased spouse of a widow home address business address
I spent several days at the Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Heights Branch photocopying sections of the microfilmed directories. Later, I spent several weeks transcribing these lists into databases. I recommend any researcher with Brooklyn ancestors (I've heard that over 20% of the entire US population are descendants of Brooklynites) to view these microfilms for themselves. I learned more about my own family than I ever imagined I would.
Click the links below to open the files in your browser and use your browser's "Find" command to locate a particular name, address, or occupation. You may use these lists for your own family research but you may not sell them or alter them without permission.
Avoid browser errors by bookmarking THIS page and NOT individual surname pages, as they will change frequently.
Surname # records Years (some surnames are listed for individual years, others, all together on one page) Austin 152 1825, 1826, 1829, 1830-1834, 1843, 1846, 1873, 1882, 1883 Burke 1181 1846, 1873, 1882, 1883, 1900, 1913 Calhoun 186 1870, 1872, 1873, 1877, 1882-1885, 1897, 1900, 1907-1910, 1912, 1913, 1930 Clyne 73 1873, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1896, 1900, 1907, 1912, 1913, 1930 Colgan 108 1829- 1846, 1882, 1883 Desmond 1061 1847-1859, 1860-1869, 1870-1875, 1876-1879, 1882-1886, 1887-1890, 1891-1894, 1896-1897, 1898-1900, 1902-1907, 1908-1913, 1930-1933, 1942 Duryea 139 1822-1826, 1830-1835, 1882, 1883, 1930 Farrell 318 1913 Flood 1095 1830-1835, 1845, 1846, 1848, 1849, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1875, 1877, 1882-1883, 1884-1885, 1896, 1900, 1903, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1930 Fox 1126 1822, 1823, 1824, 1826, 1829, 1830, 1834, 1845, 1848, 1849, 1873, 1875, 1882, 1883, 1900, 1930 McCarthy 115 1822-1826, 1829-1835, 1840, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1848, 1849 McGowan/McGovern 150 1829, 1830, 1835, 1840, 1844-1846, 1848, 1883 McNamara 88 1883 Noren 33 1896, 1909, 1910, 1930, [Queens Directory: 1935, 1949, 1957, 1958] Shields 97 1835, 1840, 1844-1846, 1883 Sullivan 47 1824, 1825, 1829, 1830, 1832, 1834, 1840, 1844, 1846, 1848 Sweeney 1699 1824-1826, 1830-1835, 1840, 1841, 1844, 1846, 1848, 1849, 1850-1855, 1856-1858, 1859-1861, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1875, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1896, 1899, 1900, 1907, 1913, 1930
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