Chicago City Directories Online

More are more Chicago city directories are appearing online.

A number of years are available in PDF format at www.chicagoancestors.org (Look under the "Tools" tab.

Directories are also available at www.footnote.com. This is a subscription site, but you can access it for free at Family History Centers that have the portal set up on their computers.

A list of some online Chicago directories is available here:

http://chicagogenealogy.com/chicago-city-directories.html

Comments

Anonymous said…

Link does not work

2:22 AM

Cyndy said…

Thank you for the note. I updated the link to another page that lists Chicago city directories online.

9:13 AM

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