OF
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
A summary of city directories of New Orleans
and their availability online and elsewhere.
Detail from the
1895
Soards' New Orleans City Directory
Soards' New Orleans City Directory
|
|
|
| CITY DIRECTORIES OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA A summary of city directories of New Orleans Detail from the
1895
Soards' New Orleans City Directory |
|
| City
directories are an important source of
information for genealogists, historians, and others interested in the
people and businesses of New Orleans. While once these
directories could only
be accessed in libraries, many are now available online. To suggest additions or corrections, please contact
norm.hellmers (at) gmail.com. |
||
| Lists
of New Orleans city directories The information for the directories was generally gathered in the fall of the year preceding the publication date, thus the data for the 1861 directory were gathered in late 1860, etc. There were no city directories published in New Orleans during the Civil War years, so there are no directories for the years 1862-1865. |
||
| City
Archives and Special Collections of the New Orleans Public
Library gives an excellent
overview of available directories. See: http://archives.nolalibrary.org/~nopl/info/louinfo/citydir.htm |
||
| City
directories available free online |
||
| USGenWeb
Project for Orleans Parish Complete (or nearly so) transcriptions of city directories (most cross-indexed by address) prepared by the New Orleans Volunteers Association (NOVA) include directories for 1805, 1811, 1822, 1832, 1842, 1851, and 1861. Partial transcriptions for certain surnames are available for many other years. See: http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/directry.htm Useful lists transcribed from city directories and census records can be found here: http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/directry2.htm |
||
| City directories at FamilySearch | ||
| FamilySearch.org provides access to
a large number of city directories (from 1749-ca 1990). See: United_States_City_and_Business_Directories The collection can be searched here: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3754697 Wildcards can be used. See: https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Searching-with-Wild-Cards?language=en_US | ||
| Library of Congress,
Internet
Archive, eBook and Texts Archive View or download in various formats. 1846 Michel & Co. New Orleans Annual and Commercial Register. http://archive.org/details/neworleansannual00mich 1861 Gardner's New Orleans directory http://archive.org/details/gardnersneworlea00gard The directories are searchable and individual pages can be saved. Many other city directories are available at this website. |
||
| Google Books The 1866 Gardner’s City Directory of New Orleans is available on Google Books. See: http://goo.gl/TeJHV For easier viewing, the complete directory can be downloaded as a PDF file. In the upper right, click on the "gear icon," then click on "Download PDF." |
||
| City
directories
available for a fee online |
||
| Fold3.com
(formerly Footnote) has an excellent collection of New Orleans city
directories beginning
with 1861. A listing of the years available can be found here: http://www.fold3.com/browse.php#231|hVjlLmX8R Put "city directories" in the search bar and scroll down to New Orleans. |
||
| Ancestry.com
(requires membership) has a number of New Orleans city directories online, covering
1822 to 1895. (Many of the Ancestry scans are of poor quality.) Search using this URL: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2469/ Enter a name and in the "Lived in" box enter "New Orleans" and let it autofill to "New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA." Click on "SEARCH" to see the results. Remember that wildcards can be used. See: https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Searching-with-Wild-Cards?language=en_US |
||
| Additional useful information on
New
Orleans city directories |
||
| Abbreviations used in the city
directories are
usually available on one of the first pages of the name listings, such
as this page
in 1866. A transcribed list of New Orleans related abbreviations can be found here: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/history/directory/abbrevia.txt |
||
| Return to previous page |
||
| To
contact with suggestions or corrections: norm.hellmers @ gmail.com |
||
|
|
||
