Free Providence City Directories
The City of Providence has placed a number of Providence House Directories online. On their new website, the directories have either disappeared or are not findable. When I can find them again I will post the link here.
The best source for directories of Providence and other locations in Rhode Island is Ancestry.com, by subscription.
Other sources of city directories
A pdf copy of the 1905 Providence House Directory and Family Address Book will download HERE or by clicking the book, below. I scanned this myself. It is a 1200-page pdf copy, so it will take a few minutes to download. Providence residents are listed BY STREET. There is a list of EAST Providence residents in the back BY NAME.
Click here to download pdf of Providence House Directory 1905
Some other directories available to download elsewhere:
- 1824 Providence City Directory (on Early Rhode Island Toolmakers & Tradesmen site)
- 1836-7 Providence Directory (on Early Rhode Island Toolmakers & Tradesmen site)
- 1844 The Providence Directory (on Rootsweb)
- 1856 The Rhode Island Register (Business Directory and Useful Information)
- 1889 The Providence Directory and Rhode Island Business Directory
- 1899 The Providence House Directory and Family Address Book
This directory downloads from Internet Archive:
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