Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Free Access to U.S. City Directories on MyHeritage, 2-7 December 2021

 I received this information from Daniel Horowitz at MyHeritage today:

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I’m delighted to tell you that from December 2–7, 2021, MyHeritage is offering free access to one of our most important historical record collections: U.S. City Directories.





The U.S. City Directories collection contains over 561 million records in 26,000 public U.S. city directories published between 1860 and 1960. They typically include names, names of spouses, addresses, occupations, and workplaces, which makes them a rich source of information about family members in the United States — especially as an alternative to missing or destroyed census records. The MyHeritage collection is especially valuable because of its advanced indexing and multiple record consolidation, which make it much easier to find what you’re looking for and track your ancestors’ progress over time.

This is amazing news for anyone looking to dig deeper into their roots in the United States. You are welcome to search the collection now and check out the blog post to learn more. Feel free to use the attached graphic when spreading the word.

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Disclosure:  I receive a complimentary subscription to MyHeritage, and gave received other material consideration in past years.  I uploaded my autosomal DNA raw data to their DNA product.  This does not affect my objective analysis of MyHeritage products.

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