Montgomery County, Alabama Online Historical Directories

Montgomery County, Alabama Online Historical Directories

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1800s

Hamner Hall School Directory, Hamner Hall Seminary, 1861 - Free (Hathi Digital Trust  Library)

 - a seminary for young ladies in Montgomery

 - includes students and faculty

Montgomery City Directory, Perry and Smith, 1866 - Free (Internet Archive)

Montgomery Business, Religious, and Political Directory, Cline & McHaffie, 1874 - Free (Hathi Digital Trust  Library)

Montgomery City Directory, Beale and Phelan, 1878 - Free (FamilySearch Books)

Montgomery City Directory, Beale and Phelan, 1878 - Free (Google Books)

Montgomery City Directory, Beale and Phelan, 1878 - Free (Hathi Digital Trust Library)

Montgomery City Directory, Smith, 1880-1

- $ (Ancestry)

 - missing first 63 pages, which were probably mostly advertisements

Montgomery Business Directory, Maloney Directory Company, 1899

- $ (Ancestry)

 - appears to be the latter half of the city directory (the business directory portion); begins on page 555

1900s - 1910s

Montgomery City Directory, Maloney Directory Company, 1901

- $ (Ancestry)

Montgomery Rotary Club Directory, Crenshaw, 1916 - Free (Google Books)

 - Volume 1

Montgomery Rotary Club Directory, Crenshaw, 1916 - Free (Hathi Trust Digital Library)

 - Volume 1

Montgomery City Directory, Polk, 1919

- $ (Ancestry)

1920s - 1930s

Montgomery City Directory, Polk, 1920

- $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Dalraida and West Boylston

1940s

Montgomery City Directory, Polk, 1940

- $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Dalraida and West Boylston

Montgomery City Directory, Polk, 1941

- $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Dalraida and West Boylston

Montgomery City Directory, Polk, 1942

- $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Dalraida and West Boylston

Montgomery City Directory, Polk, 1945

- $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Boylston and Chisholm

Montgomery City Directory, Polk, 1946

- $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Boylston and Chisholm

1950s - 1960s

Montgomery City Directory, Polk, 1950

- $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Boylston and Chisholm

Montgomery City Directory, 1951-2

- $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Boylston and Chisholm

Montgomery City Directory, Polk, 1953

- $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Boylston and Chisholm

Montgomery City Directory, Polk, 1954

- $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Boylston and Chisholm

Montgomery City Directory, Polk, 1955

- $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Boylston, Chisholm, and Dalraida

Montgomery City Directory, unknown (probably Polk), 1956

- $ (Ancestry)

 - digitizing begins on page 142 in the middle of the cross street directory

Montgomery City Directory, Polk, 1957

- $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Boylston, Chisholm, and Dalraida

Montgomery City Directory, Polk, 1958

- $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Boylston, Chisholm, and Dalraida

Montgomery City Directory, Polk, 1959

- $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Boylston, Chisholm, Dalaida, and Sheridan Heights

Montgomery City Directory, Polk, 1960

- $ (Ancestry)

 - includes Boylston, Chisholm, Dalaida, and Sheridan Heights

Are the directories you're looking for not available online?

Check out WorldCat to find printed or microfilmed directories for Lapine, Montgomery, Pine Level, Ramer, and Montgomery 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.

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