Most LDS centers have footnote for free on their computers. They appear to have a complete set of Chicago City Directories on footnote. That being said..... when I tried to find something on the directory, I found it cumbersome to move from page to page and could not go directly to a page, but had to move from imgage to image. The most I could move was 5 images. A big problem when you are looking for someone in the middle of the alphabet. If you live in the Chicago area, the Wilmette branch has quite a collection of films and booklets. I donated quite a bit myself before I moved. Maryelle On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 2:30 PM, GEORGE MORLEY <gemor01@yahoo.ca> wrote: > > Hello,me again.I forgot to thank Mr.Corrigan for the info.I never would > have thought about city directories.I'll have to see if L.D.S. has > some.Thanks John. > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your > favourite sites. Download it now > http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IL-COOK-CHICAGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Good Morning , I keep seeing this thread I just am not sure what years you are searching , but here is a wonderful Chicago site Lots of directories too .... http://genealogytrails.com/ill/cook/ On line ... http://www.rootdig.com/2008/07/chicago-city-directories-on-footnotecom.html an on line search...... http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/cd.html Lots of info on searching in Illinois / Chicago .... http://chicagogenealogy.blogspot.com/2008/07/chicago-city-directories-online .html and finally a Google search for directories....... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+Chicago+city+directories+online&btnG=S earch I hope this helps, Julie B in NC -----Original Message----- From: il-cook-chicago-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:il-cook-chicago-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Maryellen T Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:19 AM To: il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Oops,sorry John Most LDS centers have footnote for free on their computers. They appear to have a complete set of Chicago City Directories on footnote. That being said..... when I tried to find something on the directory, I found it cumbersome to move from page to page and could not go directly to a page, but had to move from imgage to image. The most I could move was 5 images. A big problem when you are looking for someone in the middle of the alphabet. If you live in the Chicago area, the Wilmette branch has quite a collection of films and booklets. I donated quite a bit myself before I moved. Maryelle On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 2:30 PM, GEORGE MORLEY <gemor01@yahoo.ca> wrote: > > Hello,me again.I forgot to thank Mr.Corrigan for the info.I never > would have thought about city directories.I'll have to see if L.D.S. > has some.Thanks John. > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your > favourite sites. Download it now > http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IL-COOK-CHICAGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IL-COOK-CHICAGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

First time I used the directories at Footnote, it felt clumsy, but now that I have the hang of it, it feels, to me, like a great place to access them. I blogged about it, but I'm not sure I made it easy to understand there. http://chicagogenealogy.blogspot.com/2008/12/searching-chicago-city-directories-at.html Here's another explanation: 1) browse until you get to the directories 2) make sure the directory year you want to search is highlighted 3) just type in a surname, nothing else, in the BOTTOM search box 4) if your surname search doesn't yield any results, go back and type in a common name spelled in a similar way to the one you're looking for and search again (for example, you might search "Bell" when you're looking for something like "Beltzinski") 5) look at the results; scroll down until you find a page that begins with a name close to the one you want and go to it (Belginsi, Henry, p. 566 is close enough) 6) use the filmstrip at the bottom of the page (you may need to open it) to zero in on the page with "Beltzinski" (when you roll your mouse over a filmstrip pane, it will tell you the first name on the pages; you may need to navigate one way or another in the film strip to get to the page you want) I've taught this approach to a number of patrons at the FHC (I'm a volunteer there) and they seem to have good luck with it And then printing or saving an image from Footnote gives much better copies for many years than I was ever able to get printing or scanning. The other thing I like very much is that I can search for keywords on a single page and I can also search for addresses. Cynthia Maryellen T wrote: > Most LDS centers have footnote for free on their computers. > They appear to have a complete set of Chicago City Directories on footnote. > That being said..... > when I tried to find something on the directory, I found it cumbersome to > move from page to page and could not go directly to a page, but had to move > from imgage to image. The most I could move was 5 images. > A big problem when you are looking for someone in the middle of the > alphabet. > > If you live in the Chicago area, > the Wilmette branch has quite a collection of films and booklets. > I donated quite a bit myself before I moved.