Okay, let me ask a question. Do any of you know if there are [or were] City Directories for the subs after 1928 -29? I can not find Emma Rose between 1924 - 1944. In 1924 she is shown in the obit of her father [1924] as Emma Rose at Oak Glen [Lansing] and in the obit of her mother [1944] as Mrs. E. Burton of Lansing. Emma Rose Burton died 13 Sept 1961 in Hollywood, FL [no mention of Mr. Burton or her marriage]. Emma was born 27 Dec 1897 in Oak Glen, Cook Co., IL to Carl Rose and Hedwig [Solchow] Rose. I do not believe that Emma ever had any children. Sharon On 14 Jul 2009 at 13:06, Ruth Susmarski wrote: Sorry, Ellen, I can't answer that.   I just know what I've seen in my researching in the Chicago Directories.  Spelling is often horiffic making finding folks that much more of a challenge....phonetics can really get a workout with strong ethnic surnames (Polish, in my case).   And, sometimes people inexplicably disappear from the Directories for years and then suddenly reappear....who is to say why....the people with the answers are long since past.   Best to just take the Directories for the useful, informative tool they can be...especially for tracking ancestors during the large gap of years between 1880 and 1900, due to the missing 1890 Federal Census.   Ruth --- On Tue, 7/14/09, Ellen Woods <eclairerw@gmail.com> wrote: From: Ellen Woods <eclairerw@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Address Assistance To: il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 2:43 PM Ruth, Do you mean that if the man (or if no one) in the house wasn't working, his name wouldn't appear in the city directory? Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Susmarski" <rususmar@yahoo.com> To: <il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com>; <genealogygroups@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:31 AM Subject: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Address Assistance A little clarification on Chicago City Directories-vs- Chicago Telephone Books. The City Directories began in 1839, usually listing the head of the household, occupation, a home address, and sometimes a business address. Directories were also split into two sections, the General Directory and the Business Directory. Later City Directories seem to include anyone working in a household. They City Directories were more or less annual publications through 1917. Two issues were published after that; one in 1923 and one in 1928. There is also Polk's Reverse Directory 1928-29, which is searchable by address: http://www.chsmedia.org/househistory/polk/start.pdf Chicago Telephone Books were/are separate publications that began sometime in the 1880s. Unfortunately, the two are often confused or thought to be one and the same. Ruth --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Cheryl <genealogygroups@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Cheryl <genealogygroups@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Address Assistance To: il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 9:57 PM Hi Carla and Karen, Welcome to this list! I'm very sorry, though, that I can't help you on this; there are no "reverse" directories, that I know of for those years. City directories stopped in the late 1920's and were replaced by phone books. Only those who had private lines were listed, I believe; Party lines, weren't. (List, please correct me if my understanding is incorrect). If you are looking for specific surnames, you can ask for a surname look-up here; maybe a list member will volunteer for you. Otherwise, the Arlington Heights Memorial Library has phone books and will do paid look-ups. Good Luck! Cher What we need help with is who was living at the following addresses . > > 514 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois , 1948 or a year or two before > or after, and > > 1817 North Sawyer, Chicago, Illinois 60647 , 1966 or a year > or two before or after. ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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