Hi Cindy, The first two letters of the name were part of the phone number. Fr represented the first two numbers. The letters are found on the 3 & 7 numbers. My parents phone number when I was growing up was Yukon 56004 = 9856004. It was just an easier way to remember the number. Yukon was the exchange used in Port Huron, Michigan north of Black River and Evergreen was the exchange south of Black River. Next you will be asking what a party line was. Richard Richard W.Thomas Royal Oak,Michigan USA Thomas,Badgerow,Ferrier,Stock,Bevins,Ferguson Czokoly,Vincze,Kovach,Hess,Younglove http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/h/o/Richard-William-Thomas-MI/index.html [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Paradis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 11:25 PM Subject: [Grey Co.] Phone # in 1934, and 1948 > Hi > > I am looking at a copy of my Grandfather's Malitia Attestation Paper's. He lived at 2237 8th Avenue East, and for Phone # it looks like Wm. Farmer 8th Avenue. Does anyone have access to a phone book from this time period, and can you tell me if there was a Wm. Farmer on 8th Avenue, or would this mean something totally different. My grandfather's name was George Graham, and he lived at the time in his parents home. His father's name was Peter. I also have a document for 1948 which gives the phone # as #891-W, Owen Sound. Can anyone tell me what this would mean. > > I know that as long as I can remember the phone # was 376-1566. My father told me the other day that this used to be Franklin 6 1566. I had heard of phone # being referred to this way, but never really understood it. > > If anyone can shed some light on this I would be very greatful. > > Thanks > > Cindy > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >