1.   As they spoke, another dispatcher searched a city directory in hopes of matching the phone number with an address.

2.   Even in Prohibition years the place was described in city directories as a saloon.

3.   He then used the microfilmed city directory from Central Falls to find the street where his great-grandfather lived.

4.   In printed form, databases have been around for decades, such as a city directory that cross-references residents alphabetically, by address, phone number and occupation.

5.   Old city directories, property transactions and even mentions in letters often cross-reference to other information to give a historian an insight to another aspect of life.

6.   Other boroughs have scattered sources for early city directories.

7.   Recall, however, that the late Rep. Phil Burton drew a most ingenious California plan with nothing more than road maps and city directories.

8.   Then there are city directories and newspaper indices.

9.   Try following Herman and his relations in city directories for several years, especially in census years, and even at other addresses.

10.   We learned there were five Mike Jansens in the city directory.