Nysl holdings are listed below in alphabetical order by. Boyles court guide, 17921925, kellys handbook, 18801973, 197677 and the royal blue book, 182324, 182635, 18371940 also provide details of london. The london directory was taken over by kent who published a new revision each year until 1771. Use our 1940 nyc telephone directories to find his address. East london and eastern cape country telephone directory. Convert the address into a census enumeration district, then find his record at the national archives. This topic has been closed to new posts due to inactivity. The first telephone exchange was in the city of london and had seven subscribers. Adding your site to london directory is completely free as long as it is relevant to. Alternatively, enter keywords into the box above, or use the advanced search. Nov 17, 2011 telephone numbers had anywhere from 3 to 7 digits i dont believe there were any places with fewer than 3 depending on the size of the city, and calls outside your local area had to be placed with an operator even after most telephones had dials and local calls could be dialed. Platform independent telephone directory implemented in python. The phone company in most cities publishes a directory of everyone in. London england phone, address, background info whitepages.
View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for london england. After some litigation over patents, the telephone company ltd and the edison telephone company of london ltd were amalgamated on th may to form the united telephone company of london ltd with a capital of. We hope youll join the conversation by posting to an open topic or starting a new one. As other countries caught the telephone contagion, their governments frequently claimed ownership, but the private enterprise model prevailed in the united states, and a multitude of competitors leaped into the business as. Ancestry library edition and this includes uk and us directories, 16801830 and british phone books, 18801984. Got a question about your listing or a query about your phone book. Suppose you are looking for john h fedeler, livein superintendent at the new york public library, 1910 1940. Does anyone know whether there still exist telephone directories for london for 1950. London directories held by the london metropolitan archives and guildhall library, london, england.
Commercial and professionaltrades directories are also included, making this directory particularly useful for finding information on relatives and the lives they led. Brooklyn public library, brooklyn collection language english volume 1940 august alphabetical telephone directory covering the borough of brooklyn. Telephone directories contain addresses and phone numbers and can be quite helpful in locating living relatives or possible relatives with the same surname or a similar surname. The alphabetical listings typically contain the following details. Telephone directory collection, available online, connecticut. The library also holds a few 17th century dublin almanacks on microfilm. About british phone books, 18801984 this collection contains british phone books published between 1880, the year after the public telephone service was introduced to the uk, and 1984, from the historic phone book collection held by bt archives. Cyber telephone museumron christianson western electric folding cabinet. Telephone directories is a place where you can look for information of people within the territory of the united states of america, this information is totally free and safe.
Commercial trade directories, street directories gazetteers maps, post office telephone directories, newspapers, school educational records alumni, prisoner trial conviction court records, minute books meeting books, military lists, muster rolls etc. Post office telephone directories ukgdl genealogical. Whitepages provides the top free people search and tenant screening tool online with contact information for over 250 million people including cell phone numbers and complete background check data compiled from public records, white pages and other directories in all 50 states. New london white pages new london phone directory lookup. Need help finding the right advertising package for your business. Trade directories and telephone books city of london. Have a look at our help and support area for all the answers you need. The vigilant offlicence, 6 regent parade, sutton still with a phone number on vigilant exchange. The largest section of the phone book, and generally the most significant for family historians, is the alphabetical listings or directory. The gowerbell telephone was the first type of phone that was used in countries like spain, japan and england. This collection contains british phone books published between 1880, the year after the public telephone service was introduced to the uk, and 1984, from the historic phone book collection held by bt archives.
London directory acts as a central hub connecting thousands of london websites and businesses. We provide answers to over 2 million searches every day. Search the phone book from bt to find contact details of businesses and people across the uk, or uk and country dialling codes. The phone company in most cities publishes a directory of everyone in that area who has a listed phone number. This 2 cd directory contains alphabetical lists of private residents living in london and its suburbs in 1940. Telephone directory pictures, images and stock photos. These are searchable and, where scanned, available to view on bt digital archives. The quality and significance of the documents, photographs and films we preserve have been recognised by both arts council england and unesco uk historical phone books. Your team regularly deploys new code, but with every release, theres the risk of unintended effects on your database and queries not performing. Birmingham birmingham mi dwest 45555 mi dwest 45555. British phone books 18801984 from the collection held by bt archives.
These papers document the development of the telegraph and telephone services up to 1980, and include records of preceding private telegraph and telephone companies taken over by the post office dating back to the early part of the 19th century. The phone book to cover the whole country was published in 1896 and had 81,000 numbers. Nonemergency, backyard fires, open air burning after hours. Guildhall library has one of the largest collections of historic trade and telephone directories in the united kingdom. Take a look at our selection of products to find which is right for you. Brooklyn, new york city, telephone directory by new york telephone company. Our main collection dates from 1736 although there is one pioneer london directory for 1677.
A quick directory enquiry on half a dozen exchange names in 1999 threw up just one example. Click on the map below or select from the list to browse by location. Metro population 12,000,000 people regional authority. Covered in a plastic directory cover ed to the dominion merchandising company with local advertising and telephone numbers on the cover. Telephone numbers had anywhere from 3 to 7 digits i dont believe there were any places with fewer than 3 depending on the size of the city, and calls outside your local area had to be placed with an operator even after most telephones had dials and local calls could be dialed.
Sept 1940, apr 1951, apr 1952, apr 1953, apr 1954, apr 1955. Post office telephone directories uk gdl genealogical directories and lists. Find my past, also has a range of individual directories on its database, including the medical directory for ireland, 1858, dental surgeons directory, 1925and the bankrupt directory, 182043 c. Browse 4,236 telephone directory stock photos and images available, or search for yellow pages or white pages directory to find more great stock photos and pictures. In the united states, the demand for telephone service outpaced the scalability of the alphanumeric system and after introduction of area codes for directdistance dialing, allnumber calling became necessary. Varieties of telephone books telephone directory directory. Thomas, ontario 1956 brantfordwoodstock, ontario 1957 sarniapetrolia, ontario 1958 oshawa, ontario 1955 galt guelph kitchenerwaterloo, ontario 1958 bellevilletrenton, ontario. This divice allowed the caller to dial the number on the box. Surname of person usually the head of household or name of business. I did not find the exact date this was released, only the year. Suppose you are looking for john h fedeler, livein superintendent at the new york public library, 19101940. The directories provide lists of traders, bankers, people employed by the crown, officials, lawyers as well as full street directories of london. London post office directories 1842, 1851 and 1861, browse. We offer the ability to search by first name, last name, phone number, or business name.
London post office directories 1842, 1851 and 1861, browse discover your english ancestor in these three london post office directories. London, england, city directories, 17361943 ancestry. Some of the things i have put down as justification for name may in fact be derivations from the exchange name. The base is nestled among picturesque historic villages and bustling urban centers in the city of groton. We have a nearcomplete set of phone books for the whole country produced not only by bt, but also by its predecessors including post office telecommunications, the national. Save money by using ukphonebook where you get 5 free telephone number searches every day. Nov 30, 2009 does anyone know whether there still exist telephone directories for london for 1950. City directories and selected telephone books on microfilm. Find and contact people in our london, on white pages on 411. Connecticut white pages and yellow pages bridegeport october 1940 thru july 1942. Adding your site to london directory is completely free as long as it is relevant to london. Heres what london looked like in the 1940s londonist. Sept 1940, apr 1951, apr 1952, apr 1953, apr 1954, apr 1955, apr 1956, apr 1957, apr 1958, apr 1959, apr 1961, apr 1962, mar 1963, jan 1964, jan 1966, jan 1968, jan 1972, jan 1973, jan 1976, nov 1976, nov 1977, dec 1978, nov 1979, nov 1980. This list is based on all connecticut telephone books that i have seen and indexed.
Trade directories and databases who do you think you are. During that period, the greenwich telephone directory was published by the new york telephone company. Pdf version of an information sheet on british phone books. Naval submarine base new london is located in the southeastern corner of connecticut in the county of new london. The early cables, as such bundles were called, held a few dozen pairs. The fourth and fifth digits 72 to 79 were mostly inherited from old 0171 numbers, and are still mostly inner london. Directories of photographers working in london and lancashire, compiled from information in trade directories, have been published in book form a directory of london photographers 18411908 by michael pritchard photoresearch, 1994.
Comprising, amongst other information, official, streets, commercial, trades, law, court, parliamentary, postal. The city of new london is located in the state of ct. Find uk residential and business phone numbers listed by name with our easy to use online telephone directory service. Topics pittsburgh, directory, telephone, phonebook language english. Brooklyn, new york city, telephone directory internet archive. Uk phone book uk telephone directory find phone numbers. We have compiled the ultimate database of phone numbers from around the state and country to help you locate any lost friends, relatives or family members. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. Publication date 1940 topics brooklyn, ny, telephone directories publisher new york telephone company. Calls to 118 directory enquiries numbers often cost over. Telephone exchange names were used in many countries, but were phased out for numeric systems by the 1960s. The edison telephone company of london published its first directory list of subscribers on 23 march. How many digits in a telephone number in the 1940s. Telephone books at the tennessee state library and archives.
City directories on microfilm or microfiche and selected telephone books and county directories on microfilm are filed in cabinets in the 7th floor microforms area. Full title, the post office london directory for 1910. England directories and telephone books national institute. The director telephone system was a development of the strowger or stepbystep sxs switching system used in london and five other large cities in the uk from the 1920s to the 1970s. New london white pages phone books in connecticut ct. Lancashire professional photographers 18401940 by gillian jones photoresearch, 2004. Pages in category 1940 in london the following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. Since it began in 2004, london directory has grown to be possibly the largest directory of london websites on the internet. The following information was found on and shows the actual telephone directory entries for 1960 dackombe 1960. If you dont find a nonabbreviated version the street you see in the phone book does not match any street shown in the list please contact stephen morse creator of the onestep website. Be aware that information may have changed since it was published. Images reproduced by courtesy of bt archives, london, england. The director telephone system was a development of the strowger or stepbystep sxs switching system used in london and five other large cities in the uk from the 1920s to the 1970s a large proportion c.