The Sands and McDougall directories are amongst the most comprehensive. You
can find out more details about places in which people lived, the other
residents in the area, and the services available in the region ... all of which
help to paint a picture of your ancestor's life.
Apart from the Street, Alphabetical, Trade and Professional directories, this
volume also contains Government and Official, Ecclesiastical, Legal, Municipal,
Colonial, Societies and Institutions directories.
How can this Directory help me?
Directories are an extremely useful tool for establishing when and where a
person lived. However this is just a starting point. Look further in the
directory to find out more information about the society it which they lived,
the occupations they held and their neighbours. Using this directory will give
you the names of the householders, street-by-street, for a number of suburbs.
The alphabetical section lists all householders and their occupations. You will
also find the trade directory useful. It lists everyone alphabetically by trade,
together with their address. There are government, legal, ecclesiastical,
banking, municipal and pastoral directories included as well.
