Fold3 has been my go-to place for Chicago city directories (free access at the local Family History Center) but many of them are available on Ancestry.com , too--good news for those of us with a subscription. In this blog post I'll tell you how to find the directories on Ancestry, share what I've learned about browsing and searching them, and compare availability between the two websites. How to find the Chicago directories on Ancestry The Chicago directories are part of an extensive collection of U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 . If you click Ancestry's "Search" tab, you can find a collection link on the right under Schools, Directories and Church Histories . Add the directories to your Quick Links using this URL: http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2469 Browsing the Chicago directories To help me explore the directories, I offered a search to the first person to post a request on the Chicago Genealogy Facebook page and so my task was thi
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