Free New York State and City Directories

This is our listing of freely available New York state and city directories.

Statewide Directories

• 1786 The New York Directory
• 1831 New York State Register
• 1861 Central New York Business Directory
• 1861 The Union Sketch-Book
  A reliable guide, exhibiting the history and business resources of the leading mercantile and manufacturing firms of New York. Interspersed with many important, valuable, and interesting facts relating to the various branches of trade, manufacture, and the mechanic arts.
• 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory

County, City and Town Directories

• Allegany County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
• Cattaraugus County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
• Cayuga County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
• Chautauqua County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
  • Jamestown City Directories
    • 1875 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1878-1879 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1883-1884 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1886 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1888-1889 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1890-1891 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1892-1893 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1895-1896 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1898-1899 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1899-1900 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1901-1902 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1903-1904 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1905-1906 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1907-1908 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1909-1910 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1911-1912 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1913-1914 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1915-1916 Jamestown City Directory
• Chemung County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
• Erie County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
  • Buffalo City Directories
    • 1832 Buffalo City Directory
    • Buffalo City Directories, 1832-1913
      77 City directories for Buffalo New York as placed online by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.
• Genesee County Directories
  • 1869-1870 Gazetteer and Business Directory of Genesee County, N.Y.
  • 1880 Directory of the Village of Batavia, New York
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1883 The Batavia Directory, Containing a General Directory of the Citizens, and a Business Directory No. III
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
  • 1917 Farm Journal Illustrated Directory of Genesee County New York
• Jefferson County Directories
  • 1866 Child’s Business Directory
  • Businesses in Jefferson County 1867-1868
  • 1879 Kimball’s Jefferson county New York directory
  • 1890 Child’s Business Directory
    • 1890 Business Directory of Brownville New York
  • 1893 Kimball’s Jefferson county New York directory
  • 1918 Jefferson County Farm Directory and Reference Book
• Kings County Directories
  • 1868-1869 Curtin’s Long Island Directory
  • 1878-1879 Lain’s Directory of Long Island
  • Brooklyn City Directories
    • 1903 Brooklyn City Directory
    • 1906 Brooklyn City Directory
    • 1912 Brooklyn City Directory
• Livingston County Directories
  • 1868 New Gazetteer and Business Directory for Livingston County, N.Y.
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1917 American Agriculturalist Farm Directory and Reference Book, Monroe and Livingston Counties, New York: a Rural Directory and Reference Book Including a Road Map of Monroe and Livingston Counties
• Monroe County Directories
  • 1869-1870 Gazetteer and Business Directory of Monroe County, N.Y
  • 1913 City Directory of Fairport, N. Y.
  • 1918 The Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Monroe County, New York
  • The Pittsford Directory for Year Ending 1934
  • The Pittsford Directory for Year Ending 1937
  • Rochester City Directories
    • 1863 Boyd’s Rochester Directory
    • 1864 Boyd’s Rochester and Brockport Directory
    • 1875-1876 Rochester City and Monroe County Business Directory
    • Names from City Directories, 1876-1889
      This 21,199 name index was created from the Rochester city directories of 1876-1889 inclusive. These directories contain the year, names, the (USA style M/D/Y) date of the event, age if given, and notation (e.g. – removed to, or married) exactly as they appeared in the directories.
    • 1885 The Rochester Business Directory and Monroe County Directory… No. I
    • 1887 Rochester, N.Y., Business Directory with Map of the City
    • 1890 The Rochester Business Directory and Monroe County Directory… No. II
    • 1892 The Rochester Business Directory and Monroe County Directory… No. III
    • 1894 The Rochester Business Directory and Monroe County Directory… No. IV
    • 1895-1896 Anthony’s Standard Business Directory, Guide and Reference Book of Rochester, New York
    • 1896 The Rochester Business Directory and Monroe County Directory… No. V
    • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
    • 1899 Directory, Grand Army of the Republic, Monroe County Patriots : G.A.R. Posts, U.V.U. Commands, Women’s Relief corps, Sons of Veterans, Ladies’ Aids.
    • 1907 Vick’s Standard Directory and Reference Book, Brockport, N.Y.
    • Bell Telephone Directory, March 1, 1910
    • 1912 Bell Telephone Directory, Including Subscriber’s Lists in Rochester, Charlotte, Henrietta, Gates, Victor.
    • 1916 Rochester [N.Y.], the City of Varied Industries: Directory of Manufacturers.
    • 1917 American Agriculturalist Farm Directory and Reference Book, Monroe and Livingston Counties, New York: a Rural Directory and Reference Book Including a Road Map of Monroe and Livingston Counties
    • 1917 Farm Directory Index
      Transcribed and enhanced by Beverly Remza Veness, Haymarket Virginia, copyright 2006.
    • 1926 Directory: Published by the Negro Business League of Rochester, N.Y.
    • 1931 Rochester Italian Directory
    • 1934 Directory of East Rochester
    • 1939 City Directory of Negro Business and Progress
    • Rochester City Directory Collection 1827-1946
      The Rochester City Directory collection is housed in the Local History and Genealogy Department of the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County. The collection consists of the original bound volumes beginning with the year 1827. The library also owns the fifteen-volume set of the Rochester House Directory, a supplement to the city directories.
  • Rochester Suburban Directories
    Including Brighton, East Rochester, Fairport, Gates, Greece, Iondequoit, Pittsford, and Webster, for the years 1930 through 1940.
    • 1930 Directory
    • 1931 Directory
    • 1932 Directory
    • 1933 Directory
    • 1934 Directory
    • 1935 Directory
    • 1936 Directory
    • 1937 Directory
    • 1938 Directory
    • 1939 Directory
    • 1940 Directory
• Nassau County Directories
  • 1868-1869 Curtin’s Long Island Directory
• New York County Directories
  • Manhattan City Directories
    • 1861 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1871 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1885 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1889 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1901 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1903 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1907 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1909 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1910 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1913 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1914 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1946 Manhattan City Directory
• Niagara County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
• Onondaga County Directories
  • 1868 Gazetteer and Business Directory of Onondaga County, N. Y.
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
• Ontario County Directories
  • 1862-1863 Brigham’s Geneva, Seneca Falls and Waterloo Directory and Business Advertiser
  • 1867-1868 Gazetteer and Business Directory of Ontario County, N.Y.
  • 1870 Ontario County Directory for 1870, Containing the Names of the Inhabitants of Canandaigua, Geneva, and Phelps, Together with a Business Directory of Ontario County
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
  • 1906 Canandaigua City Directory
  • 1909 Canandaigua City Directory
  • 1921 Calkin-Kelly Company’s Canandaigua, New York, Ontario County, City Directory
  • 1921 Geneva (New York) Directory.
• Orleans County Directories
  • 1869 Gazetteer and Business Directory of Orleans County, N.Y.
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1903 Directory of Orleans County, N.Y. with map.
• Queens County Directories
  • 1868-1869 Curtin’s Long Island Directory
  • 1908-1909 Trow business directory of the borough of Queens, city of New York: Also residential directory of Flushing, Jamaica, Long Island City and Richmond Hill
• Schenectady County Directories
  • 1864 Schenectady City and County Directory
    Contains the inhabitants of Schenectady City and Ballston Spa, with a business directory and gazetteer of Schenectady County.
• Schuyler County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
• Seneca County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
• Steuben County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
• Suffolk County Directories
  • 1868-1869 Curtin’s Long Island Directory
• Wayne County Directories
  • 1867-1868 Gazetteer and Business Directory of Wayne County N.Y.
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1891-1892 The Wayne County Directory, Containing  a  General Directory of the Citizens of Clyde, Lyons, Newark, and Palmyra
• Wyoming County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
• Yates County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory