Daily Ancestorres.
res. in a city directory or roster means resides or residence: the address or town where the person lived.
In Polk's 1886-7 Bay City directory, res means resides, and it marks a householder's home address. Other directories and genealogical lists read res. as residence.
Military rosters use it too: the Nebraska Civil War roster key gives res. for residence, as in res. Omaha. In a directory, compare res with bds, which means the person boarded.
As seen in a recordEntry in a city directory
Lund Halvor, carpenter, res 609 Ash
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Daily Ancestor. "res.." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/abbreviations/res. Last checked 2026-10-12.