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Offline mkcoop

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Current City Directory
« on: Friday 25 May 12 19:46 BST (UK) »
Is there a current online city directory for Glasgow? Like a phone book where you can type a name and get a list of phone numbers and addresses?

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Re: Current City Directory
« Reply #1 on: Friday 25 May 12 20:27 BST (UK) »
Sadly I do not think you will find any type of business directories like those of Victorian/Edwardian type these days

The closest you might get woud be either a Thompson Local or Yellow Pages.



Fleming (Bristol) Fowler/Brain (Battersea/Bristol)    Simpson (Fulham/Clapham)  Harrison (W.London, Fulham, Clapham)  Earl & Butler  (Dublin,New Ross: Ireland)  Humphrey (All over mainly London) Hill (Reigate, Bletchingly, Redhill: Surrey)
Sell (Herts/Essex/W. London)

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Re: Current City Directory
« Reply #2 on: Friday 25 May 12 20:30 BST (UK) »
Thanks! I wasn't sure because in the US we have White Pages online. I am still learning all the Scottish stuff. :)

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Re: Current City Directory
« Reply #3 on: Friday 25 May 12 20:32 BST (UK) »
You will find they are pay to view, mkcook, such as here www.192.com

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Re: Current City Directory
« Reply #4 on: Friday 25 May 12 20:54 BST (UK) »
One little tip when using the 192.com website.
 If you search for a name listed in the electoral rolls actually using the 192.com website normally all you will get is the name without any indication of the area unless you are prepared to pay a sub.

 However I have found if you search for the name using Google you will get the name of the town and county included. You will still need to pay the sub to see all of the entry but it still helps to narrow down the choices.

I put the name in Google search with quotation marks then add 192 eg "Frederick E Bloggs" 192 ( don't put in a middle name only an initial if known). On most occasions any results will be with in the first few links
Seeking baptism for Thomas Peter Nugent c1802-10 and Charles James Nugent c 1805-10 somewhere/anywhere in London
NUGENT Westminster Bermondsey Walthamstow
COLLIER & OWEN Bermondsey
HAMBLETON Bermondsey
MORETON Hampshire
GROVER Burghfield Berkshire
HALL Buckinghamshire Walthamstow Norfolk
Mary Ellen/Ellen Mary ARCHER c 1875 Derby????

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Re: Current City Directory
« Reply #5 on: Friday 25 May 12 21:07 BST (UK) »
That's good advice, mofid42  :)

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Re: Current City Directory
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