Check the table of contents in each volume or consult this places in digital toronto city directories finding aid created by the toronto public library. The next one, published in 1837, included the whole home district, and therefore all of todays toronto including rural areas. The allegorical figure on the cover of so many bell system telephone books of the 1940s and 1950s is the spirit of. One of the most important and easytouse sources for toronto research is the city directory. Toronto white pages toronto phone directory lookup. Media in category toronto in the 1940s the following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total. In commemoration of the london hunt and country club, a centenary book was assembled in 1985 by brandon conron to celebrate the organizations history.
Ontario white pages ontario phone directory lookup. Toronto is ontarios capital and is the largest city in canada, with a population of over 2. Our library has a 1944 and 1953 chicago telephone directory. The name toronto comes from the iroquois word tkaronto, which means place where trees stand in the water. New york citys road to the 1940 federal census begins here. The first wave of immigrants date back to the nineteenth century. If you are looking to use the classified or name index, order the first 3 reels for the year you are interested in. The toronto city directories of the 1920s, for example, contain many photographs of city buildings. Search the toronto directory of local business listings. A separate section for the home district was included in the toronto directories of 1837 and 184647, the county of york. Generally, you will be able to find listings for any person or business who has a toronto landline phone number.
Scanned city directories from 1833 to 1969 are also available at the toronto public library. In 2002 a plaque was unveiled by the london public library boards the historic sites committee at westminster college, the former location of the glenmore clubhouse, at 361 windermere road. There is a microfilm listing on the general reference bookshelves of the reading room. Find a person in ontario by name, address, postal code or by reverse phone number lookup. Expand your research by checking out the canada online historical newspapers here. You could also contact the toronto branch of the ontario genealogical society. It is a multiethnic hub with 49% of its population born outside of canada. City directories can help you to establish your ancestors residence in a certain place at a certain time, and they can give information about a persons occupation, home address, name of a spouse, and names of neighbors. Accessing 1940 nyc phonebooks in one step, stephen p. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of americans in 1940, with details about a households occupants that include birthplaces, occupations, education, citizenship, and income. Toronto city directory, might, 1900 free internet archive. Today, phone books have become of even less value with the prevalent use of cellphones as cellphone listings are not included in phone. Publication date 1950 publisher toronto, might directories etc. The phone company in most cities publishes a directory of everyone in that area who has a listed phone number.
Typically in larger communities, conversions would be timed with issues of the telephone directory. Toronto city directory, might, 1900 free internet archive includes bedford park, bracondale, chester, coleman, davisville, deer park. The archives also has copies of microfilmed bell telephone books for ontario for 1879 1979. As suburban communities grew, their residents may also have been included in directories as separate listings. Find any persons across canada on canada 411 thanks to canada411.
The mullinkille and bradshaw alliance including sebringand beloit ohio con survey city directory. Massillon and alliance city and stark county directory, 18871888. Socsecdeathindex newadditions directories institutions yearbooks census military findingguides newadditions directories institutions yearbooks census military findingguides. The next one, published in 1837, included the whole home district, and therefore all of todays toronto including. City directories are published books that contained lists of names and addresses for people in a specific town or city for a particular year. A separate section for the home district was included in the toronto directories of 1837 and 184647, the county of york in 185051 and the counties of york and peel in 1866. Hereinafter, phone books are an alternate choice, but are not as useful. Irma and paul milstein division of united states history, local history and genealogy, the new york public library. May help you with your more recent chicago ancestral research. Today, phone books have become of even less value with the prevalent use of cellphones as cellphone listings are not included in phone books or 411. Nov 24, 2015 4 responses to our library has a 1944 and 1953 chicago telephone directory and a 19581959 chicagoland suburban telephone directory. Toronto public library holds a complete set of toronto city directories from the first in 1833 published in 180 pages when the municipality was known as york until the last in 2001 in five separate volumes covering toronto central east and east york, toronto central west and york, north york, etobicoke, and scarborough.
For toronto, the first directory was published in 1833a year before the town. Toronto public library has digitized all of the toronto city directories in its collections that were published between 1833 and 1969. Wayne county, michigan online historical directories expand your research by checking out the michigan online historical newspapers here. Visiting torontos centre island in the 1940s usually began by boarding a toronto peter witt streetcar. City directories and selected telephone books on microfilm and microfiche. 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. Ps there was no other way to find a persons information, other than asking them.
Embed embed for hosted blogs and item toronto, on white pages on 411. Toronto is divided into 240 distinct neighbourhoods. Queens telephone directory nypl digital collections. City directories toronto branch, ontario genealogical society. Thomas, ontario 1956 brantfordwoodstock, ontario 1957 sarniapetrolia, ontario 1958 oshawa, ontario 1955 galt guelph kitchenerwaterloo, ontario 1958 bellevilletrenton, ontario. 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. 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. Home latest faq about new york citys road to the 1940 federal census begins here. Visiting toronto s centre island in the 1940s usually began by boarding a toronto peter witt streetcar. Shortly after alexander graham bell invented the telephone, connecticut became the first place to print a phone book. But better yet all the text is fully searchable by keywords such as name, occupation, business, street name, address, phone number, etc. Find a business or professional service provider in edmonton, white pages canada. The draining effects of the second world war kept the city in a state of austerity until 1945, when the sixyear conflict finally drew to a close.
We provide answers to over 2 million searches every day, helping 35. As toronto s population expanded, the directories covering 19501983 grew so massive that four reels of microfilm are required to copy them. Scarborough phone book and scarborough phone directory. The microfilm may also be available through other libraries. People search in toronto, toronto residential phone book, white pages canada. Brooklyn white pages phone books in new york ny whitepages. The toronto public library has digitized several peel county.
Sep 05, 2008 yes, phone books existed in the 1940s. Toronto streets have been renumbered several times. The year 2001 was the last one polk published the criss cross directories. Toronto amalgamated many sourrounding areas in 1998, this is the reason why there are so many neighbourhoods.
As torontos population expanded, the directories covering 19501983 grew so massive that four reels of microfilm are required to copy them. Guide 221, directories, telephone books and archives of ontario. This silent home movie dates to 1943 and shows street scenes in toronto, canada. You can use the toronto a to z name directory to find a resident of toronto by last name. Search toronto city digital directories from the 18th, 19th and 20th century.
Microfilm interloan service city of toronto directories. Dec 14, 2010 toronto of the 1940s was place defined by war and its aftermath. Many of these images reveal the effort taking place at home and overseas, whether it be people shopping with ration coupons, the co. Get maps, direction search, area or postal codes or even perform a reverse search with an address or phone.
Others were published in 1843, 1846, 1850, 1856 and 1859. When i was a young boy in the 1940s, visiting centre island was high adventure. Find useful information, the address and the phone number of the local business you are looking for. Find a toronto phone number toronto has very good online phone directories and internet yellow pages sites where you can find residential and business telephone numbers. Subcategories this category has the following subcategories, out of total. Queens telephone directory the new york public library digital collections.
The old city of toronto is the business center of the city. Oct 10, 2018 toronto of the 1940s was a tale of two halves. Online phone book lookup any phone number in the u. Wayne county, michigan online historical directories. City of toronto, ontario online historical directories expand your research by checking out the canada online historical newspapers here. We use cookies on this site to enhance the visitor experience. Free people search, reverse phone lookup, business. We offer the ability to search by first name, last name, phone number, or business name. You can use the ontario a to z name directory to find a resident of ontario by last name.
The toronto city directories are also available through microfilm interloan. The directory links ive provided are for the city of toronto, however the 1837, 184647, and 185051 directories in my list include peel county and therefore toronto township. Find and contact people in our toronto, on white pages on 411. Toronto yellow pages phone books in ontario on whitepages. Digital toronto city directories toronto public library has digitized all of the toronto city directories in its collections that were published between 1833 and 1969. If you are looking to use the street index, order the last 3 reels. Directories, telephone books and voters lists 221 research guide most recent update. 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. Major canadian libraries have copies of telephone directories bell canada from 1878. It was during the war years, and holidaying within the city was the only possibility open to most people. City of toronto, ontario online historical directories. Publication of these large books began in the 1900s.
Scarborough phone book and scarborough phone directory makes searching for businesses and people in scarborough easy by providing an online business and residential phonebook and phone directory in scarborough. City directories toronto branch, ontario genealogical. During the war years, production was cut way down, to conserve paper, but the books existed before the war, during the war and after the war, so go ahead and refer to phone books in your story. Suppose you are looking for john h fedeler, livein superintendent at the new york public library, 1910 1940. City directories are available on microfilm at the archives. Find and contact people in our north york, on white pages on 411.
Our library has a 1944 and 1953 chicago telephone directory and a 19581959 chicagoland suburban telephone directory. May help you with your more recent chicago ancestral research posted on november 24, 2015 4 comments. April 2019 this guide will help you find county and city directories, phone books and voters lists that are in the archives collections. Golden chariot productions, 41659696, 468 wellington. Apr 17, 2015 this silent home movie dates to 1943 and shows street scenes in toronto, canada. Toronto township was part of peel county and now is a community in the modern city of mississauga. Morse, san francisco bronx brooklyn manhattan queens staten island last name data presented here comes from the new york public library. See more ideas about toronto, toronto city and 1940s. Mights greater toronto city directory, 1930 internet archive. Information in a directory was gathered the year before the publication date i. Morse, san francisco bronx brooklyn manhattan queens staten island last name data presented here. Torontos history in phone numbers february 6, 2008 by matthew blackett when i was growing up in the toronto suburb of willowdale, the community where downtown north york is located, almost all of my friends had phone numbers that started with 22 as in 2262174, the home number of my youth, now in use by a real estate agency.
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. Before we had phone books, they were were known as a city directory. As far as i know, toronto telephone directories for the 1940s have not been digitized. You can also find a business or professional service provider in toronto. Whitepages is the largest and most trusted online phone book and directory.
This guide will help you find county and city directories, phone books and voters lists. Toronto of the 1940s was place defined by war and its aftermath. Digital toronto city directories toronto public library. City directory 1884 streets this directory entry shows only the head of household usually male at an address, rather than. Locate and compare telephone directories in toronto on, yellow pages local listings. Many of these images reveal the effort taking place at home and overseas, whether it be people shopping with ration coupons, the comingling of propaganda and advertising or new housing projects built to accommodate soldiers returning home from europe. Toronto canada wwii street scenes home movie 72672 youtube. Toronto residential phone book by name, address, postal code or by reverse phone number lookup, edmonton a to z name directory, find a resident of edmonton by last name. Find a person in toronto by name, address, postal code or by reverse phone number lookup. However, they were published for libraries and archives on microfiche by bell canada, so i suggest you check university libraries in your area of the uk. Directories were being published annually for toronto by 1861.
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