Frank One way to find a general location of property in the Savannah area in the 1800s is to compare the census information with the obituary notice in the local newspaper. Information in some the Register of Deaths books published by the Georgia Historical Society often include the street or the area where the person died. I've found this helpful, but time consuming. Your information has been very helpful. Thanks again, Maureen in California ----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Johnston To: GACHATHA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 6:39 PM Subject: RE: [GACHATHAM] 1860 Census I know I saw this somewhere....I think the Post Office designated the East/West streets around the turn of the 20th century. The modern addresses were also designated around that time. I know from looking at Ancestry.com that the streets hadn't been divided into East/West at Bull, yet, as of 1891. In the 1885 City Directory, Sholes states "One of the greatest difficulties in the way of this directory publisher in Savannah, is the exceedlingly incomplete system of numbering which prevails, and which renders the giving of proper and accurate locations of citizens an impossibility." I think that means street numbering came sometime after 1885. :-) Frank J. -----Original Message----- From: M McCarthy [mailto:jmm1682@attbi.com] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 8:46 PM To: GACHATHA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GACHATHAM] 1860 Census Thanks for answering Frank...... It would have been nice if they had made it easier for us. Do you know when the started dividing the streets East and West? I have an 1856 map and they weren't designated East or West then. Your explanation was helpful, thank you. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Johnston To: GACHATHA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 8:56 PM Subject: RE: [GACHATHAM] 1860 Census Maureen, In 1860 the county of Chatham was divided into 8 militia districts. In 1870 Chatham County still had 8 militia districts, with the City of Savannah comprising districts 1-4. What the boundaries of the militia districts are I'm not sure, but by the 1900 census the militia districts were further divided into enumeration districts. So, if you were to locate all the enumeration districts in a given militia district you might be able to figure out the 1860 militia district boundaries using information from other years. As for the addresses, the 1860 census sheets for Savannah do not have streets written on them as in later years. The easiest way to discover an address (which would not correspond to modern Savannnah addresses) would be to look up the heads of households on a given census page in the city directory. Did my explanation help....or deepen the confusion? :-) Frank J. -----Original Message----- From: M McCarthy [mailto:jmm1682@attbi.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 3:40 PM To: GACHATHA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GACHATHAM] 1860 Census Is there a website showing the location of houses according to their numbers in the 1860 published by the Georgia Historical Society? Or where the districts are located in Savannah at that time? Does anyone know how the city was divided into districts back then? I'd appreciate any help.............. Maureen RootsWeb Sponsor Savannah Native In God We Trust God Bless America ____________________________________________ Email Scanned for Viruses by Norton Anti Virus 2003 ============================== 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 ============================== 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 ============================== 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 ============================== 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