Directories of a People

Sometimes when you are searching for something, you have to think outside the box. Can't find your ancestor in a regular city directory?

Often a people in a foreign country or other groups of people will have their own directories and phone books.

San Francisco and Oakland

Chinese Telephone Directory 1938

Check with local libraries and historical societies. 

Relevant Links

Japanese Phone Directory BC 1931

US Armed Forces Telephone Directory Panama Canal 1988

US Mission to Vietnam Telephone Directory,July 1973

The Official Negro Directory and Classified Buyers Guide Calif (1942-1943)

San Francisco Chinese Directory - various

Directory of Chinese Students in America

Rhode Island German Directory 1900-1901

Directory of Indians Who Have Visited the United State 1962

Manual and Directory of the First Reformed (Dutch) Church 1878

Directory of Filipino students in the United States 1933

Directory of Japanese students in America