City Directories for Westfield, NJ

City Directories are very important in learning more about where your ancestors lived, their occupations, and names. Now if you had any ancestors from the Westfield, New Jersey area any time between 1885-1896, 1901-1930, 1936-1939, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971-1980 and 1982 – you are in luck that an ancestor might be listed.

However, it is not just Westfield but also surrounding areas and communities are listed with its residents and businesses. Another good feature is if an ancestor had a business or store and they placed an advertisement in the city directory, great information there.

To assist you can do a search. The box is in the upper right corner. Plus you can narrow the search to just the city directories or the other documents in digital form such as books, records, newspapers, yearbooks and interview transcripts. Such a wealth of information.

Photos: City directory pages for 1908 and 1912.

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