Phone books are fragile, the paper used isn't the best. I'm not sure exactly when phone books went extinct but there was a time where, if you had a phone. now called a LAND LINE, you got a phone book update once a year. The last time I got a phone book was ????? and it was a yellow pages. As the years went by, you could usually choose to have your number UNLISTED!
With the Internet there are many sites that help you locate a person, their address, possibly their phone number and their e-mail. WAY TOO MUCH INFORMATION.
There is misinformation on the Internet about me So...
Check the library closest to where your ancestors lived to see if they have a phone book collection. Los Angeles Public library has some phone books for places other than Los Angeles.
If you have old phone books consider donating them to a Genealogy Library!
