Thank you, Lila. I'll see what I can find out there.... Marilyn -----Original Message----- From: Lila White [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IL-CHICAGO] Upholsterers City directories? They're good until 1929. Old newspapers? Old phonebooks? Molly has access to them at the Lincoln Presidential Library. www.mollx.com Lila Marilyn Krzus wrote: > Does anyone know how I can track some business in Chicago in the early > 1900s? > > > > I'm researching for a friend whose father worked for John Colby & Sons > (furniture makers or upholsters) in Chicago in 1917 and by the 1940s had his > own reupholstery business in Chicago. > > > > Anywhere I can search to find this kind of information? Any kind of Cook > County records that are available to search for licenses and such? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Marilyn > > > > ==== IL-COOK-CHICAGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from Digest: Send a message to > [email protected] > that contains (in the body of the message) the command unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.6/151 - Release Date: 10/28/05 ==== IL-COOK-CHICAGO Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe: Send a message to [email protected] that contains (in the body of the message) the command unsubscribe ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx