LOCATING YOUR LONG BEACH ANCESTORS
City Directories

Did your ancestors come to Long Beach, California, between 1900 and 1930? 

Do you know where they lived in the city? 

You can look up addresses in a free Long Beach Public Library database which contains 56 digitized City Directories published between 1899 and 1969 (a few years are missing). 

Access this resource at http://encore.lbpl.org/iii/cpro/CollectionViewPage.external;jsessionid=17DFE976CDACF9B765BB3E66C8342E5A?lang=eng&sp=1000005&suite=def.

RESEARCH TIP: Long Beach street numbering changed in 1921, and street names have also changed over time. For more information about Long Beach addresses, consult Long Beach and Signal Hill Street Names Changes: 1900-2006 in the reference section of the Main Library.