The Bloomfield Public Library has made available for free genealogy research, 32 city directories of various cities and townships in Essex County New Jersey, outside of Newark. You may read the directory or download various versions of each depending on your reading device.
- 1870 Orange Directory – Bloomfield, Montclair and Belleville
- 1886 Baldwin’s Orange Directory – Orange, East Orange, West Orange, South Orange, Bloomfield and Montclair
- 1889 Moffat’s Essex County Directory – Outside Newark, including Orange, East Orange, West Orange, South Orange, Bloomfield, Montclair, Belleville, Franklin, Caldwell, Livingston, Millburn and Clinton townships.
- 1903 Baldwin’s City Directory – Montclair, Bloomfield, Verona and Caldwell
- 1916 Price & Lee City Directory – Montclair, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Essex Fells, Glen Ridge, Verona, and Cedar Grove
- 1923 Price & Lee City Directory – Montclair and Bloomfield
- 1924 Price & Lee City Directory – Montclair and Bloomfield
- 1925 Price & Lee City Directory – Montclair, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Essex Fells, Glen Ridge, and Verona, including Cedar Grove
- 1927 Price & Lee City Directory – Montclair, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Essex Fells, Glen Ridge, and Verona, including Cedar Grove
- 1928 Price & Lee City Directory – Montclair, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Essex Fells, Glen Ridge, and Verona, including Cedar Grove
- 1931 Price & Lee City Directory – Montclair, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Essex Fells, Glen Ridge, Verona, and Cedar Grove
- 1932 Price & Lee City Directory – Montclair, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Essex Fells, Glen Ridge, Verona, and Cedar Grove
- 1933 Price & Lee City Directory – Montclair, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Essex Fells, Glen Ridge, Verona, and Cedar Grove
- 1935 Price & Lee City Directory – Montclair, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Essex Fells, Glen Ridge, Verona, and Cedar Grove
- 1937 Price & Lee City Directory – Montclair, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Essex Fells, Glen Ridge, Verona, and Cedar Grove
- 1939 Price & Lee City Directory – Montclair, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Essex Fells, Glen Ridge, Verona, and Cedar Grove
- 1941 Price & Lee City Directory – Montclair, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Essex Fells, Glen Ridge, Verona, and Cedar Grove
- 1945 Price & Lee City Directory – Bloomfield
- 1947 Price & Lee City Directory – Bloomfield and Glen Ridge
- 1949 Price & Lee City Directory – Bloomfield and Glen Ridge
- 1951 Price & Lee City Directory – Bloomfield and Glen Ridge
- 1953 Price & Lee City Directory – Bloomfield and Glen Ridge
- 1955 Price & Lee City Directory – Bloomfield and Glen Ridge
- 1957 Price & Lee City Directory – Bloomfield and Glen Ridge
- 1959 Price & Lee City Directory – Bloomfield and Glen Ridge
- 1961 Price & Lee City Directory – Bloomfield and Glen Ridge
- 1963 Price & Lee City Directory – Bloomfield and Glen Ridge
- 1965 Price & Lee City Directory – Bloomfield and Glen Ridge
- 1967 Price & Lee City Directory – Bloomfield and Glen Ridge
- 1969 Price & Lee City Directory – Bloomfield and Glen Ridge
- 1971 Price & Lee City Directory – Bloomfield and Glen Ridge