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Directories and Telephone Books
Historic and contemporary county and city directories and telephone books for Kitchener and the surrounding area are available for consultation. These items can also be found in the KPL catalogue.
K-W Region Telephone Directories available in the GSR
The following Kitchener-Waterloo (Region of Waterloo) telephone directories are available in the GSR:
1932-1953, 1955-1956, 1963-1968, 1970-2004.
County & City Directories Available in the GSR
County & City Directories in the GSR |
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|---|---|
Year |
Title |
1864 |
County of Waterloo gazetteer and directory |
1865 |
County of Grey directory |
1867 |
County of Waterloo gazetteer and directory |
1867 |
County of Wellington gazeteer and directory (master index) |
1867 |
County of Wellington gazetteer and directory |
1867 |
Arthur Township gazetteer and directory |
1869-80 |
County of Brant gazetteer and directory |
1870-71 |
Counties of Perth and Waterloo gazetteer and directory |
1871-72 |
County of Wellington gazetteer and directory |
1875-76 |
Arthur Township gazetteer and directory |
1877-78 |
County of Waterloo gazetteer and directory |
1884-85 |
County of Waterloo gazetteer and directory |
1885-86 |
Union Publishing Farmers and Business Directory - Counties of Brant, Halton, Norfolk, Waterloo & Wellington |
1886-89 |
County of Waterloo gazetteer and directory |
1887 |
Union Publishing Farmers and Business Directory - Counties of Waterloo & Wellington (microform) |
1888-89 |
Union Publishing Farmers and Business Directory - Counties of Perth, Waterloo & Wellington (microform) |
1890 |
Farmers Directory - Wellington County |
1890 |
Farmers Directory - Waterloo County |
1890 |
Farmers Directory - Huron County |
1890 |
Farmers Directory - Perth County |
1891 |
Union Publishing Farmers and Business Directory - Counties of Halton, Peel, Waterloo & Wellington |
1893 |
Union Publishing Farmers and Business Directory - Counties of Berlin & Waterloo (microform) |
1895 |
Union Publishing Farmers and Business Directory - Counties of Grey, Waterloo & Wellington |
1896 |
Union Publishing Farmers and Business Directory - Counties of Halton, Peel, Waterloo & Wellington |
1897-99 |
Vernon's Kitchener (Berlin, Waterloo & Bridgeport) |
1901-03 |
Vernon's Kitchener (Berlin, Waterloo & Bridgeport) |
1905 |
Union Publishing Farmers and Business Directory - Counties of Huron, Middlesex & Perth |
1906 |
Union Publishing Farmers and Business Directory - Counties of Halton, Peel, Waterloo & Wellington |
1906 |
Union Publishing Farmers and Business Directory - Counties of Bruce, Grey and Simcoe |
1907-08 |
Vernon's Kitchener (Berlin, Waterloo & Bridgeport) |
1908-09 |
Vernon's Kitchener (Berlin, Waterloo & Bridgeport) |
1911-12 |
Vernon's Kitchener (Berlin, Waterloo & Bridgeport) |
1912-13 |
Vernon's Kitchener (Berlin, Waterloo & Bridgeport) |
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1915 |
Vernon's Dufferin, Halton, Peel, Waterloo & Wellington |
1918 |
Vernon's Perth, Waterloo & Wellington |
1918 |
Cairnes' official directory of the city of Kitchener |
1919-2008 |
Vernon's Kitchener and Waterloo |
1900-02 |
Vernon's Cambridge (Galt, Preston, Hespeler) |
1912 |
Vernon's Cambridge (Galt, Preston) |
1924 |
Vernon's Perth, Waterloo & Wellington |
1931 |
Vernon's Perth, Waterloo & Wellington |
1938 |
Vernon's Cambridge (Galt, Preston) |
1940-1942 |
Garden's rural route guide and county directory, 1940-42 |
1942 |
Vernon's Cambridge (Galt, Preston) |
1946 |
Vernon's Cambridge (Galt, Preston) |
1965-2007 |
Vernon's Cambridge |
1972 |
Union Publishing Farmers and Business Directory - Counties of Bruce, Grey and Simcoe |
1988-2007 |
Vernon's Guelph |
Abbreviations Used in Historical Directories and Atlases
The following list of abbreviations will assist you in understanding historical county and city directories and atlases:
Abbreviation |
Definition |
|---|---|
General |
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f |
freeholder (owns land) |
t |
tenant (does not own) |
h |
householder (does not own) |
ub |
upper bloc |
bf |
broken front |
bbf |
Beasley's broken front |
Blt |
Bechtel's Tract |
Gct |
German Company Tract |
bt |
Bean's Tract |
ht |
Heistand Tract |
ht |
Hornings Tract |
bb |
Beasley Block |
do |
Ditto |
farrier |
Blacksmith & vet |
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North Dumfries |
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No specific abbreviations found |
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Waterloo Township - Lower Block |
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BOS |
Beasley’s Old Survey |
BBF |
Beasley’s Broken Front |
BLB |
Beasley’s Lower Block |
BNS |
Beasley’s New Survey |
BT |
Biehn’s (or Bean’s) Tract |
BET |
Bechtel’s Tract |
HT |
Histand’s Tract |
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Waterloo Township - Middle & Upper Blocks |
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MB |
Remnant Middle Block |
HGT |
Horning Tract |
(J)WT |
(James) Wilson’s Tract |
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German Company Tract |
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GCT |
German Company Tract |
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Wellesley Township |
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E |
Eastern section |
W |
Western section |
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Wilmot Township |
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ba |
Block A |
bb |
Block B |
bl |
Bleam's Road |
er |
Erb's Road |
sr |
Snider's Road |
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Woolwich Township |
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Chbl |
Chalmer’s Block |
heid |
Heidelberg |
Cart.T. |
Cartwright Tract |
Cr. T. |
Crook’s Tract |
Abf |
Concession A, broken front |
Ls |
Lane’s survey |
a.t. |
Allan’s Tract |
c.t. |
Catheart Tract |
c.b. |
Church block |
