City Directories
Date: October 03, 2026 Time: 09:30 AM Location: Hybrid - In Person at Worcester Public Library and online via Zoom

City Directories

Worcester Chapter Meeting

Banx Room, Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem St, Worcester MA 01608

Speaker: Alex London, Local History & Genealogy librarian at the Worcester Public Library.

Title:“City Directories”

Description: An introduction to using city directories for genealogy, for those unfamiliar. The speaker will focus mostly on the less-obvious benefits for genealogists of the directories, beyond just filling in the gaps between census years. For example, these documents can provide give exact dates of death to help locate obits, or help find the nearest church to determine where to look for church records.

Hybrid – both in-person & via Zoom. 

9:30 Socializing

9:45 Short Business Meeting

10:00 Presentaion

Here is the link with which you may register for the virtual meeting: 

https://tinyurl.com/WR-Oct2026