I have the Personal Name Index to the 1856 City directories of California. The index lists names taken from the 1856 directories of San Francisco, Sac., Stockton, Nevada City, Marysville and Tuolumne County- with separate listings for blacks and Chinese. Names are listed alpha, with reference to the directory where they can be found, page number, and the previous residence (when given). Too bad.........San Francisco directory did not give the previous location of residence............... Jacob SPECHT-SF directory, page 206 (The San Francisco Directory is COLVILLE'S 1856.1857. Volume I ) Have fun with your search, Carolyn Feroben Bob and Mary Specht wrote: > Hi > Does anyone have access to 1858 and prior San Francisco Directories. I have the 1859 directory on disk and it classes people by occupation so I suppose the prior ones would also.If you do would you look for Specht J. shown on the 1859 list under BREWERS (also on 1860 census as Brewer) > If you would like an 1859 lookup let me know the name and occupation > > Thanks > Bob Specht