Kim, Yesterday, I looked thru the city directories for 1920-28 and did not see a listing for any SAFAR. Joann -----Original Message----- From: Gail Moore <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] Can someone help this person >Contact the huge city library in Jacksonville, FL then ask to be connected >to the Genealogy dept. there. >They are very much helpful. >Gail >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 8:14 AM >Subject: [FLDUVAL] Can someone help this person > > >> I recieved this email, but I dont have the time to help do lookups at this >> time. Thanks >> >> Allyson Lee >> >> Subj: (no subject) >> Date: 1/31/2001 12:19:05 AM Eastern Standard Time >> From: Imonly712 >> To: Mj kira n >> >> Hi, >> My grandmother died 9/28/2000 at the age of 90. My grandfather George >> Abdulkerim Saraf b.3/12/1896; immigrated from Aleppo, Syria via La Harve, >> France on 5/28/1920 to NY, NY, USA; lived and was naturalized in Detroit >> Michigan in 1926; had seven children who are still alive (6 in Savannah, >GA); >> murdered 7/13/1941 in his store in Savannah, GA - case unsolved; >apparently >> had a business in Jacksonivlle sometime between 1920 and 1928 when he came >to >> Savannah and married Grandmother. >> We found this old business card in grandmother's papers. She never spoke >of >> him much as she remarried a few years later and we - her grandchildren - >were >> born after that. I am trying to find any information kept in City >> Directories, Phone books, tax records, etc. relative to the information >> contained on the business card: >> >> G.A. Saraf >> Ladies' and Gent's Tailor >> Suits Made To Order >> Cleaning, Pressing, Reparing and altering >> 309 1-2 W. Forsyth Street Jacksonville, FLA >> Phone 3775 >> >> Any assistance or suggestions you can offer would be most appreciated. If >you >> know of a good source for trying to find old photographs of buildings in >that >> time period, I would appreciate knowing where to find them. >> >> Thanks for any assistance you can give. >> >> Sincerely, >> Kim Marie Peters >> Grand Daughter of George Abdulkerim Saraf >> >> >