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Printed directories of various types have been joined in recent years by electronic databases of individuals with addresses and phone numbers.

Featured Titles in this Category:
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950 - New!
 British Phone Books - Updated!
 Cambridge University Alumni
 Early U.K. and U.S. Directories

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Altrincham Area Directory, 1906
Birmingham, Warwickshire Directory, 1855
British Phone Books, 1880-1984
Burnley and Vicinity, England Directory, 1896
Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
Canterbury and Vicinity Directory, 1889
Catalogue of Knights, 1660-1760
Derbyshire History, Gazetteer, and Directory, 1857
Devon History, Gazetteer, and Directory
Durham, Northumberland, and Yorkshire Royal National Commercial Directory, 1855
England Commercial Directory, 1816-1817
England Directory, 1811
England, Great Western Railway Magazine: 1838-1943
England, Southern Railway Magazine: Jan 1840 - Feb 1942
Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, and Sussex Counties Post Office Directory, c. 1851
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950
Herefordshire and Shropshire Directories, 1917
Ireland, The Royal Irish Constabulary 1816-1921
Isle of Wight Directory, 1904
London and Country Directory, 1811
London Post Office Directory, 1829
Manchester and Salford Directory, 1800
Middlesex Area, England Directory, 1851
Monmouthshire, Wales Directory, 1844
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Directory, 1778
Old Westminsters, Up to 1927
Oxford Men, 1880-1892
Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886
Preston, Lancashire Parish History
Scotland, Highland Railway Company, January 1854 - 1900
Somersetshire and Bristol Directory, 1889
Suffolk Post Office Directory 1875
Tudor Roll of the Blood Royal
U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830
Walch's Tasmanian Almanac, 1863-1904 - New!
Warwickshire Directory, 1900
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