Directories can help provide insight into people & businesses of the area. The following directory resources may be helpful in your research.
- 1872 – NC Business Directory
- 1880-1881 – Raleigh City Directory
- 1883 – Raleigh City Directory
- 1886 – Raleigh City Directory
- 1887 – Raleigh City Directory
- 1888 – Raleigh City Directory
- 1891 – Farmers & Landowners – abstracted from Branson’s 1891 directory. Browse by name or by township.
- 1896 – 1897 — Raleigh City Directory
- 1899-1900 directory – find people listed in this directory from Maloney’s directory; separate listing for African-Americans. You can also see it @ the Internet Archive.
- 1901 – Maloney’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1903 – Raleigh City Directory
- 1904 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1905 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1905-1906 — Raleigh City Directory
- 1906 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1907-1908 — Raleigh City Directory
- 1909-1910 — Raleigh City Directory
- 1910 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1911 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1911-1912 – Raleigh City Directory
- 1912 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1913 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1915 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1915-1916 – Raleigh City Directory
- 1916 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1917 – Raleigh City Directory
- 1918-1919 – Raleigh City Directory
- 1919-1920 — Raleigh City Directory
- 1921 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1921-1922 – Raleigh City Directory
- 1922-1923 – Raleigh City Directory
- 1923-1924 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1925 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1927 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1929 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1930 City Directory – includes name index as well as original scans
- 1931 – Raleigh City Directory
- 1931 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1932 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1933 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1934 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1935 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1939 – News & Observer Raleigh Directory
- 1940 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1941 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1942 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1943 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1943-1944 — Raleigh City Directory
- 1945-46 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1948 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1954 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
- 1955 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory