San Diego County, California Online Historical Directories
San Diego County, California Online Historical Directories
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1860s - 1870s
California Voter Registers, 1866-1898 - $ (Ancestry)
San Diego City Directory, San Diego Daily Union, 1874 - Free (San Diego Historical Society)
1890s - 1900s
California Voter Registers, 1866-1898 - $ (Ancestry)
San Diego City and County Directory, Olmstead, 1897 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Coronado and National City
California State Government and Court Directory, unknown, 1898 - $ (Ancestry)
San Diego City and County Directory, Fisher, Ward & Pomeroy, 1899-1900 - $ (Ancestry)
California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 - $ (Ancestry)
San Diego City and County Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1901 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Coronado and National City
1930s
California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 - $ (Ancestry)
San Diego Telephone Cross Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1936 - $ (Ancestry)
- listed by community, then phone number in numeral order, stating which household or business to which the number corresponded
Oceanside City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1937 - $ (Ancestry)
Ramona City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1937 - $ (Ancestry)
San Diego City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1937 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Carsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado, El Cajon, Escondido, La Jolla, La Mesa and National City
San Diego City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1938 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Carsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado, El Cajon, Escondido, La Jolla, La Mesa, National City and Oceanside
Coronado City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1939 - $ (Ancestry)
- directory for this city begins at Image 9
La Jolla City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1939 - $ (Ancestry)
La Mesa City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1939 - $ (Ancestry)
National City City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1939 - $ (Ancestry)
1940s
California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 - $ (Ancestry)
La Jolla City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1940 - $ (Ancestry)
La Mesa City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1940 - $ (Ancestry)
National City City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1940 - $ (Ancestry)
San Diego City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1940 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Chula Vista and Coronado
Chula Vista, Coronado, La Jolla, La Mesa and National City City Directories, San Diego Directory Company, 1941 - $ (Ancestry)
San Diego City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1942 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Chula Vista, Coronado, La Jolla, La Mesa, and National City
San Diego City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1943 - $ (Ancestry)
Coronado City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1944-5 - $ (Ancestry)
National City City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1944-5 - $ (Ancestry)
Chula Vista City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1944-5 - $ (Ancestry)
- residential listings begin at image 75
- incorrectly listed as the San Diego City Directory for 1944-5 and 1947-8; it is the Chula Vista portion of the San Diego City Directory for 1944-5
- appears to have a major portion of the business directory for San Diego listed for the first 74 images
La Jolla City Directory, Cozby, 1945 - $ (Ancestry)
San Diego City Directory, San Diego Directory Company, 1947-8 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Chula Vista, Coronado, La Jolla, La Mesa, and National City
La Jolla City Directory, La Jolla Directory Company, 1948-9 - $ (Ancestry)
La Jolla City Directory, La Jolla Directory Company, 1949 - $ (Ancestry)
1950s - 1960s
California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 - $ (Ancestry)
La Jolla City Directory, La Jolla Directory Company, 1950 - $ (Ancestry)
La Jolla City Directory, La Jolla Directory Company, 1951 - $ (Ancestry)
La Jolla City Directory, La Jolla Directory Company, 1952 - $ (Ancestry)
Escondido City and Rural Directory, Glendale Directory Co., 1955 - Free (Internet Archive)
- includes Poway, Rancho San Fe, San Marcos, and Valley Center
Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1956 - Free (Internet Archive)
- includes Pala, Pauma Valley, Poway, Rancho San Fe, San Marcos, and Valley Center
Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1957 - Free (Internet Archive)
- includes Pala, Pauma Valley, Poway, Rancho San Fe, San Marcos, and Valley Center
Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1958 - Free (Internet Archive)
- includes Pala, Pauma Valley, Poway, Rancho San Fe, San Marcos, and Valley Center
Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1959 - Free (Internet Archive)
- includes Pala, Pauma Valley, Poway, Rancho San Fe, San Marcos, and Valley Center
San Diego City Directory, Polk, 1959 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes La Jolla
Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1961 - Free (Internet Archive)
- includes Poway, San Marcos, and Valley Center
Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1962 - Free (Internet Archive)
- includes Poway, San Marcos, and Valley Center
Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1963-4 - Free (Internet Archive)
- includes San Marcos and Valley Center
Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1965 - Free (Internet Archive)
- includes San Marcos and Valley Center
Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1966 - Free (Internet Archive)
- includes San Marcos and Valley Center
1970s
Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1973 - Free (Internet Archive)
- includes San Marcos and Valley Center
Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1974 - Free (Internet Archive)
- includes San Marcos and Valley Center
Escondido City and Rural Directory, Community Directory Company, 1975 - Free (Internet Archive)
- includes San Marcos and Valley Center
San Diego Telephone Directory, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1975 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Alpine, Bonita, Bostonia, Boulevard, Campo, Chula Vista, Coronado, Del Mar, Descanso, Dulzura, El Cajon, Imperial Beach, Jacumba, Julian, La Jolla, La Mesa, Lake Morena, Lakeside, Lemon Grove, Lincoln Acres, Mission Beach, National City, Ocean Beach, Palm City, Paradise Hills, Pine Valley, Point Loma, Potrero, Poway, Ramona, Rancdo Bernardo, Rancho De Los Penasquitos, San Ysidro, Santa Ysabel, Santee, Solana Beach, Spring Valley, and Tecate
San Diego Suburban Telephone Directory, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1977 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Alpine, Bonita, Bostonia, Campo, Chula Vista, Coronado, Descanso, Dulzura, El Cajon, Imperial Beach, Jacumba, La Mesa, Lake Morena, Lakeside, Lemon Grove, National City, Palm City, Paradise Hills, Pine Valley, Potrero, San Ysidro, Santee, and Spring Valley
Created 24 September 2009.
Last updated 24 July 2019.
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