The translation of people and business directories from paper to global access platforms has been a goal of libraries, archives, and historians since the invention of the internet. This goal to store, present and analyze the movement of people and businesses through the years, simply, with access by anyone, is central to socioeconomic and historical research. This project is designed to take 100 years of directory entries of people and businesses (names and addresses) for the City of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and make it available as a website with search and download capabilities. This paper covers the history of the Vernon city directory, the initial use case of the project, its development, and geocoding and web mapping methodologies. The authors will expand on the hurdles overcome, the management, computer code, and quality assurance tools that were created. Part of the goal of this paper is to educate and prepare others on the myriad of ways technology can bring historical data stored on paper to not only be easily accessed in a database format but to be able to also visualize it on a web map. The result of the team’s work is a Leaflet map displaying inhabitants and businesses in the City of Kitchener spanning from 1900 to the year 2000