Jefferson County, Alabama Online Historical Directories
Jefferson County, Alabama Online Historical Directories
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1880s - 1890s
Birmingham City Directory, Interstate, 1884-5 - Free (Google Books)
Birmingham City Directory, Interstate, 1884-5 - Free (Hathi Trust Digital Library)
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Birmingham City Directory, Polk, 1922 - Free (FamilySearch Books)
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- includes Brighton
- listed under "Jefferson" at Ancestry
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- appears to be te second half of the city directory; business section
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- includes Brighton
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- includes Fairfield, Homewood, Mountain Brook, Powderly, Pratt City, and Wylam
1950s
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- includes Fairfield, Homewood, Mountain Brook, Powderly, Pratt City, Sandusky, Tarrant City, and Wylam
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- includes Brighton, Broadmoor, Glen Hills, Hueytown, Lakewood Estates, North Highlands, and West Highlands
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- includes Homewood, Mountain Brook, Tarrant City, Vestavia Hills, and Wylam
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- includes Brighton, Broadmoor, Glen Hills, Hueytown, Lakewood Estates, and North Highlands
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- includes Fairfield, Homewood, Mountain Brook, Tarrant City, Vestavia Hills, and Wylam
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- includes Brighton, Broadmoor, Glen Hills, Hueytown, Lakewood Estates, and North Highlands
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- includes Fairfield, Homewood, Mountain Brook, Tarrant City, and Vestavia Hills
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- includes Fairfield, Homewood, Mountain Brook, Tarrant City, and Vestavia Hills
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- includes Brighton, Broadmoor, Brownville, Glen Hills, Hueytown, Hueytown Crest, Industrial City, Lakewood Estates, Lipscomb, North Highlands, Raimund, Tennessee Farms, Wilkes, and Woodward
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- includes Fairfield, Homewood, Mountain Brook, Tarrant City, and Vestavia Hills
1960s
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- includes Brighton, Broadmoor, Brownville, Glen Hills, Hueytown, Hueytown Crest, Industrial City, Lakewood Estates, Lipscomb, North Highlands, Raimund, Skyview, Tennessee Farms, Wilkes, and Woodward
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- includes Fairfield, Homewood, Mountain Brook, Tarrant City, and Vestavia Hills
Are the directories you're looking for not available online?
Check out WorldCat to find printed or microfilmed directories for Bessemer, Birmingham, and Jefferson County.
They may be available through inter-library loan, or the library that holds them may be able to do lookups and send you copies of pertinent pages.
The Library of Congress holds a number of Alabama business, city, reverse (crisscross and street address), telephone, and other directories.
Learn how to access these materials in person in Washington, D.C. through this link, or via a researcher here.