Bob On how some one is listed in the Directory, I am not sure. In most cases I have found men who are working or who I guest are retired. Also for women, widows with the name of their husbands, or women who were working. Now in the Oakland Directories, I have also found students, for remember they also covered Berkeley, and the nice thing some times in those directories I have also found the date of death of a man. --- Bob and Mary Specht <rasmas@spiritone.com> wrote: > Hi George > Yes we had located Rudolph in the 1886-87-88 San > Francisco Directories, actually that is how I > learned of him, and some years his address is the > same as my GGM so I assume he was some realative. Do > you know what was the criterion for being listed in > the directories > What I would like to find now is where he came from > in Germany. I have family in Amsterdam, Holland that > wiill take the chase from there, so I am trying most > any place I can think of. > > Bob Specht > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/