Joe, The Baltimore City Directories at http://aomol.net/html/officials.html are a mix of Business Directories and the general City Directories, which included business owners, plus most working people and many nonworking women who were the heads of households. As with most records, the earlier ones are less complete and accurate. The ones that are only business directories will have "Business" in the title. You can also find the 1864 Baltimore Directory at http://www.geocities.com/pauledely/1864/ You can also find the 1899, 1912 and 1913 Baltimore City Directories at Heritage Quest, which is available on the home page of most Maryland public libraries and many others throughout the country. Look for genealogy databases, then access with your library card number, then Search Books, Search publications, then search on the following phrases to find them quickly. R.L. Polk & Co.'s Baltimore city directory for 1899 Baltimore city directory for the year commencing April 1st, 1912 Baltimore city directory for the year commencing April 1st, 1913 John -----Original Message----- From: md-baltimorecity-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:md-baltimorecity-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joe_Guzztta@yahoo.com Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 9:35 AM To: MD-BaltimoreCity-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MD-BALTIMORECITY] Baltimore City Directories This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACI/4734.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi George, I checked out the link you posted and it is great. However, it seems that the directories are professional not residential. I'm I just not seeing them or are there no residential directories? Thanks Joe