I notice no one has replied. I've never heard of a city directory for any town or city anywhere in Hesse. I'm sure they must have existed, at least in the larger cities. Although, perhaps the various guilds filled that need in the earlier days. I'd have thought by the 1800s the guilds would have been fading away. I know there was the burger list and different guilds for different professions and at one point they had a great deal of power. I've even heard they had some say in who a craftsman married. I haven't seen any proof of that though, but if you can find these books they can be an incredible source of data. You might try to find the burger's book. You'd probably need to write to an archive for that. If he was a practicing Apotheker in Hanau, he'd probably be in the burger book. I think you had to be a burger to open up any shop even in the 1800s. but, I've been known to be wrong. Brian On Sat, May 16, 2009 1:16 pm, [email protected] wrote: > Does anyone know if there are any kind of directories available for Hanau > for the years 1829 to 1839 that might show practicing pharmacists > (apotheker)? I am looking for Philipp Christoph LIEDER who reportedly > operated a > pharmacy in Hanau during this time period. > > Thanks for your help! > > H LIEDER > **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy > Steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377005x1201454319/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=May > Excfooter51609NO62) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >