Sources

Address books and phonebooks

Address books are indispensable for research into urban ancestors. They list surnames, streets, house numbers, and professions, often alongside a telephone number. They let us track how a family moved within the city from year to year.

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An open early-20th-century Polish address book showing alphabetical surname entries with streets, house numbers, and professions.
An early-20th-century Polish address book.