Directories

Our resources

March, 1898, List of Subscribers of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. and Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Co.
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Other online resources

1933 phone book, various Bay Area cities (VitalSearch)
McKenney's Pacific Coast Directory 1880-81: San Mateo County. (Golden Nugget Library)
sfgenealogy.com has several San Mateo County directories online.

Offline resources

The Family History Library has several directories, including:
- The new society blue book: San Francisco, Oakland, Piedmont, Alameda, Berkeley, Hillsborough, Burlingame, San Mateo, Redwood, Woodside, Atherton, Menlo Park, San Rafael, Ross, Belvedere, Sausalito, Mill Valley, etc. (San Francisco : M. Pinchard, 1928).
- San Jose city directory : including Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey counties, 1889, 1899. (San Francisco : McKenney Directory, 1889- ).
- San Mateo (California) city directories.
  - [1907-08] San Mateo, Burlingame, and Homestead directory ... published by Directory Publishing Co.
  - [1908] San Mateo and Burlingame, California directory ... Directory Publishing Company
  - [1909] San Mateo and Burlingame, California directory ... Directory Publishing Company
  - 1929 Burlingame, Hillsborough, San Mateo city directory, 1929 ... Coast Directory Company, publishers ...
The California State Library in Sacramento has many directories, including:
- McKenney's district directory for 1879, of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey counties, including all residents, with sketch of cities and towns ...
- Polk-Husted San Jose city directory including Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties 1889
- McKenney 1884-85 San Jose city directory including Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz counties.
The Sutro Library in San Francisco (a branch of the California State Library) also has several directories, including:
- Paulson, Luther L. Handbook and directory of Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Mateo counties, including a map of each county ... (1875)
- Various Polk-Husted and McKenney directories 1897-1906