These directories predate telephone books and list city dwellers by name and address. Using city directories you can determine when a person first arrived in the area, where he lived and when he left the area or died. The directories usually give the name of the wife. Often, they include an occupation in the listing. City directories for the city of Tulsa are located on the 4th Floor of the Central Library .
Many genealogists use newspapers to discover information about their family.
If families lived in rural areas, local newspapers were usually full of information about local citizens. These smaller papers devote more space to the local citizenry than larger news stories and events. These newspapers can be a gold mine of information to researchers. Researchers would need to know exact dates to locate articles. Local public libraries and state archives maintain copies of older newspapers.