How has the Historical Directories site helped you? Below is the web editor's selection of case studies based upon user feedback. We do not publish e-mail addresses or full names of users for Data Protection purposes.
Since I was shown your website a week ago, I have used it every day to improve many aspects of my research.
I am particularly interested in the World War I period - and the directories are proving to be fantastic at showing the effects that the war had on businesses and employees in this period.
I belong to a WWI research forum where thousands of us pool information on all aspects of this period. We have used the directories, in conjunction with the next-of-kin details of the soldiers to show what these soldiers had been doing prior to their military service and where they lived - including expanding on their family tree.
My particular interest is with soldiers and airman of the Royal Flying Corps, RAF, and Royal Naval Air Service. The directories have helped me find companies and establishments that had been taken over for contract work in making aeroplanes (and parts of) - and who the employees were, and where they were living.
World War I Forum
http://www.fourteeneighteen.co.uk
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
http://www.cwgc.org/